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 162 results

Advanced search

Search

Advanced

Search field

Filters

Type

People [162]

Stories

Communities

Place of birth

Congleton, Cheshire [123]

Congleton, Cheshire, England [11]

Astbury, Congleton, Cheshire [4]

Congleton Cheshire [4]

Buglawton, Congleton, Cheshire [2]

Congleton, Crewe, Cheshire [2]

Eaton Hall, Congleton, Cheshire [2]

Biddulph, Congleton, Cheshire [1]

Congleton District, Cheshire [1]

Congleton district, Cheshire [1]

Congleton, Alsager, Cheshire [1]

Congleton, Chester, Cheshire [1]

Congleton, Macclesfield, Cheshire [1]

Kermincham, near Congleton, Cheshire [1]

Moss, Congleton, Cheshire [1]

Mossley, Congleton, Cheshire [1]

Odd Rode, Congleton, Cheshire [1]

Scholar Green, Congleton, Cheshire [1]

St Stephens, Congleton, Cheshire [1]

Stoke,Congleton,Cheshire. [1]

Swettenham, Congleton, Cheshire [1]

Rank

Private [34]

Lance Corporal [6]

Serjeant [5]

Captain [3]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Sergeant [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Corporal [2]

Gunner [2]

Major [2]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Colour Sergeant [1]

Commander [1]

Company Quartermaster Sergeant [1]

Driver [1]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Nurse [1]

Officer Cadet [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Reverend [1]

Rifleman [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Vice Admiral [1]

Vice-Admiral [1]

Unit

Cheshire Regiment [12]

Lancashire Fusiliers [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

Royal Field Artillery [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [2]

London Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

28th Artists Rifles [1]

4th Dragoon Guards [1]

4th Dragoon Guards (Royal Irish) [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Cameron Highlanders [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps [1]

Cheshire Yeomanry [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Deputy Director of Naval Intelligence [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

General Service Infantry [1]

HMS BENBOW [1]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [1]

HMS Cockchafer [1]

HMS Glory [1]

HMS Goliath [1]

HMS Hampshire [1]

HMS IRON DUKE [1]

HMS Impregnable [1]

HMS Thunderer [1]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [1]

King's Shropshire Light infantry [1]

Labour Corps [1]

Leicestershire Regiment [1]

Lincolnshire Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

North Staffordshire Regiment [1]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment) [1]

Rifle Brigade [1]

Royal Army Chaplain's Department [1]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Royal Engineers [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Royal Horse Artillery [1]

Royal Horse Artillery, [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [54]

British Army [49]

Royal Navy [46]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [26]

W [18]

C [15]

S [15]

H [14]

M [12]

D [8]

L [7]

P [7]

A [6]

F [6]

G [6]

R [6]

T [6]

K [4]

J [3]

E [1]

O [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [146]

Merchant Navy [9]

Country

United Kingdom [32]

India [2]

Page 3 of 9

Pagination

Previous
1
2
3
4
5
9
Next

Type

People [162] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Congleton, Cheshire [123] Congleton, Cheshire, England [11] Astbury, Congleton, Cheshire [4] Congleton Cheshire [4] Buglawton, Congleton, Cheshire [2] Congleton, Crewe, Cheshire [2] Eaton Hall, Congleton, Cheshire [2] Biddulph, Congleton, Cheshire [1] Congleton District, Cheshire [1] Congleton district, Cheshire [1] Congleton, Alsager, Cheshire [1] Congleton, Chester, Cheshire [1] Congleton, Macclesfield, Cheshire [1] Kermincham, near Congleton, Cheshire [1] Moss, Congleton, Cheshire [1] Mossley, Congleton, Cheshire [1] Odd Rode, Congleton, Cheshire [1] Scholar Green, Congleton, Cheshire [1] St Stephens, Congleton, Cheshire [1] Stoke,Congleton,Cheshire. [1] Swettenham, Congleton, Cheshire [1]

Rank

Private [34] Lance Corporal [6] Serjeant [5] Captain [3] Second Lieutenant [3] Sergeant [3] Able Seaman [2] Corporal [2] Gunner [2] Major [2] Acting Serjeant [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Colour Sergeant [1] Commander [1] Company Quartermaster Sergeant [1] Driver [1] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Nurse [1] Officer Cadet [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Reverend [1] Rifleman [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Temporary Captain [1] Vice Admiral [1] Vice-Admiral [1]

Unit

Cheshire Regiment [12] Lancashire Fusiliers [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Manchester Regiment [3] Royal Field Artillery [3] Army Service Corps [2] King's Own Scottish Borderers [2] London Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] 28th Artists Rifles [1] 4th Dragoon Guards [1] 4th Dragoon Guards (Royal Irish) [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Cameron Highlanders [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps [1] Cheshire Yeomanry [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Deputy Director of Naval Intelligence [1] Essex Regiment [1] General Service Infantry [1] HMS BENBOW [1] HMS BLACK PRINCE [1] HMS Cockchafer [1] HMS Glory [1] HMS Goliath [1] HMS Hampshire [1] HMS IRON DUKE [1] HMS Impregnable [1] HMS Thunderer [1] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [1] King's Shropshire Light infantry [1] Labour Corps [1] Leicestershire Regiment [1] Lincolnshire Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] North Staffordshire Regiment [1] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1] Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment) [1] Rifle Brigade [1] Royal Army Chaplain's Department [1] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [1] Royal Engineers [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Royal Horse Artillery [1] Royal Horse Artillery, [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [54] British Army [49] Royal Navy [46] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2] Australian Imperial Force [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [26] W [18] C [15] S [15] H [14] M [12] D [8] L [7] P [7] A [6] F [6] G [6] R [6] T [6] K [4] J [3] E [1] O [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [146] Merchant Navy [9]

Country

United Kingdom [32] India [2]

Charles Frederick Jeggo

Born 1894

Died 1987

British Army S3/030287 Private Army Service Corps

More about Charles Frederick Jeggo
Joseph Sparks

Born 1897

Died 1921

British Army 014995 Private Army Ordnance Corps

British Army 014995 Sergeant Royal Army Ordnance Corps Depot

More about Joseph Sparks
Allen Parr

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army 4460 Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 16243 Private Royal Irish Fusiliers 6th Battalion

More about Allen Parr
Alfred Keeling

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 189650

More about Alfred Keeling
James Birtles

Born 1870

Died 1916

British Army 10489 Private Cheshire Regiment

More about James Birtles
Harry Ward

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 214593

More about Harry Ward
Frank Gorman

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 295945

More about Frank Gorman
Ernest Dale

Born 1898

Died 1926

Royal Navy J29203 HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy J29203 Able Seaman HMS Cockchafer

Royal Navy J29203 Ordinary Seaman HMS Thunderer

More about Ernest Dale
John Hall

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 27049

More about John Hall
Charles Holt

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 166579

More about Charles Holt
Walter Cliff

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 405498

More about Walter Cliff
Harold Bainbridge

Died 1917

British Army 9281 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 12992 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 201642 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 1st./5th. Battalion

More about Harold Bainbridge
Walter Worrall

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 246110

More about Walter Worrall
John Stokes

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 119064

More about John Stokes
Frank Moss

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 193203

More about Frank Moss
Edgar Swindells

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 197914

More about Edgar Swindells
Geoffrey John Lucas

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 316701

More about Geoffrey John Lucas
Jack Mitford

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 34050

More about Jack Mitford
Walter Chadwick

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 45856

More about Walter Chadwick
Edward Ryley Hulme

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 316815 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 477719 Private Labour Corps

More about Edward Ryley Hulme

Page 3 of 9

Pagination

Previous
1
2
3
4
5
9
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