Lives of the First World War
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First Person
First-person experiences of WW1, taken from letters, diaries, personal albums, oral history, memoir, poetry, and more.
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Born 1887
Died 1978
Other Empire Force Nurse Red Cross Russian 10th Field Surgical Otryad
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Born 1902
Died 1989
Other Empire Force Munitions Worker Ministry of Munitions - Barnbow
More about S Elsie Parfitt -
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Born 1873
Died 1962
British Army Sister Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve
British Army Sister-in-Charge Queen Alexandra's Imperial Nursing Service No.32 Casualty Clearing Station
More about Kate Evelyn Luard, Rrc And Bar -
Born 1895
Died 1915
British Army Lieutenant Suffolk Regiment
British Army Captain Suffolk Regiment 7th Battalion
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Born 1897
Died 1917
Canadian Expeditionary Force 282791
Canadian Expeditionary Force 282791 Private Canadian Infantry
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Born 1896
Died 1915
British Army 2168 Private Honourable Artillery Company No 1 Company
More about Maxwell Green -
Born 1894
Died 1917
British Army 1776 Private London Regiment 13th battalion lond Battalion
Royal Navy 1776 Flight Sub Lieutenant Royal Naval Air Service
Royal Navy Flight Lieutenant Royal Naval Air Service 3rd Squadron R.N. Wing
More about Walter Edward Traynor -
Died 1917
Canadian Expeditionary Force 148046 Lance Corporal Acting Corporal Canadian Infantry Battalion
Canadian Expeditionary Force 148046 Lance Sergeant Canadian Infantry
More about Gordon Rochford -
Born 1888
Died 1915
British Army Captain Royal Dragoon Guards 1st Battalion
More about The Honourable Julian Henry Francis Grenfell -
Born 1893
Royal Navy 1/2203 Leading Seaman RNVR London - HMS LION
Royal Navy 1/2203 Able Seaman RNVR London Division - HMS LION
More about Frank Read -
Born 1890
Died 1928
Other Empire Force Nurse American Red Cross Fox Hills Base Hospital, Staten Island, NY
Other Empire Force Nurse American Red Cross relief unit
Other Empire Force Nurse American Red Cross Base Hospital 136, Vannes, France
More about Mary Ellen Faragher -
British Army 23175 Private Cheshire Regiment
British Army 12900 Private Machine Gun Corps 102
More about James Crockett -
Born 1880
Died 1917
Other Empire Force Nurse British Red Cross Exeter War Hospitals, No 2 Section
More about Mary Gertrude Tindall -
Born 1889
Died 1964
Royal Navy Royal Naval Division
More about James Ness Macbean Ross -
Born 1894
Died 1916
British Army Guardsman Coldstream Guards 2nd Battalion
British Army 16413 Private Coldstream Guards
British Army GS3485 Private 1st Reserve Cavalry Regiment
More about Leonard Holmes Cooper -
Born 1892
Royal Navy Commander
Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander
Royal Navy Sub.Lieutenant HMS Doon
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More about Athelstan Paul Bush -
Born 1889
Canadian Expeditionary Force 231062 Private 3rd Division Concert Party
More about Frank Arnold Brayford -
Born 1881
Died 1930
British Army Trained Nurse American Ambulance Hospital in Paris Neuilly Sur Seine
Other Empire Force Nursing Sister French Red Cross
Other Empire Force Nursing Sister British Field Hospital Belgium
More about Madelon Hancock