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 Charles William Green

First World War Army United Kingdom BUTTES NEW BRITISH CEMETERY, POLYGON WOOD

Corporal Edward Clare 4916534, 7th Bn., South Staffordshire Regiment

Second World War Army United Kingdom D-Day and Invasion of Normandy CAMBES-EN-PLAINE WAR CEMETERY

Aircraft Woman 2nd Class Hannah Szenes – Poet, Spy & SOE Operative

Second World War Army United Kingdom Women at war JERUSALEM MOUNT HERTZEL CEMETERY

Pilot Officer Paul Blake Manton, 432335, Royal Australian Air Force, 640 Squadron (RAF)

Second World War Air Force Australian CAMBRIDGE CITY CEMETERY

United Kingdom

Private Albert Wilfred Saunders Culling

First World War Army United Kingdom BUTTES NEW BRITISH CEMETERY, POLYGON WOOD

Sergeant Chaviva Reik – SOE Operative

Second World War Army United Kingdom Women at war JERUSALEM MOUNT HERTZEL CEMETERY

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