

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.


Lieutenant 176759 David John Neville Bland, the 2nd Battalion Scots Guards
By Philip Baldock
United Kingdom

Private Harold Matthews, L/1529 ‘B’ Sqdn, 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers
By Steve Tock
United Kingdom

Pte Herbert (Bertie) Walter Jordan, L/2923, ‘A’ Sqdn, 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge's Own)
By Steve Tock
United Kingdom

Volunteer William George Thomas Waters 23rd Kent (Hawkhurst Battalion), Home Guard
By Philip Baldock
United Kingdom

Lance Serjeant 14571043 Stanley Lewis, 117th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
By Philip Baldock
United Kingdom
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