

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.


Private May Johnson W/113897, ATS - died on the 11th May, 1943
By Linda Storr (nee Johnson)
United Kingdom

Private Basil Lionel Fairman 5989739, 5th Bn., Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment, (1917-1944)
By David Fairman
Australia

Private Joseph Smith 11740, 2nd Bn., Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
By Madeleine J Clarke
United Kingdom

Captain John Elmsley Bourchier Torkinton, 63rd Palamcottah Regiment, Indian Army
By Philip Baldock
United Kingdom

Sergeant Cecil Graham RAFVR ~ Op. Mailly-le-Camp
Second World War
Air Force
United Kingdom
D-Day and Invasion of Normandy
MARIGNY-LE-GRAND CHURCHYARD
By Gary Broad
United Kingdom
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