

Themes
Each of the 1.7 million men and women we commemorate have a story to tell. Some had battlefield heroics, others were writers or sportsmen. We’ve grouped some of these stories by theme. Discover more about those we commemorate. Tell us their stories.


Sapper Albert Cashford 142356, Royal Engineers, S.S.T.C. (Bedford)
By Philip Baldock
United Kingdom

Cook Hector Murison Coutts, LT/MX 85916, H.M. Minesweeper 117

Flight Captain Eleanor Isabella (Susan) Slade, Air Transport Auxiliary
Second World War
Miscellaneous
United Kingdom
Women at war
STOKENCHURCH (SS. PETER AND PAUL) CHURCH CEMETERY
By Sally McGlone
United Kingdom

Captain Wallace Gove, General List, Canadian Army
By Michelle Fowler
United Kingdom

Blacksmith 5th Class Eric Diggle Dodds P/MX 78779, Royal Navy, H.M.S. Barham
By Sally McGlone
United Kingdom
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