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.

Pilot Officer Joseph Harvey Milton Lacelle - Olympian

Second World War Air Force Canadian Pre-war sportsman/woman BERGEN-OP-ZOOM WAR CEMETERY

Orderly Fredrick Overend Kitching - Olympian

First World War Miscellaneous United Kingdom Pre-war sportsman/woman DUNKIRK TOWN CEMETERY

Driver Thomas Pollock, T3/031010, Ulster Divisional Train, Army Service Corps

First World War Army United Kingdom SEAFORD CEMETERY

By Philip Baldock

United Kingdom

Captain Alister Kirby - Olympian

First World War Army United Kingdom Pre-war sportsman/woman MAZARGUES WAR CEMETERY, MARSEILLES

Captain Desmond Glover Kingsford - Olympian

Second World War Army United Kingdom Pre-war sportsman/woman TILLY-SUR-SEULLES WAR CEMETERY

Private 14127 Jacob Higgins of the 9th Battalion, The Border Regiment

First World War Army United Kingdom SEAFORD CEMETERY

By Philip Baldock

United Kingdom

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