

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.


Second Lieutenant Harold Colley, 18th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)
By Margaret Holden (Banks)
United Kingdom

Private Norman Batt G/24923, 3rd/4th Battalion, The Queens (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
By Philip Baldock
United Kingdom

Telegraphist Eric Ladd RN ~ "Killed in the Liberation of Europe..."
Second World War
Navy
United Kingdom
D-Day and Invasion of Normandy
PORTISHEAD (ST. PETER) CHURCHYARD

Private Arthur Charles Packham 20006, Royal Sussex Regiment, (transf. 151580, Labour Corps)
By Philip Baldock
United Kingdom

Private William Wickens 204052, 1/4th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment
By Philip Baldock
United Kingdom
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