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.

Serjeant John Edmund Keen, 7894084, Nottinghamshire Yeomanry, RAC

Second World War Army United Kingdom From the Ardennes to crossing the Rhine SITTARD WAR CEMETERY

Stoker 1st Class Charles Sturman SS/113791, Royal Navy, 'HMS Zealandia'

First World War Navy United Kingdom HOLME HALE (ST. ANDREW) CHURCHYARD

United Kingdom

Sergeant Patrick Ahern, EX/1251, 45 Royal Marine Commando

Second World War Navy United Kingdom From the Ardennes to crossing the Rhine SITTARD WAR CEMETERY

Lieutenant Henry ‘Harry’ Cecil Roper, CDN/652, RCIC attached 5th Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment (The Duke of Edinburgh’s)

Second World War Army Canadian ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK WAR CEMETERY

Second Lieutenant Robert Deucher, 3rd/2nd Scottish Horse - 'A Scottish Northumberland Brewer'

First World War Army United Kingdom MORPETH (ST. MARY THE VIRGIN) CHURCHYARD

By Michael Booth

United Kingdom

Captain James Henry Webster Hay

First World War Army United Kingdom POPERINGHE NEW MILITARY CEMETERY

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