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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Second Lieutenant Stanley Boughey V.C. - he lies in a foreign land

First World War Army United Kingdom Victoria Cross holder GAZA WAR CEMETERY

By MALCOLM PEEL

United Kingdom

Corporal Allen Lee, A 'Bradford Pal' and a 'Family Story'

First World War Army United Kingdom BERLAIMONT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

By David P.Whithorn

United Kingdom

Private Joseph Muteham, 43rd (Garrison) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers

First World War Army United Kingdom THETFORD CEMETERY

United Kingdom

Captain Alfred Edward Bland - "a gloriously exciting picnic!"

First World War Army United Kingdom DANTZIG ALLEY BRITISH CEMETERY, MAMETZ

United Kingdom

Private Lloyd Hood, A/58234, Lincoln and Welland Regiment - a part of a life

Second World War Army Canadian BERGEN-OP-ZOOM CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY

By Gemma v.d. Klundert- Bertens

Netherlands

Trooper James McKendrick Taylor, 1/2nd Scottish Horse - died of enteric at Alexandria, 4th November 1915

First World War Army United Kingdom ALEXANDRIA (CHATBY) MILITARY AND WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY

United Kingdom

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