

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)


Private Thomas Burke 316299, 23rd Battalion Cheshire Regiment
By Dominic Wells
United Kingdom

Corporal Clifford Desmond Harvey Hasted, 5190766, Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry, 2nd Airborne Bn.

Private Gruffydd Meirion Jones, 10588886, Royal Army Ordnance Corps and No.3 Commando

Private John Matthew Magill, VX/30814, Australian Infantry A.I.F. 2nd/7th Bn.

Captain Edward Philip May, MC, 158899, Rifle Brigade 8th (2nd Bn. The London Rifle Brigade) Bn.
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