

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 Mitchell 10489, 10th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment
By Sarah Whithorn
United Kingdom

Captain Wilfrid Chaundler Messenger, 12th Battalion, Rifle Brigade
By Sarah Whithorn
United Kingdom

Private Frederick George Knight 25322, 1st Battalion, Hampshire Regiment
By Sarah Whithorn
United Kingdom

Lieutenant 14977 Leslie Nansen Franklin, 56 Squadron
By Philip Baldock
United Kingdom

Lieutenant Hubert John Cavell, 11th Bn., Sherwood Foresters - 'A temporary Gentleman...'
By Tim Finch
United Kingdom
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