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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Captain Archibald Spencer Goddard, 5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

First World War Army Canadian VIMY MEMORIAL

By Bill Caudwell

United Kingdom

28824 Corporal William Leonard Best

First World War Army United Kingdom CAMBRAI MEMORIAL, LOUVERVAL

By Jacky Cooper

United Kingdom

Captain Sir Edward Austin Stewart-Richardson, 3rd Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

First World War Army United Kingdom ST. MADOE'S PARISH CHURCHYARD

By Noonans Mayfair

United Kingdom

Serjeant 317801 Duncan James Sidney Clark Royal Air Force 75th Training Squadron

First World War Air Force United Kingdom MARTON (ST. PAUL) CHURCH BURIAL GROUND

By Janet Gibson

United Kingdom

Private 201553 Walter Westerman Kaye Royal Scots Fusiliers 2nd Bn Youngest of 9 children Commemorated at Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium alongside his cousin

First World War Army United Kingdom PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL

By Sharon Knott

United Kingdom

Private Robert Willie Ainsworth 7447, 16th (Service) Battalion, Manchester Regiment

First World War Army United Kingdom Battles of the Somme ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY

By David Nixon

United Kingdom

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First World War

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Captain Archibald Spencer Goddard, 5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

28824 Corporal William Leonard Best

Captain Sir Edward Austin Stewart-Richardson, 3rd Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

Serjeant 317801 Duncan James Sidney Clark Royal Air Force 75th Training Squadron

Private 201553 Walter Westerman Kaye Royal Scots Fusiliers 2nd Bn Youngest of 9 children Commemorated at Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium alongside his cousin

Private Robert Willie Ainsworth 7447, 16th (Service) Battalion, Manchester Regiment

First World War

8039 Stories

Captain Archibald Spencer Goddard, 5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

28824 Corporal William Leonard Best

Captain Sir Edward Austin Stewart-Richardson, 3rd Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

Serjeant 317801 Duncan James Sidney Clark Royal Air Force 75th Training Squadron

Private 201553 Walter Westerman Kaye Royal Scots Fusiliers 2nd Bn Youngest of 9 children Commemorated at Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium alongside his cousin

Private Robert Willie Ainsworth 7447, 16th (Service) Battalion, Manchester Regiment

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