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 5547 results

Advanced search

Help me search

Advanced

Search field

Filters

Type

People [5547]

Stories

Communities

Place of birth

Cork [1873]

Queenstown, Cork [284]

Cork, Cork [163]

Aghada, Cork [157]

Cork, Ireland [136]

Kinsale, Cork [126]

Skibbereen, Cork [125]

Clonakilty, Cork [90]

Youghal, Cork [83]

Cloyne, Cork [72]

Bandon, Cork [67]

Fermoy, Cork [57]

Midleton, Cork [56]

Middleton, Cork [50]

Myross, Cork [44]

Crosshaven, Cork [43]

Monkstown, Cork [41]

Bantry, Cork [38]

Mallow, Cork [35]

Whitegate, Cork [35]

Dunmanway, Cork [34]

Macroom, Cork [34]

Carrigaline, Cork [31]

Douglas, Cork [29]

Schull, Cork [26]

Rosscarbery, Cork [25]

Ballincollig, Cork [21]

North Cork [21]

Castlehaven, Cork [18]

Tracton, Cork [18]

Baltimore, Cork [17]

Cork City [17]

County Cork [17]

Ballymacoda, Cork [16]

Co. Cork [16]

Glandore, Cork [16]

Queenstown, County Cork [16]

Ballycotton, Cork [15]

Blarney, Cork [15]

Cape Clear, Cork [15]

South Cork [15]

Blackrock, Cork [14]

Castletown, Cork [14]

Kinsale, County Cork [14]

Union Hall, Cork [14]

Ballineen, Cork [13]

Cork city [13]

Killeagh, Cork [13]

Youghal, County Cork [13]

Kanturk, Cork [11]

Rank

Private [203]

Able Seaman [175]

Stoker 1st Class [134]

Captain [89]

Lieutenant [68]

Seaman [57]

Ordinary Seaman [56]

Second Lieutenant [52]

Leading Seaman [45]

Boy 1st Class [43]

Major [42]

Petty Officer [40]

Stoker 2nd Class [38]

Stoker Petty Officer [38]

Leading Stoker [37]

Corporal [29]

Gunner [26]

Lance Corporal [26]

Serjeant [26]

Boy 2nd Class [25]

Lieutenant Colonel [24]

Stoker [21]

Chief Stoker [14]

Chief Petty Officer [12]

Deck Hand [12]

Sapper [11]

Trimmer [9]

Petty Officer 1st Class [8]

Shipwright 1st Class [8]

Temporary Captain [8]

Driver [7]

Sergeant [6]

Shipwright 2nd Class [6]

Surgeon [6]

3rd Writer [5]

Carpenter's Crew [5]

Colonel [5]

Commander [5]

Lieutenant Commander [5]

Lt. [5]

Petty Officer Stoker [5]

Rifleman [5]

Ship's Steward's Assistant [5]

2nd Writer [4]

Brigadier General [4]

Company Serjeant Major [4]

Reverend [4]

Temporary Lieutenant [4]

Acting Chief Stoker [3]

Acting Major [3]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [103]

Royal Army Medical Corps [64]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [60]

Royal Naval Division [46]

HMS LION [42]

HMS TIGER [41]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [30]

Royal Irish Regiment [28]

HMS Vivid [27]

South Wales Borderers [27]

Royal Garrison Artillery [26]

HMS Monmouth [25]

HMS THUNDERER [23]

HMS Erin [22]

Royal Engineers [22]

HMS Ajax [21]

Royal Field Artillery [21]

HMS INDEFATIGABLE [19]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [19]

HMS BELLEROPHON [18]

HMS COLLINGWOOD [18]

HMS DEFENCE [18]

Leinster Regiment [18]

HMS Indefatigable [16]

Irish Guards [15]

HMS Defence [13]

HMS VALIANT [12]

HMS Vivid II [12]

HMS Goliath [11]

HMS Vivid I [11]

HMS Agincourt [10]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [10]

HMS Hindustan [9]

HMS IRON DUKE [9]

Indian Medical Service [9]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [9]

Labour Corps [9]

London Regiment [9]

Army Service Corps [8]

HMS BENBOW [8]

HMS Tiger [8]

HMS WARSPITE [8]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [8]

Canadian Infantry [7]

Royal Army Service Corps [7]

Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Laurentic." [7]

Connaught Rangers [6]

HMS Black Prince [6]

HMS NESSUS [6]

HMS New Zealand [6]

Service

Royal Navy [3759]

British Army [514]

Australian Imperial Force [363]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [82]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [20]

Other Empire Force [12]

Indian Army [8]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Last name first letter

M [698]

C [671]

O [547]

H [478]

D [469]

B [418]

S [387]

F [272]

W [238]

L [222]

K [209]

R [198]

G [170]

A [135]

T [107]

P [99]

J [65]

N [64]

E [43]

Q [30]

V [12]

Y [7]

U [5]

I [2]

Contribution

Military Service [4493]

Merchant Navy [817]

Country

United Kingdom [145]

Ireland [100]

India [10]

Australia [2]

Canada [2]

France [2]

Malta [2]

South Africa [2]

Germany [1]

Hong Kong [1]

Jersey [1]

New Zealand [1]

Turkey [1]

United States [1]

Page 278 of 278

Pagination

CSV Export

Type

People [5547] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Cork [1873] Queenstown, Cork [284] Cork, Cork [163] Aghada, Cork [157] Cork, Ireland [136] Kinsale, Cork [126] Skibbereen, Cork [125] Clonakilty, Cork [90] Youghal, Cork [83] Cloyne, Cork [72] Bandon, Cork [67] Fermoy, Cork [57] Midleton, Cork [56] Middleton, Cork [50] Myross, Cork [44] Crosshaven, Cork [43] Monkstown, Cork [41] Bantry, Cork [38] Mallow, Cork [35] Whitegate, Cork [35] Dunmanway, Cork [34] Macroom, Cork [34] Carrigaline, Cork [31] Douglas, Cork [29] Schull, Cork [26] Rosscarbery, Cork [25] Ballincollig, Cork [21] North Cork [21] Castlehaven, Cork [18] Tracton, Cork [18] Baltimore, Cork [17] Cork City [17] County Cork [17] Ballymacoda, Cork [16] Co. Cork [16] Glandore, Cork [16] Queenstown, County Cork [16] Ballycotton, Cork [15] Blarney, Cork [15] Cape Clear, Cork [15] South Cork [15] Blackrock, Cork [14] Castletown, Cork [14] Kinsale, County Cork [14] Union Hall, Cork [14] Ballineen, Cork [13] Cork city [13] Killeagh, Cork [13] Youghal, County Cork [13] Kanturk, Cork [11]

Rank

Private [203] Able Seaman [175] Stoker 1st Class [134] Captain [89] Lieutenant [68] Seaman [57] Ordinary Seaman [56] Second Lieutenant [52] Leading Seaman [45] Boy 1st Class [43] Major [42] Petty Officer [40] Stoker 2nd Class [38] Stoker Petty Officer [38] Leading Stoker [37] Corporal [29] Gunner [26] Lance Corporal [26] Serjeant [26] Boy 2nd Class [25] Lieutenant Colonel [24] Stoker [21] Chief Stoker [14] Chief Petty Officer [12] Deck Hand [12] Sapper [11] Trimmer [9] Petty Officer 1st Class [8] Shipwright 1st Class [8] Temporary Captain [8] Driver [7] Sergeant [6] Shipwright 2nd Class [6] Surgeon [6] 3rd Writer [5] Carpenter's Crew [5] Colonel [5] Commander [5] Lieutenant Commander [5] Lt. [5] Petty Officer Stoker [5] Rifleman [5] Ship's Steward's Assistant [5] 2nd Writer [4] Brigadier General [4] Company Serjeant Major [4] Reverend [4] Temporary Lieutenant [4] Acting Chief Stoker [3] Acting Major [3]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [103] Royal Army Medical Corps [64] Royal Munster Fusiliers [60] Royal Naval Division [46] HMS LION [42] HMS TIGER [41] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [30] Royal Irish Regiment [28] HMS Vivid [27] South Wales Borderers [27] Royal Garrison Artillery [26] HMS Monmouth [25] HMS THUNDERER [23] HMS Erin [22] Royal Engineers [22] HMS Ajax [21] Royal Field Artillery [21] HMS INDEFATIGABLE [19] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [19] HMS BELLEROPHON [18] HMS COLLINGWOOD [18] HMS DEFENCE [18] Leinster Regiment [18] HMS Indefatigable [16] Irish Guards [15] HMS Defence [13] HMS VALIANT [12] HMS Vivid II [12] HMS Goliath [11] HMS Vivid I [11] HMS Agincourt [10] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [10] HMS Hindustan [9] HMS IRON DUKE [9] Indian Medical Service [9] King's Royal Rifle Corps [9] Labour Corps [9] London Regiment [9] Army Service Corps [8] HMS BENBOW [8] HMS Tiger [8] HMS WARSPITE [8] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [8] Canadian Infantry [7] Royal Army Service Corps [7] Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Laurentic." [7] Connaught Rangers [6] HMS Black Prince [6] HMS NESSUS [6] HMS New Zealand [6]

Service

Royal Navy [3759] British Army [514] Australian Imperial Force [363] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [82] Canadian Expeditionary Force [20] Other Empire Force [12] Indian Army [8] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Last name first letter

M [698] C [671] O [547] H [478] D [469] B [418] S [387] F [272] W [238] L [222] K [209] R [198] G [170] A [135] T [107] P [99] J [65] N [64] E [43] Q [30] V [12] Y [7] U [5] I [2]

Contribution

Military Service [4493] Merchant Navy [817]

Country

United Kingdom [145] Ireland [100] India [10] Australia [2] Canada [2] France [2] Malta [2] South Africa [2] Germany [1] Hong Kong [1] Jersey [1] New Zealand [1] Turkey [1] United States [1]

John Ahern

Born 1899

Royal Navy TS 8671 Trimmer Royal Naval Reserve

More about John Ahern
George Patrick Holland

Born 1887

Royal Navy 226334

More about George Patrick Holland
John Daly

Born 1888

Royal Navy A 2536 Seaman Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 2536 A Seaman Royal Naval Division Anson Battalion

More about John Daly
Charles Haines Browne

Born 1878

Royal Navy Temporary Surgeon

More about Charles Haines Browne
Michael Harrington

Born 1894

Royal Navy A 5140 Seaman Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy A.5140 Seaman Royal Naval Division Anson Battalion

More about Michael Harrington
Thomas Dunlea

Born 1880

Royal Navy TS/7952 Trimmer Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy TS 7982 Royal Naval Reserve

More about Thomas Dunlea
R P S Swanton

Born 1881

British Army 568248 Serjeant Royal Engineers

More about R P S Swanton

Page 278 of 278

Pagination

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

Search found 5547 results

Type

Place of birth

Rank

Unit

Service

Last name first letter

Contribution

Country

John Ahern

George Patrick Holland

John Daly

Charles Haines Browne

Michael Harrington

Thomas Dunlea

R P S Swanton