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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Private Charles George Coupland, 1843, 4th Australian Pioneers

First World War Army Australian WULVERGHEM-LINDENHOEK ROAD MILITARY CEMETERY

By Mick Copeland

Australia

Lieutenant David Angus Colquhoun, 307859, 1st Battalion, Scots Guards

Second World War Army United Kingdom ARGENTA GAP WAR CEMETERY

By Philip Baldock

United Kingdom

Lieutenant Richard George Brook Barrow, 3rd Carabiners (Prince of Wales’s Dragoon Guards), R.A.C.

Second World War Army United Kingdom TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY

By Philip Baldock

United Kingdom

Chaplain 4th Class, the Reverend George Harvey Ranking, Army Chaplains Department

First World War Army United Kingdom HERMIES BRITISH CEMETERY

By Philip Baldock

United Kingdom

Private Violet Edith Akehurst - Youngest ATS casualty of the Second World War

Second World War Army United Kingdom Women at war BATTLE CEMETERY

By Sally McGlone

United Kingdom

Private Thomas Brown - Served as Thomas Smith

First World War Army United Kingdom MORY ABBEY MILITARY CEMETERY, MORY

By Peter Bennett

United Kingdom

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