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 E A Bowes ‘Killed in Action’ – building a picture of the person behind the headstone

First World War Army United Kingdom EPEHY WOOD FARM CEMETERY, EPEHY

Switzerland

Lieutenant Edward Felix Baxter VC - An Old Elizabethan

First World War Army United Kingdom Victoria Cross holder FILLIEVRES BRITISH CEMETERY

United Kingdom

Private Leonard Sucksmith - South Wales Borderers

First World War Army United Kingdom LIGHTCLIFFE (ST. MATTHEW) OLD CHURCHYARD

By Friends of St.Matthew's Churchyard (FoSMchurchyard) , Lightcliffe, Yorkshire

United Kingdom

Lance Corporal Horace Archibald Davies

First World War Army Australian ADELAIDE CEMETERY, VILLERS-BRETONNEUX

By Charlotte Sale

Australia

Private Walter Sucksmith - Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) 8th Bn.

First World War Army United Kingdom MESNIL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

By Friends of St.Matthew's Churchyard (FoSMchurchyard) , Lightcliffe, Yorkshire

United Kingdom

Private Peter Ratcliffe, Lancashire Fusiliers - Obituary

First World War Army United Kingdom COXYDE MILITARY CEMETERY

By Jason Peter Ratcliffe

United Kingdom

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