

Army
The mud and blood of the Western Front, the sands and heat of the African battlefields, and the perilous jungles of Burma are just some of the conditions that the armies of the Commonwealth had to contend with during the world wars. Regardless, through sheer courage and resilience, they fought on, despite huge losses of life. Tell us their stories. (Image © IWM)


Trooper Alec George Blackford 6153107, 7th Royal Tank Regiment, R.A.C.
Second World War
Army
United Kingdom
D-Day and Invasion of Normandy
FONTENAY-LE-PESNEL WAR CEMETERY, TESSEL
By Philip Baldock
United Kingdom

Patrick Dalton - Royal Dublin Fusiliers - A Soldier of the Great War
By Matthew Dalton
United Kingdom

Private Alfred Stone ~ Served as a Dragoon Guard, Fell as a Life Guard
By Gary Broad
United Kingdom

Lieutenant Leopold St. Orban Michener, Canadian Engineers, attached Royal Flying Corps
By Nick Tucker
United Kingdom

Private Claude John Lewis of Cheam
By John Lewis
United Kingdom
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