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 3224 results

Advanced search

Search

Advanced

Search field

Filters

Type

People [3224]

Stories

Communities

Place of birth

Croydon, Surrey [2098]

Croydon England [196]

Croydon Queensland [194]

Croydon [173]

Croydon, London [129]

Croydon New South Wales [82]

Croydon South Australia [34]

Croydon Surrey [29]

Thornton Heath, Croydon, Surrey [29]

Croydon Victoria [25]

South Norwood, Croydon, Surrey [13]

Addiscombe, Croydon, Surrey [8]

Wallington, Croydon, Surrey [8]

West Croydon, Surrey [8]

Croydon, Surrey, England [7]

Croydon,Surrey. [7]

South Croydon, Surrey [7]

Croydon, Sussex [6]

Croydon,Surrey [6]

Penge, Croydon, Surrey [6]

Anerley, Croydon, Surrey [5]

Beddington, Croydon, Surrey [5]

Mitcham, Croydon, Surrey [5]

Croydon, England [4]

Selhurst, Croydon, Surrey [4]

Shirley, Croydon, Surrey [4]

South Croydon, Croydon, Surrey [4]

South Norwood Croydon [4]

Woodside, Croydon, Surrey [4]

Coulsdon, Croydon, Surrey [3]

Croydon, SRY [3]

Purley, Croydon, Surrey [3]

South Croydon [3]

Sutton, Croydon, Surrey [3]

Caterham, Croydon, Surrey [2]

Croydon London, Surrey [2]

Croydon Park New South Wales [2]

Croydon, Anerley, Surrey [2]

Croydon, Kent [2]

Croydon, London, England [2]

Croydon, London, Surrey [2]

Croydon, Royston, Cambridgeshire [2]

East Croydon, London [2]

Mitcham Croydon, Surrey [2]

Near Croydon, Surrey [2]

Penge, Croydon [2]

South Norwood Croydon, Surrey [2]

St Johns, Croydon, Surrey [2]

Thornton Heath, Croydon [2]

Upper Norwood Croydon [2]

Rank

Private [224]

Lieutenant [42]

Second Lieutenant [42]

Gunner [36]

Captain [34]

Able Seaman [33]

Serjeant [26]

Ordinary Seaman [22]

Stoker 1st Class [19]

Corporal [18]

Lance Corporal [17]

Boy 1st Class [15]

Rifleman [15]

Driver [14]

Sapper [12]

Deck Hand [7]

Leading Seaman [7]

Major [6]

Midshipman [6]

Boy 2nd Class [5]

Sergeant [5]

Commander [4]

Nurse [4]

Signal Boy [4]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [3]

Aircraftman 1st Class [3]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [3]

Leading Stoker [3]

Lieutenant Commander [3]

Musician [3]

Stoker 2nd Class [3]

Stoker Petty Officer [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2]

Bombardier [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Orderly [2]

Petty Officer [2]

Sub Lieutenant [2]

Sub-Lieutenant [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

A/Brigadier [1]

Able Seaman (Leading Boatman Coast Guard) [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Gunner [1]

Acting Leading Seaman [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Unit

London Regiment [38]

Royal Field Artillery [32]

The Queen's Regiment [31]

Royal Engineers [25]

Royal Fusiliers [19]

Army Service Corps [17]

East Surrey Regiment [16]

Middlesex Regiment [16]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [15]

Royal Garrison Artillery [14]

Labour Corps [13]

Canadian Infantry [12]

Rifle Brigade [11]

Royal Air Force [11]

Royal Army Medical Corps [11]

Royal Naval Reserve [11]

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [11]

Machine Gun Corps [10]

HMS IRON DUKE [8]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [7]

Royal Flying Corps [7]

Bedfordshire Regiment [6]

HMS INDOMITABLE [6]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [6]

Royal Sussex Regiment [6]

Royal West Surrey Regiment [6]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [5]

Hampshire Regiment [5]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5]

Royal West Kent Regiment [5]

Suffolk Regiment [5]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [5]

East Kent Regiment [4]

Gloucestershire Regiment [4]

Grenadier Guards [4]

HMS BULWARK [4]

Royal Horse Artillery [4]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [4]

Royal Naval Air Service [4]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [4]

Army Veterinary Corps [3]

Australian Infantry [3]

Canadian Army Service Corps [3]

Canadian Mounted Rifles [3]

Corps of Hussars [3]

Northamptonshire Regiment [3]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

Service

Royal Navy [1597]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [682]

Australian Imperial Force [540]

British Army [372]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [27]

Other Empire Force [13]

Indian Army [4]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [387]

S [304]

H [266]

W [243]

C [240]

M [204]

P [192]

G [174]

D [155]

T [152]

R [142]

F [136]

L [122]

A [117]

K [106]

E [79]

J [76]

N [42]

O [29]

I [17]

V [13]

Y [13]

Q [8]

U [5]

Z [2]

Contribution

Military Service [3177]

Merchant Navy [10]

Conscientious Objector [6]

Country

United Kingdom [184]

India [5]

Canada [3]

Australia [1]

South Africa [1]

Page 3 of 162

Pagination

Previous
1
2
3
4
5
162
Next

Type

People [3224] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Croydon, Surrey [2098] Croydon England [196] Croydon Queensland [194] Croydon [173] Croydon, London [129] Croydon New South Wales [82] Croydon South Australia [34] Croydon Surrey [29] Thornton Heath, Croydon, Surrey [29] Croydon Victoria [25] South Norwood, Croydon, Surrey [13] Addiscombe, Croydon, Surrey [8] Wallington, Croydon, Surrey [8] West Croydon, Surrey [8] Croydon, Surrey, England [7] Croydon,Surrey. [7] South Croydon, Surrey [7] Croydon, Sussex [6] Croydon,Surrey [6] Penge, Croydon, Surrey [6] Anerley, Croydon, Surrey [5] Beddington, Croydon, Surrey [5] Mitcham, Croydon, Surrey [5] Croydon, England [4] Selhurst, Croydon, Surrey [4] Shirley, Croydon, Surrey [4] South Croydon, Croydon, Surrey [4] South Norwood Croydon [4] Woodside, Croydon, Surrey [4] Coulsdon, Croydon, Surrey [3] Croydon, SRY [3] Purley, Croydon, Surrey [3] South Croydon [3] Sutton, Croydon, Surrey [3] Caterham, Croydon, Surrey [2] Croydon London, Surrey [2] Croydon Park New South Wales [2] Croydon, Anerley, Surrey [2] Croydon, Kent [2] Croydon, London, England [2] Croydon, London, Surrey [2] Croydon, Royston, Cambridgeshire [2] East Croydon, London [2] Mitcham Croydon, Surrey [2] Near Croydon, Surrey [2] Penge, Croydon [2] South Norwood Croydon, Surrey [2] St Johns, Croydon, Surrey [2] Thornton Heath, Croydon [2] Upper Norwood Croydon [2]

Rank

Private [224] Lieutenant [42] Second Lieutenant [42] Gunner [36] Captain [34] Able Seaman [33] Serjeant [26] Ordinary Seaman [22] Stoker 1st Class [19] Corporal [18] Lance Corporal [17] Boy 1st Class [15] Rifleman [15] Driver [14] Sapper [12] Deck Hand [7] Leading Seaman [7] Major [6] Midshipman [6] Boy 2nd Class [5] Sergeant [5] Commander [4] Nurse [4] Signal Boy [4] Acting Bombardier [3] Air Mechanic 1st Class [3] Aircraftman 1st Class [3] Aircraftman 2nd Class [3] Leading Stoker [3] Lieutenant Commander [3] Musician [3] Stoker 2nd Class [3] Stoker Petty Officer [3] Acting Corporal [2] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2] Bombardier [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Orderly [2] Petty Officer [2] Sub Lieutenant [2] Sub-Lieutenant [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] A/Brigadier [1] Able Seaman (Leading Boatman Coast Guard) [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Gunner [1] Acting Leading Seaman [1] Acting Serjeant [1]

Unit

London Regiment [38] Royal Field Artillery [32] The Queen's Regiment [31] Royal Engineers [25] Royal Fusiliers [19] Army Service Corps [17] East Surrey Regiment [16] Middlesex Regiment [16] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [15] Royal Garrison Artillery [14] Labour Corps [13] Canadian Infantry [12] Rifle Brigade [11] Royal Air Force [11] Royal Army Medical Corps [11] Royal Naval Reserve [11] The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [11] Machine Gun Corps [10] HMS IRON DUKE [8] HMS INFLEXIBLE [7] Royal Flying Corps [7] Bedfordshire Regiment [6] HMS INDOMITABLE [6] King's Royal Rifle Corps [6] Royal Sussex Regiment [6] Royal West Surrey Regiment [6] HMS BLACK PRINCE [5] Hampshire Regiment [5] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5] Royal West Kent Regiment [5] Suffolk Regiment [5] Voluntary Aid Detachment [5] East Kent Regiment [4] Gloucestershire Regiment [4] Grenadier Guards [4] HMS BULWARK [4] Royal Horse Artillery [4] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [4] Royal Naval Air Service [4] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [4] Army Veterinary Corps [3] Australian Infantry [3] Canadian Army Service Corps [3] Canadian Mounted Rifles [3] Corps of Hussars [3] Northamptonshire Regiment [3] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3] Army Cyclist Corps [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] Devonshire Regiment [2]

Service

Royal Navy [1597] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [682] Australian Imperial Force [540] British Army [372] Canadian Expeditionary Force [27] Other Empire Force [13] Indian Army [4] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [387] S [304] H [266] W [243] C [240] M [204] P [192] G [174] D [155] T [152] R [142] F [136] L [122] A [117] K [106] E [79] J [76] N [42] O [29] I [17] V [13] Y [13] Q [8] U [5] Z [2]

Contribution

Military Service [3177] Merchant Navy [10] Conscientious Objector [6]

Country

United Kingdom [184] India [5] Canada [3] Australia [1] South Africa [1]

Herbert William Holloway

Born 1879

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 5000

Canadian Expeditionary Force 5000 Private Canadian Army Service Corps

More about Herbert William Holloway
Robert Francis Jones

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 30124 Private Grenadier Guards 3rd Battalion

More about Robert Francis Jones
Eric Walter Goodman

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 10416 Private Coldstream Guards 4th Battalion

More about Eric Walter Goodman
Charles Henry Histed

Born 1877

British Army 5960 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 202065 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 17224 Durham Light Infantry 5th Battalion

More about Charles Henry Histed
Charles James Beckingham

Born 1885

Died 1925

British Army T/201320 Private Composite

British Army T/201320 Private Army Reserve

British Army T/201320 Private The Queen's Regiment 4th Battalion, Royal West Surrey Reg't

…

More about Charles James Beckingham
Harold Mason Gleave

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army Captain Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

More about Harold Mason Gleave
Percy Charles Lennard

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 3007 Private London Regiment

British Army 3007 Private London Regiment 1/15 lond Battalion

More about Percy Charles Lennard
Frederick Alfred Russell

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army L/8981 Private Middlesex Regiment 4th Battalion

More about Frederick Alfred Russell
John Donovan

Born 1896

Died 1946

British Army 15318 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 659454 Private Labour Corps

More about John Donovan
Harry Garnett Guiver

Born 1883

Died 1958

British Army M/272383 Private Army Service Corps

More about Harry Garnett Guiver
Archibald Charles Keats

Born 1890

Died 1923

British Army 48149 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

More about Archibald Charles Keats
Sidney Diamond Blaydon

Born 1897

Died 1920

British Army 6392 Private London Regiment 6th lond Battalion

British Army 323271 Rifleman London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles)

More about Sidney Diamond Blaydon
Karl Barton

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army SD/1256 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 12th (2nd South Downs) Battalion

More about Karl Barton
Hedley Charles Brock

Born 1894

Died 1981

British Army 1732 Private Surrey Yeomanry

British Army T/207802 Private The Queen's Regiment

More about Hedley Charles Brock
John Apps

Born 1897

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 887424

Canadian Expeditionary Force 887424 Private Canadian Infantry

More about John Apps
Frederick Albert Shoebridge

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army SR3/7278 Private East Surrey Regiment

British Army East Surrey Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army

…

More about Frederick Albert Shoebridge
John Bruce Cooper

Born 1869

Died 1915

British Army Captain Royal Army Service Corps Territorial Force

More about John Bruce Cooper
Frank Stevens

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 12749 Private Irish Guards

British Army 3587 Household Battalion

British Army 12749 Irish Guards 2nd Battalion

More about Frank Stevens
Stephen Eggleston

Born 1888

Died 1938

British Army 11822 Serjeant Middlesex Regiment

More about Stephen Eggleston
Charles Robert Herbert Farmer

Born 1898

Died 1979

British Army Second Lieutenant 15th Hussars

British Army Lieutenant 18th Hussars

British Army Lieutenant attached Motor Machine Gun Section

More about Charles Robert Herbert Farmer

Page 3 of 162

Pagination

Previous
1
2
3
4
5
162
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