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)

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Private William Dearman, Essex Regiment - "Unfit for active service"

First World War Army United Kingdom HYTHE (SPRING LANE) CEMETERY

By Bill Caudwell

United Kingdom

Private Frederick Lee 687931, 47th Battalion (British Columbia), Canadian Infantry

First World War Army Canadian Remembrance VIMY MEMORIAL

By Vimy Foundation

Canada

Private William Boraston, Army Ordnance Corps ~ He Died so Young

First World War Army United Kingdom KIDDERMINSTER CEMETERY

United Kingdom

Sergeant Donald Major. One of three brothers killed in the First World War

First World War Army Canadian VIMY MEMORIAL

By Bill Caudwell

United Kingdom

Private Walter Adams 817, 1st Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders - a blacksmith by trade.

First World War Army United Kingdom BEUVRY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

By Noonans Mayfair

United Kingdom

Private Richard Albert Denne 20741, 10th Bn., Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regt) - Enlisted under age.

First World War Army United Kingdom LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY

By Bill Caudwell

United Kingdom

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