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)

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Lieutenant Harold Kilburn Staples, 75th Battalion Canadian Infantry - A village schoolteacher

First World War Army Canadian BEAUCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY

United Kingdom

Staff Serjeant Dudley Churchill Perkins - Escaped captivity to fight with the Cretan Resistance

Second World War Army New Zealand SUDA BAY WAR CEMETERY

Captain John Devitt Stringfellow Pendlebury - Archaeologist and casualty of the Battle of Crete

Second World War Army United Kingdom SUDA BAY WAR CEMETERY

Sapper Thomas Crampton 166077, 21 Corps Signal Company, Royal Engineers

First World War Army United Kingdom Post Office HAIFA WAR CEMETERY

United Kingdom

Serjeant Ernest Frank Grinsted MM, 16th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment

First World War Army United Kingdom JERUSALEM MEMORIAL

By Medal Department, Spink & Son

United Kingdom

Pte James Charles Crew, 2nd Worcesters. Killed in the Battle of Polygon Wood

First World War Army United Kingdom Remembrance TYNE COT MEMORIAL

United Kingdom

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