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)

Corporal William John Tucker, 33004, 8th (Service) Battalion, Border Regiment

First World War Army United Kingdom LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY

United Kingdom

2nd Lieutenant 152600 David Hegler McGibbon 42 Training Squadron RAF

First World War Air Force Canadian WYE (SS. GREGORY AND MARTIN) CHURCHYARD

By Philip Baldock

United Kingdom

Captain Geoffrey Sebastian Buck MC DFC, 215 Squadron

First World War Air Force United Kingdom CHARMES MILITARY CEMETERY, ESSEGNEY

By Philip Baldock

United Kingdom

Bombardier Harry Gray

First World War Army United Kingdom LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY

By Wendy Jordan

United Kingdom

Air Mechanic 1St Class Cecil Edmund Tombs

First World War Air Force United Kingdom Post Office WYE (SS. GREGORY AND MARTIN) CHURCHYARD

By Philip Baldock

United Kingdom

Private Herbert Francis Burden

First World War Army United Kingdom YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL

By Wendy Jordan

United Kingdom

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