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 1028 results

Advanced search

Search

Advanced

Search field

Filters

Type

People [1028]

Stories

Communities

Place of birth

Holloway, London [689]

Holloway, London, Middlesex [172]

Upper Holloway, London [110]

Upper Holloway, London, Middlesex [22]

Lower Holloway, London [6]

Holloway, North London [5]

Upper Holloway, Islington, London [4]

Holloway, Islington, London [3]

Holloway, London North [3]

London, Holloway, Middlesex [2]

10 Magdala Rd, Upper Holloway, Islington, London [1]

9 Sussex Road,Holloway,London. [1]

Holloway Hill, London [1]

Holloway Islington London [1]

Holloway London [1]

Holloway London England [1]

Holloway or Finchley, London [1]

Holloway or Islington, London [1]

Lower Holloway, London, Middlesex [1]

St Johns Road Upper Holloway London [1]

Upper Holloway, North London [1]

West Holloway, London [1]

Rank

Private [50]

Stoker 1st Class [16]

Able Seaman [13]

Corporal [9]

Ordinary Seaman [8]

Rifleman [7]

Lieutenant [6]

Boy 1st Class [5]

Serjeant [5]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Captain [3]

Gunner [3]

Lance Corporal [3]

Leading Seaman [3]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2]

Band Corporal [2]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Sapper [2]

ALIAS Petty Officer Stoker [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Air Mechanic [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [1]

Chief Lady Superintendent [1]

Cook's Mate [1]

Corporal Mechanic [1]

Corporal Wheeler [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Driver [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Engineer Commander [1]

First Mate [1]

Flight Cadet [1]

Junior Reserve Attendant [1]

Lance corporal [1]

Lance-Corporal [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Leading Telegraphist [1]

Major [1]

Officer's Steward 1st Class [1]

Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1]

Officer's Steward 3rd Class [1]

Ordinary Signalman [1]

Paymaster Lieutenant [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Private 2nd Class [1]

Rifleman - Signaller [1]

Sergeant [1]

Serjeant Major [1]

Unit

London Regiment [12]

Middlesex Regiment [9]

South Wales Borderers [7]

Royal Air Force [5]

Royal Fusiliers [5]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [5]

HMS Vanguard [4]

Royal Engineers [4]

Royal Flying Corps [4]

HMS BULWARK [3]

HMS MALAYA [3]

HMS QUEEN MARY [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Field Artillery [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

HMS Ajax [2]

HMS Goliath [2]

HMS Good Hope [2]

HMS IRON DUKE [2]

HMS Impregnable [2]

HMS THUNDERER [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Royal Naval Reserve [2]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

(R.F.R./CH./B./5028). H.M.S. "India." [1]

(RFR/CH/B/9753). H.M. Motor Lighter "X.138." [1]

48th Pioneers [1]

9th Lancers [1]

British South African Police [1]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

Gloucester Regiment [1]

H.M.S. "Blonde." [1]

HM Submarine E26 [1]

HM Submarine H5 [1]

HM Submarine H6 [1]

HM Submarine K4 [1]

HMS BELLEROPHON [1]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [1]

HMS Bittern [1]

HMS Boadicea [1]

HMS Calliope [1]

HMS Chester [1]

Service

Royal Navy [759]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [199]

British Army [69]

Other Empire Force [2]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [107]

S [105]

H [88]

C [85]

W [85]

D [63]

M [63]

L [56]

P [53]

R [50]

G [45]

T [42]

A [37]

E [32]

F [31]

J [23]

K [18]

N [13]

O [11]

V [7]

U [5]

I [4]

Y [4]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1020]

Country

United Kingdom [36]

Canada [1]

Page 2 of 52

Pagination

Previous
1
2
3
4
52
Next

Type

People [1028] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Holloway, London [689] Holloway, London, Middlesex [172] Upper Holloway, London [110] Upper Holloway, London, Middlesex [22] Lower Holloway, London [6] Holloway, North London [5] Upper Holloway, Islington, London [4] Holloway, Islington, London [3] Holloway, London North [3] London, Holloway, Middlesex [2] 10 Magdala Rd, Upper Holloway, Islington, London [1] 9 Sussex Road,Holloway,London. [1] Holloway Hill, London [1] Holloway Islington London [1] Holloway London [1] Holloway London England [1] Holloway or Finchley, London [1] Holloway or Islington, London [1] Lower Holloway, London, Middlesex [1] St Johns Road Upper Holloway London [1] Upper Holloway, North London [1] West Holloway, London [1]

Rank

Private [50] Stoker 1st Class [16] Able Seaman [13] Corporal [9] Ordinary Seaman [8] Rifleman [7] Lieutenant [6] Boy 1st Class [5] Serjeant [5] Second Lieutenant [4] Captain [3] Gunner [3] Lance Corporal [3] Leading Seaman [3] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2] Band Corporal [2] Boy 2nd Class [2] Sapper [2] ALIAS Petty Officer Stoker [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Air Mechanic [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [1] Chief Lady Superintendent [1] Cook's Mate [1] Corporal Mechanic [1] Corporal Wheeler [1] Deck Hand [1] Driver [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Engineer Commander [1] First Mate [1] Flight Cadet [1] Junior Reserve Attendant [1] Lance corporal [1] Lance-Corporal [1] Leading Stoker [1] Leading Telegraphist [1] Major [1] Officer's Steward 1st Class [1] Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1] Officer's Steward 3rd Class [1] Ordinary Signalman [1] Paymaster Lieutenant [1] Petty Officer [1] Private 2nd Class [1] Rifleman - Signaller [1] Sergeant [1] Serjeant Major [1]

Unit

London Regiment [12] Middlesex Regiment [9] South Wales Borderers [7] Royal Air Force [5] Royal Fusiliers [5] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [5] HMS Vanguard [4] Royal Engineers [4] Royal Flying Corps [4] HMS BULWARK [3] HMS MALAYA [3] HMS QUEEN MARY [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Field Artillery [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3] Army Service Corps [2] Devonshire Regiment [2] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] HMS Ajax [2] HMS Goliath [2] HMS Good Hope [2] HMS IRON DUKE [2] HMS Impregnable [2] HMS THUNDERER [2] Labour Corps [2] Royal Naval Reserve [2] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] (R.F.R./CH./B./5028). H.M.S. "India." [1] (RFR/CH/B/9753). H.M. Motor Lighter "X.138." [1] 48th Pioneers [1] 9th Lancers [1] British South African Police [1] Cambridgeshire Regiment [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] Essex Regiment [1] Gloucester Regiment [1] H.M.S. "Blonde." [1] HM Submarine E26 [1] HM Submarine H5 [1] HM Submarine H6 [1] HM Submarine K4 [1] HMS BELLEROPHON [1] HMS BLACK PRINCE [1] HMS Bittern [1] HMS Boadicea [1] HMS Calliope [1] HMS Chester [1]

Service

Royal Navy [759] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [199] British Army [69] Other Empire Force [2] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [107] S [105] H [88] C [85] W [85] D [63] M [63] L [56] P [53] R [50] G [45] T [42] A [37] E [32] F [31] J [23] K [18] N [13] O [11] V [7] U [5] I [4] Y [4] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1020]

Country

United Kingdom [36] Canada [1]

Charles Bidwell

Died 1916

British Army 12272 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st Battalion.

More about Charles Bidwell
Ernest Jack Wortley

Born 1884

Died 1915

Royal Navy 13194 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

Royal Navy PLY/13194 Private HMS Goliath

More about Ernest Jack Wortley
Frederick Charles Booth

Born 1890

Died 1960

British Army 1630 Trooper British South African Police

British Army Lieutenant Rhodesia Native Regiment

British Army Captain Middlesex Regiment

More about Frederick Charles Booth
Frederick Bernard Swannell

Born 1887

Died 1914

British Army 9293 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 9293 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

More about Frederick Bernard Swannell
Albert George Mancey

Born 1889

Died 1914

British Army 9353 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 9353 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

More about Albert George Mancey
Hector Walter Bubbers Groves

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army G/19444 Private Middlesex Regiment 21st (Service) Battalion

More about Hector Walter Bubbers Groves
Arthur Lawrence Borrie

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 2971 Private London Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 2971 Private London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) 2nd (City of London) Battalion

More about Arthur Lawrence Borrie
Albert Jonathan Allam

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 7002 Private London Regiment 9th lond Battalion

British Army 393224 Rifleman London Regiment 9th lond Battalion

More about Albert Jonathan Allam
Stanley William Rushforth

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 370265 Sergeant London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 1699 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 370265 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

More about Stanley William Rushforth
William James Rattray

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 2948 Private London Regiment

British Army 2948 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

More about William James Rattray
Robert Frederick Lanston

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 7537 Rifleman London Regiment 9th (County of London) Battalion (Queen Victoria's Rifles)

British Army 5413 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

More about Robert Frederick Lanston
Charles Henry Mckay

Born 1896

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 3369 Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 3369 Air Mechanic Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 3369 Corporal Royal Flying Corps

…

More about Charles Henry Mckay
Horace Charles Davis

Died 1915

British Army 10617 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

More about Horace Charles Davis
Richard Maurice Evans

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army 15089 Corporal Royal Welsh Fusiliers

More about Richard Maurice Evans
Robert Oliver Offord

Born 1899

Died 1917

British Army M/300510 Private Army Service Corps M.T. Depot (Isleworth)

More about Robert Oliver Offord
Lawrence William Stone

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army GS/77218 Private Royal Fusiliers 17th Battalion

More about Lawrence William Stone
Horace Lewis Westwood

Born 1899

British Army 46131 Private Rifle Brigade 12th Battalion

British Army 46131 Rifleman Rifle Brigade 13th Battalion

More about Horace Lewis Westwood
Ernest Davey

Born 1894

Died 1916

Royal Navy J14256 Able Seaman HMS Hampshire

More about Ernest Davey
Nathaniel Frank Harris

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 26287 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

More about Nathaniel Frank Harris
William Henry Geliot

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 3114 Private London Regiment 16th lond Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Lincolnshire Regiment 1/4th Battalion

More about William Henry Geliot

Page 2 of 52

Pagination

Previous
1
2
3
4
52
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