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 James Henry Plant 72208, 134th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps

First World War Army United Kingdom GODEWAERSVELDE BRITISH CEMETERY

United Kingdom

Stewardess Lucy Alexander Hunter G/2508, Women's Royal Naval Service

First World War Navy United Kingdom Women at war EASTBOURNE (OCKLYNGE) CEMETERY

By Philip Baldock

United Kingdom

Private John Bernard Croak VC

First World War Army Canadian Victoria Cross holder HANGARD WOOD BRITISH CEMETERY

Private John George Pattison VC

First World War Army Canadian Victoria Cross holder LA CHAUDIERE MILITARY CEMETERY, VIMY

Private James Peter Robertson VC

First World War Army Canadian Victoria Cross holder TYNE COT CEMETERY

Private Charles Gordon Stacey 292263, 1st Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion

First World War Army United Kingdom ORANGE HILL CEMETERY, FEUCHY

By Sarah Whithorn

United Kingdom

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