

First World War
More than a million Commonwealth casualties of the First World War can be found in our beautiful cemeteries and on our iconic memorials. The battlefields of the Western Front and Gallipoli are infamous for huge losses of life, but on land, sea and air, men and women around the world gave their lives and are commemorated in perpetuity. Tell us their stories. (Image: © IWM Q 8398)


Private Edward John Battley, L/7623, 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge's Own)
By Steve Tock
United Kingdom

Private Charles Fredrick Mathew 36285, "C" Coy. 7th Bn., Border Regiment
By Ian Mathews
United Kingdom

Serjeant Joseph Wilson 11550, 6th Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment
By Philip Baldock
United Kingdom

Private James Oakley 5809, 1st Battalion, Hampshire Regiment
By Sarah Whithorn
United Kingdom

Gunner Frederick John North 41645, 71st Heavy Bty., Royal Garrison Artillery
By Sarah Whithorn
United Kingdom
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