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1 Why is the 1914–18 war called the First World War?

2 Soldiers from all over the world fought on the Western Front.
© Alf Wilkinson, HA Imperial Russian Army 18 February 1917

3 Maori soldier, New Zealand
Soldiers from the British, French and German empires fought and died. © Alf Wilkinson, HA Maori soldier, New Zealand

4 Indian soldiers remembered on the Menin Gate, Ypres, in Belgium
© Alf Wilkinson, HA

5 © Alf Wilkinson, HA French Muslim soldier

6 © Alf Wilkinson, HA Irish soldier

7 Australian Jewish soldier, Hooge cemetery, Belgium
© Alf Wilkinson Australian Jewish soldier, Hooge cemetery, Belgium

8 Hedd Wyn’s gravestone at Artillery Wood Cemetery, near Boezinge, Belgium
The inscription reads: Private E. H. Evans, Royal Welch Fusiliers, 31st July 1917, Age 30. Labelled for non-commercial re-use

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