A lengthy epitaph, including a Bible passage written in Scottish Gaelic, was chosen for the headstone of 18-year-old Seaman Norman Macleod, who was from the Isle of Lewis. 📍Portland Royal Naval Cemetery 🇬🇧

Two riflemen of the 11th Battalion King’s Royal Rifle Corps who were killed in this day in 1915. 📍Potijze Burial Ground Cemetery 🇧🇪

Irish-born Canadian soldier Pte James Wilson was shot for desertion at 4.20am on this day in 1916. Before emigrating to Canada, he’d served nine years in the Connaught Rangers. During his WW1, service he had a number of charges against him. 📍Poperinghe New Military Cemetery 🇧🇪

The clipped corners on this headstone denote that Pte John Lampard is a non-war burial despite being in a CWGC cemetery. John, who served with the Royal Marine Light Infantry, died while serving on board HMS Collingwood in 1891. 📍Suda Bay War Cemetery 🇬🇷

One of those killed when a lone Heinkel dropped its bombs on a small Derbyshire town was Sapper Ronald Butterworth. Prior to enlisting, the 22-year-old from Rochdale worked as a porter at Rochdale Railway Station. 📍Melbourne Cemetery 🇬🇧

Staff Serjeant Stanislaw Rzegocki, Polish Resettlement Corps, who died on this day in 1947. The PRC was created as a holding unit for members of the Polish forces who had served with the British and did not wish to return to communist Poland after WW2. 📍Warwick Cemetery 🇬🇧

It’s unusual to see infilled letters on a CWGC headstone. Perhaps it was done by a family member or a well-meaning member of the public. The story behind the headstone is tragic, as George Conway took his own life just three days after joining the army. 📍Bedworth Cemetery 🇬🇧

The shrapnel-damaged equipment belonging to Second Lieutenant William Cousins on display at Passchendaele Museum. William was severely wounded on 15th July 1917 at Zonnebeke and, by the look of his kit, was lucky to survive. 📍Memorial Museum Passchendaele 1917 🇧🇪

Private Walter Woodall, Yorkshire Hussars (Alexandra, Princess of Wales Own), was taken ill on a Sunday night; by the following night he had passed away. His remains were conveyed from Bridlington to Scarborough, where his parents lived. 📍Scarborough (Manor Road) Cemetery 🇬🇧

Captain Robert Wade-Gery, Royal Garrison Artillery, was killed while observing the fire of his battery. He had joined the army in 1903, arrived in France in October 1914, and was awarded an MC in 1916. He also played rugby for the army. 📍Norfolk Cemetery, Becordel-Becourt🇫🇷

Guardsman Alfred Hands was killed on this day in 1916. A letter written to his family by a comrade described that he was ‘killed by the concussion of a shell’ and ‘that death was instantaneous.’ Alfred was from my hometown, Nuneaton in Warwickshire. 📍Essex Farm Cemetery 🇧🇪

Johann Bohn is one of over 17,000 burials in this large German cemetery. Around 1,000 died in the Autumn of 1914, 10,000 were killed during the Battle of the Somme, and 6,000, including Johann, were killed in the 1918 offensive. 📍Fricourt German Military Cemetery 🇫🇷

The words written below were sent to the parents of brothers Sidney and George Smith, who were both killed on this day in 1917. “Both your sons did a lot of good and hard work, and always did their duty bravely and cheerfully.” 📍Vlamertinghe New Military Cemetery 🇧🇪

Captain Henry Hoyt Pineo, Canadian Mounted Rifles, was killed in action on this day in 1916. It’s interesting to find a photograph of his original grave marker on the Veterans Affairs CA website. 📍Poperinghe New Military Cemetery 🇧🇪

Private Ernest Hanson, 23rd (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment, died on this day in 1917. He is one of over 10,000 casualties who are buried in a very large and beautiful CWGC cemetery. 📍Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery 🇧🇪

Australian cricketer Alan Marshal died in Malta on this day in 1915 after being evacuated from Gallipoli with enteric fever. The former Queensland and Surrey batting all-rounder, was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year. 📍Pieta Military Cemetery 🇲🇹

Driver Blatch and Orderly Clark, British Red Cross, were both killed on this day in 1918. Arthur Clark had served for 48 months, which included time with the French Red Cross at Verdun. He was awarded the Croix de Guerre. 📍Terlincthun British Cemetery 🇫🇷

“Soldier, Traveller, Athlete” Intriguing words that feature on the headstone of Colonel Ralph Austin-Sparks, who was killed in a flying accident at Lilbourne Aerodrome. 📍Clifton-On-Dunsmore (St Mary) Additional Churchyard 🇬🇧