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 Thomas Peck Hunter VC, Royal Marines - 'Charged to his death with a Bren gun'

Second World War Army United Kingdom Victoria Cross holder ARGENTA GAP WAR CEMETERY

By MALCOLM PEEL

United Kingdom

Guardsman Albert James Tucker, 3rd Battalion, Coldstream Guards

Second World War Army United Kingdom The Battle of Monte Cassino The Italian Campaign CASSINO WAR CEMETERY

United Kingdom

Lt. Col. Andrew Karslake Murcott, 5th Battalion, (Queen Victoria’s Own Corps of Guides)

Second World War Army United Kingdom TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY

By Philip Baldock

United Kingdom

Captain Brian Hanbury-Sparrow MC, 3rd Battalion, Kings Shropshire Light Infantry.

First World War Army United Kingdom HAIDAR PASHA MEMORIAL

By Philip Baldock

United Kingdom

Private Thomas Laidlaw Mather, 838326, 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion

First World War Army Canadian TYNE COT CEMETERY

United Kingdom

Captain Walter Lloyd of “B” Company, 8th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers.

First World War Army United Kingdom SHRAPNEL VALLEY CEMETERY

By Philip Baldock

United Kingdom

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