

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 Thomas Edwin Selves, L/4566, 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge's Own)
By Steve Tock
United Kingdom

Private Charles Sidney Ivil 31254, 60th Field Amb., Royal Army Medical Corps
By Sarah Whithorn
United Kingdom

Able Seaman Frank Edward Hounsham R/2674, Royal Navy, Hood Bn. R.N. Div.
By Sarah Whithorn
United Kingdom

Private David James Hounsham 6850, 11th Battalion, Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
By Sarah Whithorn
United Kingdom

Private Robert John Hillier 36743, 12th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment
By Sarah Whithorn
United Kingdom
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