First Person

First Person

First-person experiences of WW1, taken from letters, diaries, personal albums, oral history, memoir, poetry, and more.

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  • Born 1890

    Died 1916

    Canadian Expeditionary Force 439034

    Canadian Expeditionary Force 439034 Private Canadian Machine Gun Corps

  • Profile picture for Baron Richardson Racey

    Born 1891

    Canadian Expeditionary Force 25996 Private

  • Profile picture for William Lennox Masters

    Born 1891

    Canadian Expeditionary Force 109477 Private Canadian Mounted Rifles

  • Profile picture for Horace Hozner Mcarthur

    Born 1895

    Canadian Expeditionary Force 27088

  • Born 1897

    Canadian Expeditionary Force 199344

  • Born 1901

    Died 1923

    Canadian Expeditionary Force 1102112 Bugler

  • Born 1899

    Canadian Expeditionary Force 525142

  • Profile picture for John Armstrong Scott

    Born 1880

    Canadian Expeditionary Force 10

  • Born 1896

    Canadian Expeditionary Force 148050

  • Profile picture for Louis Maurice Speirs

    Born 1886

    Canadian Expeditionary Force 28867 Private

  • Born 1888

    Died 1938

    Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps

  • Profile picture for Margaret Adele Ripley

    Born 1876

    British Army Staff Nurse Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve

  • Born 1890

    Died 1950

    Other Empire Force British Red Cross

  • Other Empire Force War Correspondent

  • Born 1875

    Died 1964

    Other Empire Force War Correspondent

  • Profile picture for Lawrence Curtis

    Born 1890

    Died 1918

    Other Empire Force 4th Engineer Officer Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy)

    Other Empire Force 4th Engineer Officer Mercantile Marine SS Ausonia

  • Profile picture for Frank Middleton

    Born 1891

    Died 1915

    British Army 15986 Private Manchester Regiment

    British Army 18028 Private South Lancashire Regiment

  • Profile picture for Leo Belleau Le Boutillier

    Born 1894

    Died 1917

    British Army 65553 Private Canadian Army Unit/Infantry

    British Army 65553 Private Canadian Infantry

  • Profile picture for William Alexander Alldritt

    Born 1881

    Died 1933

    British Army 25 Serjeant Canadian Infantry

    Canadian Expeditionary Force 25 Lt. Sergeant 90th Winnipeg Rifles 8th Battalion

    Canadian Expeditionary Force 25 Sergeant 90th Winnipeg Rifles 8th Battalion

  • Profile picture for Jane Cox

    Other Empire Force Worker Schneiders Garment Factory