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.

Flying Officer Clifford Wilmore Abbott (Royal New Zealand Air Force)

Second World War Air Force New Zealand CAMBRIDGE CITY CEMETERY

United Kingdom

Flying Officer Phillip Neville Rolfe (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve)

Second World War Air Force United Kingdom NOTTINGHAM CREMATORIUM

United Kingdom

Pilot Officer Gordon Alexander Duff (Royal Australian Air Force)

Second World War Air Force Australian CAMBRIDGE CITY CEMETERY

United Kingdom

Sergeant Harold Roy Ellmer (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve)

Second World War Air Force United Kingdom HAYWARDS HEATH (WESTERN ROAD) CEMETERY

United Kingdom

Private Cyril Cox, 16446, 6th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers

First World War Army United Kingdom LOOS MEMORIAL

By Glenys Parsons

United Kingdom

Captain James Joseph Bernard Jackman VC, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers

Second World War Army United Kingdom Victoria Cross holder TOBRUK WAR CEMETERY

By MALCOLM PEEL

United Kingdom

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