Army

The mud and blood of the Western Front, the sands and heat of the African battlefields, and the perilous jungles of Burma are just some of the conditions that the armies of the Commonwealth had to contend with during the world wars. Regardless, through sheer courage and resilience, they fought on, despite huge losses of life. Tell us their stories. (Image © IWM)

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Corporal Sidney Bates VC, 1st Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment

Second World War Army United Kingdom Victoria Cross holder BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY

By MALCOLM PEEL

United Kingdom

Rifleman John Beeley VC, 1st Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps

Second World War Army United Kingdom Victoria Cross holder KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA

By MALCOLM PEEL

United Kingdom

Captain Eric Neville Geijer MC, Intelligence Corps

First World War Second World War Army United Kingdom BROOKWOOD CEMETERY

United Kingdom

Private Alfred Marriott Hemingway, 21590, 1st Bn., King's Own Scottish Borderers

First World War Army United Kingdom CAMBRAI MEMORIAL, LOUVERVAL

By Anne-Marie Fawcett

United Kingdom

Second Lieutenant Cecil Hall Tucker, 10th Bn, North Staffordshire Regt (att'd 1/8th Bn, Lancashire Fus.)

First World War Army United Kingdom REDOUBT CEMETERY, HELLES

United Kingdom

Second Lieutenant Edwin George Tucker, 7th (Service) Battalion, Norfolk Regiment

First World War Army United Kingdom LOOS MEMORIAL

United Kingdom

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