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These short biographies of individual World War One soldiers reveal the true stories behind Michael Foreman's 'War Game'. Each soldier has a different connection to the book and the areas of Westminster, Kensington and Chelsea, and Hammersmith and Fulham.

  • Bernard Brookes

    Bernard Brookes

    Queen's Westminster Rifles diary
  • Billie Nevill

    Billie Nevill

    Footballer of the Somme
  • Charles Sargeant Jagger

    Charles Sargeant Jagger

    A soldier and a sculptor who created memorials to honour those who were killed during WW1
  • Charles Waller

    Charles Waller

    Attack at Gommecourt
  • First World War Heroes

    First World War Heroes

    Victoria Cross holders from the City of Westminster
  • Frank Edwards

    Frank Edwards

    Footballer of Loos
  • From Gallipoli to Wembley

    From Gallipoli to Wembley

    The Remarkable Story of Harry Cook, Everton's 'Blind Masseur'
  • John Hayden

    John Hayden

    Poet soldier
  • Leonard Keysor

    Leonard Keysor

    Leonard Keysor from Paddington was part of the ANZAC forces at Gallipoli
  • Private Ernest Richard Boots

    Private Ernest Richard Boots

    From Council Dustman to soldier on the Western Front
  • Reginald Warneford

    Reginald Warneford

    Tackling the Zeppelins
  • Robert Whiting

    Robert Whiting

    Football Battalion
  • The Coster Brothers Seaby

    The Coster Brothers Seaby

  • The Story of James Brill

    The Story of James Brill

  • The Story of Major Booth

    The Story of Major Booth

  • Walter Tull

    Walter Tull

    Footballer soldier
  • William Eve

    William Eve

    World War One diarist
  • William Morris "Billy Hughes", CH, KC

    William Morris "Billy Hughes", CH, KC

    From humble beginnings this Pimlico boy grew up to be Prime Minister of Australia
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