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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3/11042 Serjeant Henry William Reece 1st Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment

First World War Army United Kingdom QUARRY CEMETERY, VERMELLES

By Ian Paul Barber

United Kingdom

8041 Lance Serjeant Walter Waverley Spillman 2nd Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment

First World War Army United Kingdom EUSTON POST CEMETERY, LAVENTIE

By Ian Paul Barber

United Kingdom

Ernst Happach - German Army

First World War Army Non-Commonwealth CANNOCK CHASE GERMAN MILITARY CEMETERY

By Volksbund Projekt ‘Kriegsbiographien’

Germany

Major William Guthrie Forbes 135th Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery

First World War Army United Kingdom THILLOY ROAD CEMETERY, BEAULENCOURT

By Ian Paul Barber

United Kingdom

Private Michael Christopher Murphy 6404615, 70th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment

Second World War Army Non-Commonwealth HASTINGS CEMETERY, SUSSEX

By Philip Baldock

United Kingdom

Lance Corporal Ben Hanson 2042, 1st/5th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

First World War Army United Kingdom THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

By Ian Paul Barber

United Kingdom

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