Skip to main content

Lives of the First World War

Discover, explore and remember millions of personal stories from the First World War

Main navigation

Home
Life Stories
Communities
About

Search found 1809 results

Advanced search

Search

Advanced

Search field

Filters

Type

People [1809]

Stories

Communities

Place of birth

Blackburn, Lancashire [1377]

Blackburn England [121]

Blackburn [93]

Blackburn Victoria [32]

Blackburn, Lancs [25]

Blackburn Lancashire [23]

Rishton, Blackburn, Lancashire [15]

Blackburn, Lancashire, England [4]

Blackburn, Yorkshire [4]

Clitheroe, Blackburn, Lancashire [4]

Darwen, Blackburn, Lancashire [4]

Accrington, Blackburn, Lancashire [3]

Blackburn Lancs [3]

Blackburn Scotland [3]

Blackburn, England [3]

Blackburn,Lancashire [3]

Blackburn,Lancs [3]

Clayton le Moors,Blackburn,Lancashire. [3]

Great Harwood, Blackburn, Lancashire [3]

Livesey, Blackburn, Lancashire [3]

Mill Hill, Blackburn, Lancashire [3]

Blackburn Lancashire England [2]

Blackburn Lancashire. [2]

Blackburn, London [2]

Blackburn,Lancashire. [2]

Blackburn. Lancashire. England. [2]

Darwen, Blackburn [2]

Darwen, near Blackburn, Lancashire [2]

Oswaldtwistle, Blackburn, Lancashire [2]

Oswaldtwistle,Blackburn,Lancashire. [2]

Padiham, Blackburn, Lancashire [2]

Wilpshire, Blackburn [2]

148 Blackburn Street Govan Glasgow Lanarkshire Scotland [1]

20 Belgrave St, Witton, Blackburn, Lancs [1]

55 Peter St, Blackburn, [1]

Audley, Blackburn, Lancs [1]

Billington, Blackburn, Lancashire [1]

Blackburn ,Lancashire [1]

Blackburn Livingstone [1]

Blackburn, Aberdeenshire [1]

Blackburn, Blackpool, Lancashire [1]

Blackburn, Dublin [1]

Blackburn, Lancashire, England. [1]

Blackburn, Lancashre [1]

Blackburn, Lincolnshire [1]

Blackburn, Linlithgow [1]

Blackburn, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Blackburn, Sheffield, Yorkshire [1]

Blackburn, lancs [1]

Blackburn,Lancs. [1]

Rank

Private [256]

Serjeant [24]

Gunner [23]

Corporal [20]

Lance Corporal [16]

Second Lieutenant [15]

Able Seaman [14]

Driver [13]

Deck Hand [12]

Ordinary Seaman [11]

Stoker 1st Class [8]

Captain [7]

Lieutenant [7]

Sergeant [7]

Rifleman [6]

Acting Corporal [4]

Bombardier [3]

Boy 1st Class [3]

Leading Stoker [3]

Sapper [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Acting Colour Serjeant [2]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [2]

Guardsman [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Sub Lieutenant [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

2nd Leutenant [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Lieutenant Commander [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Air Craftsman 2nd Class [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [1]

Armourer's Crew [1]

Assistant Cook [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Flt Sub Lt [1]

Gunner/Acting Bombardier [1]

Infantryman [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Leading Air Mechanic [1]

Lieut-Commander [1]

Lieutenant-Commander [1]

Major [1]

Nursing Member [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Unit

East Lancashire Regiment [68]

Royal Field Artillery [31]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [23]

Labour Corps [19]

Lancashire Fusiliers [17]

Machine Gun Corps [16]

Manchester Regiment [15]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [13]

Royal Naval Reserve [12]

Royal Army Medical Corps [11]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [11]

Army Service Corps [10]

Border Regiment [8]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [8]

Liverpool Regiment [8]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [8]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [8]

Royal Garrison Artillery [7]

South Wales Borderers [7]

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [7]

Cheshire Regiment [6]

HMS Vivid I [6]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [6]

London Regiment [6]

Royal Engineers [6]

Royal Fusiliers [5]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [4]

Royal Irish Regiment [4]

Royal Naval Division [4]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [4]

Army Cyclist Corps [3]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [3]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [3]

Canadian Infantry [3]

HMS Vivid [3]

King's (Liverpool Regiment) [3]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [3]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Scots [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [2]

Coldstream Guards [2]

Corps of Hussars [2]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Service

Royal Navy [807]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [474]

British Army [359]

Australian Imperial Force [160]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [10]

Other Empire Force [2]

Canadian Navy [1]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [234]

H [205]

S [163]

C [151]

W [143]

M [98]

R [96]

A [88]

T [85]

P [76]

L [73]

G [71]

D [67]

E [48]

F [48]

K [45]

N [37]

J [27]

O [24]

Y [16]

I [8]

Q [2]

V [2]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1775]

Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [167]

India [3]

Australia [1]

Canada [1]

France [1]

United States [1]

Page 1 of 91

Pagination

1
2
3
91
Next

Type

People [1809] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Blackburn, Lancashire [1377] Blackburn England [121] Blackburn [93] Blackburn Victoria [32] Blackburn, Lancs [25] Blackburn Lancashire [23] Rishton, Blackburn, Lancashire [15] Blackburn, Lancashire, England [4] Blackburn, Yorkshire [4] Clitheroe, Blackburn, Lancashire [4] Darwen, Blackburn, Lancashire [4] Accrington, Blackburn, Lancashire [3] Blackburn Lancs [3] Blackburn Scotland [3] Blackburn, England [3] Blackburn,Lancashire [3] Blackburn,Lancs [3] Clayton le Moors,Blackburn,Lancashire. [3] Great Harwood, Blackburn, Lancashire [3] Livesey, Blackburn, Lancashire [3] Mill Hill, Blackburn, Lancashire [3] Blackburn Lancashire England [2] Blackburn Lancashire. [2] Blackburn, London [2] Blackburn,Lancashire. [2] Blackburn. Lancashire. England. [2] Darwen, Blackburn [2] Darwen, near Blackburn, Lancashire [2] Oswaldtwistle, Blackburn, Lancashire [2] Oswaldtwistle,Blackburn,Lancashire. [2] Padiham, Blackburn, Lancashire [2] Wilpshire, Blackburn [2] 148 Blackburn Street Govan Glasgow Lanarkshire Scotland [1] 20 Belgrave St, Witton, Blackburn, Lancs [1] 55 Peter St, Blackburn, [1] Audley, Blackburn, Lancs [1] Billington, Blackburn, Lancashire [1] Blackburn ,Lancashire [1] Blackburn Livingstone [1] Blackburn, Aberdeenshire [1] Blackburn, Blackpool, Lancashire [1] Blackburn, Dublin [1] Blackburn, Lancashire, England. [1] Blackburn, Lancashre [1] Blackburn, Lincolnshire [1] Blackburn, Linlithgow [1] Blackburn, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Blackburn, Sheffield, Yorkshire [1] Blackburn, lancs [1] Blackburn,Lancs. [1]

Rank

Private [256] Serjeant [24] Gunner [23] Corporal [20] Lance Corporal [16] Second Lieutenant [15] Able Seaman [14] Driver [13] Deck Hand [12] Ordinary Seaman [11] Stoker 1st Class [8] Captain [7] Lieutenant [7] Sergeant [7] Rifleman [6] Acting Corporal [4] Bombardier [3] Boy 1st Class [3] Leading Stoker [3] Sapper [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Acting Colour Serjeant [2] Air Mechanic 1st Class [2] Guardsman [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Sub Lieutenant [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] 2nd Leutenant [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Lieutenant Commander [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Air Craftsman 2nd Class [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Aircraftman 2nd Class [1] Armourer's Crew [1] Assistant Cook [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Flt Sub Lt [1] Gunner/Acting Bombardier [1] Infantryman [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Leading Air Mechanic [1] Lieut-Commander [1] Lieutenant-Commander [1] Major [1] Nursing Member [1] Nursing Sister [1]

Unit

East Lancashire Regiment [68] Royal Field Artillery [31] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [23] Labour Corps [19] Lancashire Fusiliers [17] Machine Gun Corps [16] Manchester Regiment [15] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [13] Royal Naval Reserve [12] Royal Army Medical Corps [11] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [11] Army Service Corps [10] Border Regiment [8] King's Royal Rifle Corps [8] Liverpool Regiment [8] Royal Lancaster Regiment [8] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [8] Royal Garrison Artillery [7] South Wales Borderers [7] The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [7] Cheshire Regiment [6] HMS Vivid I [6] King's Own Scottish Borderers [6] London Regiment [6] Royal Engineers [6] Royal Fusiliers [5] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [4] Royal Irish Regiment [4] Royal Naval Division [4] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4] The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [4] Army Cyclist Corps [3] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [3] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [3] Canadian Infantry [3] HMS Vivid [3] King's (Liverpool Regiment) [3] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [3] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Scots [3] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Canadian Army Medical Corps [2] Coldstream Guards [2] Corps of Hussars [2] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Service

Royal Navy [807] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [474] British Army [359] Australian Imperial Force [160] Canadian Expeditionary Force [10] Other Empire Force [2] Canadian Navy [1] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [234] H [205] S [163] C [151] W [143] M [98] R [96] A [88] T [85] P [76] L [73] G [71] D [67] E [48] F [48] K [45] N [37] J [27] O [24] Y [16] I [8] Q [2] V [2] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1775] Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [167] India [3] Australia [1] Canada [1] France [1] United States [1]

William Holden

Born 1882

Died 1960

British Army M/325681 Private Army Service Corps

British Army M/335681 Private Army Service Corps

More about William Holden
James Roberts

Born 1890

Died 1958

British Army 17647 Guardsman Scots Guards

British Army 17047 Scots Guards Army Reserve

British Army 17047 Private Scots Guards 3

…

More about James Roberts
Thomas Bleasdale

Born 1886

Died 1961

British Army 28821 Private East Lancashire Regiment

More about Thomas Bleasdale
Luther Ward

Born 1887

Died 1930

British Army 88385 Private King's Liverpool Regiment

More about Luther Ward
John Schofield

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army S4/143820 Corporal Army Service Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Lancashire Fusiliers

More about John Schofield
John Hargreaves

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army L/17120 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 17120 Driver Royal Horse Artillery D Battery

More about John Hargreaves
Edward Huntingdon

Born 1881

Died 1918

British Army 40808 Private East Lancashire Regiment

More about Edward Huntingdon
Arthur O'malley

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 5048 Private East Surrey Regiment

More about Arthur O'malley
Randolph Singleton Haworth

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 15870 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 15870 Lance Corporal The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 17th Battalion

More about Randolph Singleton Haworth
Robert Neville

Born 1885

Died 1941

British Army 121568 Private Royal Army Medical Corps 11th Company

More about Robert Neville
George Glover

Born 1882

Died 1946

British Army 5631 Serjeant 18th Hussars

British Army 5631 Serjeant Corps of Hussars

British Army 5631 Colour Serjeant 18th Hussars Cavalry

More about George Glover
Ernest Pickup

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 1537 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 700658 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 700658 RFA 1st East Lancs Brigade

More about Ernest Pickup
Thomas Taylor Hilton

Born 1885

Died 1963

British Army 291938 Corporal Cheshire Regiment

British Army 285233 Corporal Welsh Regiment

British Army 291938 and 285233 Corporal

More about Thomas Taylor Hilton
James Neville

Born 1895

Died 1952

British Army 442547 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 3435 Sapper Royal Engineers Transport

More about James Neville
William Eccles Holt

Born 1878

Died 1916

British Army T5/1963 Serjeant Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 1963 Serjeant King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 1st/5th Battalion

More about William Eccles Holt
Frederick Gertson

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 2348 Private East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 200583 Private East Lancashire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Northumberland Fusiliers

More about Frederick Gertson
Daniel Wiggans

Born 1890

Died 1978

British Army 127474 Private Machine Gun Corps

More about Daniel Wiggans
John Hubberstey Nurton

Born 1894

Royal Navy Deal/3043/S Private Royal Naval Division

Royal Navy Deal/3043/S Corporal Royal Naval Division

Royal Navy Deal/3043/S Serjeant Royal Marines Medical Unit attached 149th Royal Naval Field Ambulance

More about John Hubberstey Nurton
Joseph Law Riding

Born 1895

Died 1968

British Army 165358 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

More about Joseph Law Riding
James E Earnshaw

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 6508 Serjeant Machine Gun Corps

British Army 21022 Serjeant Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 6508 Serjeant Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

More about James E Earnshaw

Page 1 of 91

Pagination

1
2
3
91
Next

Imperial War Museums home Visit IWM site

Lives of the First World War content is covered by the terms of the IWM Non-Commercial Licence

Accessibility statement Privacy and cookies Copyright