Lives of the First World War
Discover, explore and remember millions of personal stories from the First World War
Stories featured in the First World War Galleries, IWM London
Stories featured in the First World War Galleries, IWM London
Ground-breaking First World War Galleries which tell the story of the First World War – how it started, why it continued and its global impact – through the lives of those who experienced it.
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Born 1896
Died 1981
Other Empire Force British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem
More about Mairi Lambert Gooden-Chisholm -
Born 1887
Died 1955
British Army Temporary Chaplain to the Forces, 1st Class Army Chaplain's Department Attached to the 8th and 9th Battalions of the Devonshire Regiment
British Army Temporary Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class, The Reverend Army Chaplain's Department
More about Ernest Courtenay Crosse -
Born 1850
Died 1916
British Army Royal Engineers
British Army Field Marshal Staff
More about Horatio Herbert Kitchener -
Born 1891
Died 1983
British Army Second Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps
British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers
More about Cyril Richmond Tobitt -
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British Army Second Lieutenant Highland Light Infantry
British Army Captain Special List
British Army Second Lieutenant 2nd King's African Rifles
More about Douglas William James Cuddeford -
Born 1889
Died 1916
British Army Captain Manchester Regiment 22nd Battalion
British Army Lieutenant Manchester Regiment 22nd Battalion
British Army Captain Manchester Regiment 22nd Battalion
More about Charles Campbell May -
Born 1890
Died 1961
British Army 8081 Private Lincolnshire Regiment
British Army 83670 Private Royal Defence Corps
More about Daniel John Sweeney -
Born 1886
Died 1967
British Army Captain Royal Welsh Fusiliers
More about Siegfried Loraine Sassoon -
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 1893
Died 1984
British Army Captain Gordon Highlanders
British Army Captain Royal Highlanders
British Army Lieutenant Gordon Highlanders 1/4th Battalion (Territorial Force)
More about Norman Cecil Sommers Down, Mid -
Born 1884
Died 1978
Other Empire Force British Red Cross Society
More about Elizabeth Blackall Knocker -
Born 1876
Died 1952
British Army Second Lieutenant Officers Training Corps Junior Division
British Army Second Lieutenant Unattached List Territorial Force
British Army Temporary Captain Machine Gun Corps
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More about John Hay Beith -
Born 1877
Died 1914
British Army 458 (Incomplete) Warrant Officer Class 2 Worcestershire Regiment
British Army 4584 Company Serjeant Major Worcestershire Regiment 2nd Battalion
More about William Williams -
Born 1871
Died 1926
British Army 1711 Private Royal Army Medical Corps
British Army Temporary Captain Royal Army Medical Corps
More about Francis Derwent Wood -
Born 1874
Died 1916
British Army Lieutenant Royal Scots Fusiliers 7th Battalion attached to 1st Battalion
More about Robert Stewart Smylie -
Born 1894
Died 1968
Royal Navy Sub Lieutenant Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
British Army 1384 Corporal London Regiment 16th Battalion (Queen's Westminster)
More about Eric Englefield Rowden -
Born 1875
Died 1917
British Army Second Lieutenant Rifle Brigade
More about Robert Ernest Vernede -
Born 1867
Died 1922
British Army Major Honorary Brigadier General Reserve of Officers
British Army Brigadier General GOC 98th Brigade
British Army Lieutenant Colonel 1/4th Royal Lancaster Regiment
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More about Frederick Montgomerie Carleton -
Born 1852
Died 1925
British Army Colonel
Royal Navy Cadet
Royal Navy Cadet
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More about The Viscount John Denton Pinkstone French