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 100 results

Advanced search

Help me search

Advanced

Search field

Filters

Type

People [100]

Stories

Communities

Place of birth

Kennington, Surrey [90]

Kennington, Surrey, England [3]

Kennington, London, Surrey [2]

Lambeth, Kennington, Surrey [2]

Kennington Surrey [1]

Kennington, Lambeth, Surrey [1]

Kennington,Lambeth,Surrey. [1]

Kennington,Surrey [1]

Rank

Private [10]

Lance Corporal [2]

Serjeant [2]

Acting RSM [1]

Gunner 2nd Class [1]

Rifleman [1]

Serjeant Major [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Trumpeter [1]

Yeoman of Signals [1]

Unit

London Regiment [3]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Army Service Corps attached to Anzac Corps Heavy Artillery. [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

HMS Falmouth [1]

Hood Battalion Royal Naval Division [1]

Household Calvary. [1]

London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles) [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Middlesex Regiment (Special Reserve) [1]

Northamptonshire Regiment [1]

Rifle Brigade ( The Prince Consort's Own) [1]

Royal Field Artillery Brigade [1]

Royal Fleet Reserve: Chatham [1]

Royal Marine Artillery - HMS BENBOW [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [1]

Somerset Light Infantry [1]

Tank Corps [1]

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [1]

The Queen's Regiment [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [70]

Royal Navy [14]

British Army [13]

Last name first letter

C [16]

B [12]

M [10]

W [10]

S [8]

H [6]

J [5]

P [5]

R [5]

F [4]

L [4]

T [4]

D [3]

K [3]

A [1]

E [1]

G [1]

I [1]

O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [97]

Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [7]

India [1]

Page 2 of 5

Pagination

CSV Export

Type

People [100] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Kennington, Surrey [90] Kennington, Surrey, England [3] Kennington, London, Surrey [2] Lambeth, Kennington, Surrey [2] Kennington Surrey [1] Kennington, Lambeth, Surrey [1] Kennington,Lambeth,Surrey. [1] Kennington,Surrey [1]

Rank

Private [10] Lance Corporal [2] Serjeant [2] Acting RSM [1] Gunner 2nd Class [1] Rifleman [1] Serjeant Major [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Trumpeter [1] Yeoman of Signals [1]

Unit

London Regiment [3] Middlesex Regiment [2] Army Service Corps attached to Anzac Corps Heavy Artillery. [1] Essex Regiment [1] HMS Falmouth [1] Hood Battalion Royal Naval Division [1] Household Calvary. [1] London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles) [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Middlesex Regiment (Special Reserve) [1] Northamptonshire Regiment [1] Rifle Brigade ( The Prince Consort's Own) [1] Royal Field Artillery Brigade [1] Royal Fleet Reserve: Chatham [1] Royal Marine Artillery - HMS BENBOW [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [1] Somerset Light Infantry [1] Tank Corps [1] The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [1] The Queen's Regiment [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [70] Royal Navy [14] British Army [13]

Last name first letter

C [16] B [12] M [10] W [10] S [8] H [6] J [5] P [5] R [5] F [4] L [4] T [4] D [3] K [3] A [1] E [1] G [1] I [1] O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [97] Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [7] India [1]

Albert James Carter

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 30128

More about Albert James Carter
Frederick Norman Wessell

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 140932

More about Frederick Norman Wessell
Frederick Measures

Born 1882

Died 1919

British Army 32001 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery Brigade

British Army 32001 Serjeant Machine Gun Corps

British Army 301255 Serjeant Tank Corps

…

More about Frederick Measures
Herbert Wheeler

Died 1917

British Army 30232 Private Somerset Light Infantry 8th Btn

More about Herbert Wheeler
Ernest James Spicer

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 164013

More about Ernest James Spicer
Charles Cain

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 216875

More about Charles Cain
Robert Taylor

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 217767

More about Robert Taylor
Frederick William Mackness

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 229922

More about Frederick William Mackness
Charles Neil Dorey

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 234469

More about Charles Neil Dorey
Arthur Stanley Hill

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 240499

More about Arthur Stanley Hill
John James Jenkins

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 243372

More about John James Jenkins
Leslie Ollington

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 317948

More about Leslie Ollington
Thomas Retford Somerford

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 95682

More about Thomas Retford Somerford
Robert Reeves

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 103286

More about Robert Reeves
Ernest James Stallwood

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 105674

More about Ernest James Stallwood
Robert Brockwell

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 407175

More about Robert Brockwell
Archibald Westcott

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 240756

More about Archibald Westcott
Ernest Fancourt

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 241570

More about Ernest Fancourt
Arthur Reuben Blanchett

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 249544

More about Arthur Reuben Blanchett
Thomas Phillips

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 166343

More about Thomas Phillips

Page 2 of 5

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