

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 Robert Slipper Barnes 201047, RAF, Polegate Air Station
By Philip Baldock
United Kingdom

Private Herbert Hodgson Barker 16/543, 16th Bn., West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)
By Margaret Holden (Banks)
United Kingdom

Lance Corporal Herbert William Tucker 14496170, 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment
By Nick Tucker
United Kingdom

Gunner William Keith Bland 196178, 421st Battery, Royal Field Artillery
By Philip Baldock
United Kingdom

Private Robert Walter Avard 13000433, Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps
By Philip Baldock
United Kingdom
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