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 Alfred James Reynolds, 769352, 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion

First World War Army United Kingdom BEXHILL CEMETERY

By Philip Baldock

United Kingdom

Private Reginald John Tucker, 166th Company, Machine Gun Corps

First World War Army United Kingdom TYNE COT MEMORIAL

United Kingdom

Lt-Col. The Hon. Ralph Gerard Alexander Hamilton - Master of Belhaven, Royal Horse Artillery

First World War Army United Kingdom ROUVREL COMMUNAL CEMETERY

By MALCOLM PEEL

United Kingdom

Serjeant David Laing, Black Watch and No. 4 Commando. Died on 10th June 1944, Age 30.

Second World War United Kingdom Army Pre-war sportsman/woman D-Day and Invasion of Normandy RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY

United Kingdom

Second Lieutenant Walter Ernest Kirby, 45th Rattray's Sikhs

First World War Army United Kingdom NEUVE-CHAPELLE MEMORIAL

By Alastair ORiordan

United Kingdom

Captain William Kenneth Mathewson - Operation Goodwood. (Extract from War Diary Fife and Forfar Yeomanry. March-November 1944)

Second World War Army United Kingdom D-Day and Invasion of Normandy RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY

By Alastair ORiordan

United Kingdom

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