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 4375 results

Advanced search

Search

Advanced

Search field

Filters

Type

People [4375]

Stories

Communities

Place of birth

High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire [471]

Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [290]

Slough, Buckinghamshire [277]

Buckinghamshire [248]

Chesham, Buckinghamshire [199]

Wolverton, Buckinghamshire [111]

Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire [108]

Eton, Buckinghamshire [105]

Amersham, Buckinghamshire [78]

Marlow, Buckinghamshire [70]

Bletchley, Buckinghamshire [65]

Fenny Stratford, Buckinghamshire [61]

Olney, Buckinghamshire [61]

Stantonbury, Buckinghamshire [59]

Buckingham, Buckinghamshire [58]

Winslow, Buckinghamshire [58]

Stony Stratford, Buckinghamshire [47]

Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire [45]

Burnham, Buckinghamshire [44]

Wycombe, Buckinghamshire [44]

Buckinghamshire England [41]

Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire [33]

Great Marlow, Buckinghamshire [32]

Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire [29]

West Wycombe, Buckinghamshire [28]

Windsor, Buckinghamshire [24]

Wing, Buckinghamshire [22]

Brill, Buckinghamshire [21]

Wendover, Buckinghamshire [21]

Taplow, Buckinghamshire [19]

Cheddington, Buckinghamshire [18]

Hanslope, Buckinghamshire [17]

Iver, Buckinghamshire [17]

Denham, Buckinghamshire [16]

Maidenhead, Buckinghamshire [16]

Wooburn, Buckinghamshire [15]

Aston Clinton, Buckinghamshire [14]

Haddenham, Buckinghamshire [14]

Linslade, Buckinghamshire [14]

Long Crendon, Buckinghamshire [14]

Quainton, Buckinghamshire [14]

Reading, Buckinghamshire [14]

Bradwell, Buckinghamshire [13]

Datchet, Buckinghamshire [13]

Langley, Buckinghamshire [13]

Bourne End, Buckinghamshire [12]

Buckinghamshire, England [12]

High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England [12]

Leighton Buzzard, Buckinghamshire [12]

Simpson, Buckinghamshire [12]

Rank

Private [482]

Corporal [54]

Second Lieutenant [48]

Lieutenant [46]

Lance Corporal [43]

Serjeant [40]

Able Seaman [39]

Rifleman [39]

Captain [33]

Sapper [31]

Gunner [26]

Driver [22]

Stoker 1st Class [22]

Ordinary Seaman [20]

Major [18]

Sergeant [17]

Boy 1st Class [11]

Boy 2nd Class [11]

Leading Seaman [11]

Lieutenant Colonel [10]

Acting Corporal [7]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [6]

Petty Officer [6]

Acting Captain [5]

Deck Hand [5]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Guardsman [4]

Stoker 2nd Class [4]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Acting Leading Stoker [3]

Bombardier [3]

Cadet [3]

Chief Petty Officer [3]

Colonel [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Lance Sergeant [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Lieutenant Commander [3]

Nurse [3]

Officer's Steward 3rd Class [3]

Pioneer [3]

Temporary Lieutenant [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Aircraftman 1st Class [2]

Bugler [2]

Colour Sergeant [2]

Commander [2]

Company Sergeant Major [2]

Flight Sub-Lieutenant [2]

Flying Officer [2]

Unit

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [153]

Hampshire Regiment [48]

Royal Engineers [46]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [37]

Labour Corps [36]

Army Service Corps [34]

Royal Field Artillery [34]

Bedfordshire Regiment [32]

London Regiment [31]

Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry [22]

Northamptonshire Regiment [20]

Royal Air Force [20]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [20]

Machine Gun Corps [19]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [19]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [18]

Middlesex Regiment [17]

Rifle Brigade [16]

Royal Fusiliers [15]

Royal Garrison Artillery [13]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [11]

Royal Army Medical Corps [11]

Gloucestershire Regiment [10]

Somerset Light Infantry [10]

Canadian Infantry [9]

Devonshire Regiment [9]

Grenadier Guards [9]

HMS Agincourt [8]

Royal Army Service Corps [8]

Royal Naval Air Service [8]

Royal Naval Reserve [8]

Training Reserve [7]

Worcestershire Regiment [7]

1/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion [6]

Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [6]

Royal Flying Corps [6]

Royal Marine Artillery [6]

HMS IRON DUKE [5]

Northumberland Fusiliers [5]

Royal Defence Corps [5]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5]

Bedford Yeomanry [4]

Dorsetshire Regiment [4]

HMS Good Hope [4]

HMS Victory I [4]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [4]

Royal Sussex Regiment [4]

Royal West Kent Regiment [4]

South Wales Borderers [4]

Cheshire Regiment [3]

Service

Royal Navy [2121]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1374]

British Army [747]

Australian Imperial Force [45]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [23]

Other Empire Force [8]

Indian Army [7]

South African Services [3]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [561]

H [420]

S [386]

W [384]

C [362]

P [278]

M [260]

G [214]

R [210]

D [191]

T [176]

L [175]

A [140]

F [122]

K [114]

J [110]

E [91]

N [75]

O [30]

I [23]

V [22]

Y [19]

Q [6]

U [5]

Contribution

Military Service [4184]

Merchant Navy [88]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [338]

India [3]

Malaysia [2]

Australia [1]

China [1]

France [1]

Jamaica [1]

Page 3 of 219

Pagination

Previous
1
2
3
4
5
219
Next

Type

People [4375] Stories Communities

Place of birth

High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire [471] Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [290] Slough, Buckinghamshire [277] Buckinghamshire [248] Chesham, Buckinghamshire [199] Wolverton, Buckinghamshire [111] Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire [108] Eton, Buckinghamshire [105] Amersham, Buckinghamshire [78] Marlow, Buckinghamshire [70] Bletchley, Buckinghamshire [65] Fenny Stratford, Buckinghamshire [61] Olney, Buckinghamshire [61] Stantonbury, Buckinghamshire [59] Buckingham, Buckinghamshire [58] Winslow, Buckinghamshire [58] Stony Stratford, Buckinghamshire [47] Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire [45] Burnham, Buckinghamshire [44] Wycombe, Buckinghamshire [44] Buckinghamshire England [41] Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire [33] Great Marlow, Buckinghamshire [32] Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire [29] West Wycombe, Buckinghamshire [28] Windsor, Buckinghamshire [24] Wing, Buckinghamshire [22] Brill, Buckinghamshire [21] Wendover, Buckinghamshire [21] Taplow, Buckinghamshire [19] Cheddington, Buckinghamshire [18] Hanslope, Buckinghamshire [17] Iver, Buckinghamshire [17] Denham, Buckinghamshire [16] Maidenhead, Buckinghamshire [16] Wooburn, Buckinghamshire [15] Aston Clinton, Buckinghamshire [14] Haddenham, Buckinghamshire [14] Linslade, Buckinghamshire [14] Long Crendon, Buckinghamshire [14] Quainton, Buckinghamshire [14] Reading, Buckinghamshire [14] Bradwell, Buckinghamshire [13] Datchet, Buckinghamshire [13] Langley, Buckinghamshire [13] Bourne End, Buckinghamshire [12] Buckinghamshire, England [12] High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England [12] Leighton Buzzard, Buckinghamshire [12] Simpson, Buckinghamshire [12]

Rank

Private [482] Corporal [54] Second Lieutenant [48] Lieutenant [46] Lance Corporal [43] Serjeant [40] Able Seaman [39] Rifleman [39] Captain [33] Sapper [31] Gunner [26] Driver [22] Stoker 1st Class [22] Ordinary Seaman [20] Major [18] Sergeant [17] Boy 1st Class [11] Boy 2nd Class [11] Leading Seaman [11] Lieutenant Colonel [10] Acting Corporal [7] Air Mechanic 1st Class [6] Petty Officer [6] Acting Captain [5] Deck Hand [5] Acting Serjeant [4] Guardsman [4] Stoker 2nd Class [4] Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Acting Leading Stoker [3] Bombardier [3] Cadet [3] Chief Petty Officer [3] Colonel [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Lance Sergeant [3] Lance Serjeant [3] Lieutenant Commander [3] Nurse [3] Officer's Steward 3rd Class [3] Pioneer [3] Temporary Lieutenant [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Aircraftman 1st Class [2] Bugler [2] Colour Sergeant [2] Commander [2] Company Sergeant Major [2] Flight Sub-Lieutenant [2] Flying Officer [2]

Unit

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [153] Hampshire Regiment [48] Royal Engineers [46] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [37] Labour Corps [36] Army Service Corps [34] Royal Field Artillery [34] Bedfordshire Regiment [32] London Regiment [31] Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry [22] Northamptonshire Regiment [20] Royal Air Force [20] Royal Berkshire Regiment [20] Machine Gun Corps [19] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [19] King's Royal Rifle Corps [18] Middlesex Regiment [17] Rifle Brigade [16] Royal Fusiliers [15] Royal Garrison Artillery [13] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [11] Royal Army Medical Corps [11] Gloucestershire Regiment [10] Somerset Light Infantry [10] Canadian Infantry [9] Devonshire Regiment [9] Grenadier Guards [9] HMS Agincourt [8] Royal Army Service Corps [8] Royal Naval Air Service [8] Royal Naval Reserve [8] Training Reserve [7] Worcestershire Regiment [7] 1/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion [6] Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [6] Royal Flying Corps [6] Royal Marine Artillery [6] HMS IRON DUKE [5] Northumberland Fusiliers [5] Royal Defence Corps [5] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5] Bedford Yeomanry [4] Dorsetshire Regiment [4] HMS Good Hope [4] HMS Victory I [4] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [4] Royal Sussex Regiment [4] Royal West Kent Regiment [4] South Wales Borderers [4] Cheshire Regiment [3]

Service

Royal Navy [2121] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1374] British Army [747] Australian Imperial Force [45] Canadian Expeditionary Force [23] Other Empire Force [8] Indian Army [7] South African Services [3] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [561] H [420] S [386] W [384] C [362] P [278] M [260] G [214] R [210] D [191] T [176] L [175] A [140] F [122] K [114] J [110] E [91] N [75] O [30] I [23] V [22] Y [19] Q [6] U [5]

Contribution

Military Service [4184] Merchant Navy [88] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [338] India [3] Malaysia [2] Australia [1] China [1] France [1] Jamaica [1]

Sidney Rowland Rogers

Born 1883

Died 1948

British Army 27677 Private Bedfordshire Regiment 9th Battalion

British Army 27677 Private Bedfordshire Regiment 8th Battalion

British Army 27677 Private Bedfordshire Regiment 8th Battalion

More about Sidney Rowland Rogers
Edwin Isaac Ives

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 370483 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 2122 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 370483 Colour Acting Sergeant London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 17th (County of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

More about Edwin Isaac Ives
Alfred Joseph Whitworth

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army G/9804 Private Middlesex Regiment 4th Battalion

More about Alfred Joseph Whitworth
Thomas Hine

Born 1877

Died 1915

British Army 17179 Private Sherwood Foresters

British Army 17179 Private Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

More about Thomas Hine
Frederick Ernest Lambert

Born 1894

Died 1972

British Army 12880 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 16774 Sergeant Ox & Bucks Light Infantry 1st Battalion

British Army 16774 Private Ox & Bucks Light Infantry 7th Battalion

More about Frederick Ernest Lambert
Thomas Boyles

Born 1886

Died 1956

British Army G/10219 Private East Kent Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army G/10119 Private East Kent Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army G/10219 Private East Kent Regiment 1st Battalion

…

More about Thomas Boyles
Arthur George Clarke

Born 1899

British Army G/29661 Private Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 10th Battalion

More about Arthur George Clarke
Francis Thame

Born 1883

Died 1971

British Army 231632 Private Dorset Yeomanry 2nd Battalion

More about Francis Thame
Hubert William Watkins

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 17805 Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 16486 Private Hampshire Regiment 1st Battalion

More about Hubert William Watkins
James Jones

Born 1891

Died 1947

British Army 9116 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 2nd Battalion

More about James Jones
Richard Claridge

Born 1883

Died 1921

British Army 151257 Private Royal Engineers

British Army 6924 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 2nd Battalion

British Army 151527 Sapper Royal Engineers 251st Tunnelling Depot Co

More about Richard Claridge
Arthur Beesley

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 180442 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

More about Arthur Beesley
John Thomas Boddy

Born 1875

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 286603

More about John Thomas Boddy
George Lewis Strachan

Born 1879

Died 1929

British Army Lieutenant West African Frontier Force

British Army 5609 Private Imperial Yeomanry 1st Battalion

British Army 57778 Captain West African Frontier Force Sierra Leone Battalion

More about George Lewis Strachan
William James Cairns

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 52564 Private Devonshire Regiment

British Army 34983 Private Worcestershire Regiment

British Army 34983 Private Worcestershire Regiment 1st (Garrison) Battalion

…

More about William James Cairns
Walter William Perry

Born 1880

Died 1915

British Army

British Army 3/10784 Private Northamptonshire Regiment 1st Bn

More about Walter William Perry
Shadwell John Murray

Born 1867

Died 1940

British Army Second Lieutenant Connaught Rangers

British Army Lieutenant Connaught Rangers

British Army Captain Connaught Rangers

…

More about Shadwell John Murray
William Henry Nottingham

Born 1874

Died 1915

British Army 3/4716 Private Hampshire Regiment 1st Battalion

More about William Henry Nottingham
Margaret Annie Austin, Later Gates

Born 1889

Died 1976

British Army British Red Cross Society

More about Margaret Annie Austin, Later Gates
Herbert Bowler

Born 1876

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 6497 Sergeant Royal Air Force

More about Herbert Bowler

Page 3 of 219

Pagination

Previous
1
2
3
4
5
219
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