To mark 100 years since the end of the First World War, the Telegraph asked its readers to share their stories of the Great War, passed down from generation to generation. The video in this piece is the culmination of that project.

We were grateful to receive so many fascinating and moving accounts of life during the conflict, not just from the trenches, the air and at sea, but also from the home front and from far flung corners of the world. At a time of such intense loss and inhumanity, it was telling that nearly every submission we received drew on the heroism, love and self-sacrifice shown by their protagonists.

We weren't able to tell all of these stories, but we believe that the five tales chosen for the final film are a fitting testament to all those who lived, loved, fought and died in the First World War.

As well as shining a light on the stories of fallen soldiers, they highlight the lengths that many relatives have gone to in order to find and preserve the memories of their ancestors.

Take Jeremy Page’s great great uncle Private Wildfried G. Champ, for example; an allied infantry man who went missing in action in 1915, aged 23. Private Champ’s body was never recovered. Upon writing to the Imperial War Grave Commission, Private Champ’s mother was sent a confirmation that inquiries to locate a grave for her son’s body had proven unsuccessful. 100 years on, this letter remains Jeremy’s only evidence of the fate of his great great uncle.