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.

Corporal 209742 Farrey Sayers

First World War Army United Kingdom DOULLENS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION NO.2

United Kingdom

Battery Serjeant Major Ernest James Horlock VC

First World War Army United Kingdom Victoria Cross holder ALEXANDRIA (HADRA) WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY

Second Lieutenant Desmond Maurice Macartney-Filgate, Royal Air Force, 42 Training Squadron

First World War Air Force United Kingdom WYE (SS. GREGORY AND MARTIN) CHURCHYARD

By Philip Baldock

United Kingdom

Major William Henry Johnston VC

First World War Army United Kingdom Victoria Cross holder PERTH CEMETERY (CHINA WALL)

Second Lieutenant John Croxton Walker, 1st Bn., Cambridgeshire Regiment - 'killed on the Somme...'

First World War Army United Kingdom KNIGHTSBRIDGE CEMETERY, MESNIL-MARTINSART

By Clare Bostle

United Kingdom

Captain Harry Sherwood Ranken VC

First World War Army United Kingdom Victoria Cross holder BRAINE COMMUNAL CEMETERY

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