

Themes
Each of the 1.7 million men and women we commemorate have a story to tell. Some had battlefield heroics, others were writers or sportsmen. We’ve grouped some of these stories by theme. Discover more about those we commemorate. Tell us their stories.


8041 Lance Serjeant Walter Waverley Spillman 2nd Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment
By Ian Paul Barber
United Kingdom

Ernst Happach - German Army

Major William Guthrie Forbes 135th Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
By Ian Paul Barber
United Kingdom

Second Lieutenant Reginald Peel Pohlmann - 'Pianoforte Manufacturer's Son'

Private Michael Christopher Murphy 6404615, 70th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
By Philip Baldock
United Kingdom
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