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British, Irish and Commonwealth Politicians of the First World War
British, Irish and Commonwealth Politicians of the First World War
As well as M.P.s who served, I've also included members of the various wartime Governments; although they have often been derided, many of them had personal experience of the War. Asquith's son Raymond was killed in 1916, Lloyd-George's daughter Olwen served as a VAD, Kitchener was killed when H.M.S. Hampshire hit a mine. After the Gallipoli debacle, which was one of the oft-quoted examples of 'civilian interference', Churchill left Government and served in the Army. It is also worth noting the number of Irish Nationalist leaders who served; as Thomas Michael Kettle said when he enlisted after the invasion of Belgium, "to fight not for England but for all small nations."
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Born 1878
Died 1915
British Army Captain Manchester Regiment
British Army Captain Manchester Regiment 6th battalion, manchest Battalion
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Born 1885
Died 1915
British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Welsh Fusiliers
British Army Lieutenant Royal Welsh Fusiliers 3rd Battalion
More about William Glynne Charles Gladstone, M.p. -
Born 1863
Died 1945
Other Empire Force Prime Minister
More about David Lloyd George, M.p. -
British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Sussex Regiment 4th Battalion
More about William Robert Campion, M.p. -
Born 1880
Died 1915
British Army Lieutenant Coldstream Guards
British Army Captain Coldstream Guards 1st Battalion
More about Hon Thomas Charles Reginald Agar-Robartes Mp -
Born 1849
Died 1930
Other Empire Force First Lord of the Admiralty British Government
More about The Rt. Hon. Arthur James Balfour, O.m., M.p. -
Born 1850
Died 1916
British Army Royal Engineers
British Army Field Marshal Staff
More about Horatio Herbert Kitchener -
Born 1880
Died 1915
British Army Lieutenant Temporary Captain Special Reserve
British Army Lieutenant Temporary Captain Coldstream Guards
British Army Captain Coldstream Guards 1st Battalion
More about The Hon Thomas Charles Reginald Agar-Robartes -
Born 1882
Died 1917
British Army Captain Oxfordshire Hussars
British Army Major Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars
More about Valentine Fleming -
Born 1870
Died 1950
British Army General The Rt Hon British East African Expeditionary Force
More about Jan Christian Smuts -
Born 1880
Died 1916
British Army Lieutenant Royal Dublin Fusiliers 9th Battalion
More about Thomas Michael Kettle -
Born 1874
Died 1965
British Army Major Grenadier Guards 2nd Battalion
British Army Cornet (2nd Lieutenant) 4th Queen's Own Hussars
British Army Lieutenant-Colonel Royal Scots Fusiliers 6th Battalion
More about Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill -
Born 1876
Died 1915
British Army Lieutenant Army Service Corps
More about The Hon. William Lionel Charles Walrond, M.p. -
Born 1861
Died 1917
British Army Captain Royal Irish Regiment 6th Battalion
British Army Major Royal Irish Regiment 6th Battalion
More about William Hoey Kearney Redmond, M.p. -
Born 1876
Died 1914
British Army Captain 2nd Life Guards
More about The Hon. Arthur Edward Bruce O'neill, M.p. -
Born 1880
Died 1954
Air Force (RAF/RFC)
Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander Russian Armoured Cars
More about Oliver Stillingfleet Locker-Lampson -
Born 1863
Died 1931
British Army Lieutenant Colonel Derbyshire Yeomanry Gallipoli
More about Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, M.p. -
Born 1852
Died 1928
British Army Prime Minister Army Staff
More about Herbert Henry Asquith, K.c., M.p. -
British Army Major Scots Guards
More about John James Viscount Dalrymple, M.p. -
Born 1875
Died 1962
British Army British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem
More about George Earley Sandwich