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 2660 results

Advanced search

Search

Advanced

Search field

Filters

Type

People [2660]

Stories

Communities

Place of birth

Lambeth, London [2445]

South Lambeth, London [53]

Lambeth, South West London [29]

Lambeth London [25]

Lambeth, London, Surrey [11]

Brixton, Lambeth, London [7]

Lambeth, London, England [6]

Lambeth, London South West [4]

Lambeth,London [4]

Lambeth,London. [4]

Lambeth, Greater London [3]

London, Lambeth [3]

Norwood, Lambeth, London [3]

Clapham, Lambeth, London [2]

Kennington Lambeth London [2]

Lambeth Church, London [2]

Lambeth, London, England [2]

Lambeth. London [2]

28 Gaywood Street, Lambeth, London [1]

36 Lambeth Mews, Queen Street. London [1]

5 Ethelred Street Lambeth Walk, London [1]

8 Over Place, Lambeth, South West London [1]

9 Solon New Road, West Brixton, Lambeth, London [1]

Borough of Lambeth, London [1]

Bow,Lambeth,London. [1]

Brixton,Lambeth,London [1]

Camberwell, Lambeth, London [1]

Clapham in the London Borough of Lambeth [1]

East Lambeth, London [1]

Herne Hill Lambeth, London [1]

Islington,Lambeth,London. [1]

Kennington, Lambeth Borough, London [1]

Kennington, Lambeth, London [1]

Kilburn,Lambeth,London. [1]

Lambeth London [1]

Lambeth Brixton, London [1]

Lambeth London, Surrey [1]

Lambeth South London [1]

Lambeth registration district, London [1]

Lambeth, South West London [1]

Lambeth, London County, England [1]

Lambeth, London South East [1]

Lambeth, London South Wales [1]

Lambeth, London, [1]

Lambeth, London, Surrey, England [1]

Lambeth, London, Surry [1]

Lambeth, London. [1]

Lambeth, SW London [1]

Lambeth, St Saviour Southwark, London [1]

Lambeth,London, Middlesex, England [1]

Rank

Private [229]

Able Seaman [52]

Rifleman [47]

Stoker 1st Class [35]

Second Lieutenant [31]

Corporal [30]

Gunner [25]

Lance Corporal [23]

Ordinary Seaman [19]

Serjeant [19]

Lieutenant [16]

Boy 1st Class [12]

Driver [11]

Leading Stoker [10]

Captain [9]

Sapper [9]

Petty Officer [8]

Deck Hand [7]

Boy 2nd Class [6]

Leading Seaman [6]

Stoker 2nd Class [6]

Lance Serjeant [5]

Telegraphist [5]

Armourer's Crew [4]

Officer's Steward 2nd Class [4]

Ordinary Telegraphist [4]

Sergeant [4]

Cook's Mate [3]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [3]

Leading Telegraphist [3]

Pioneer [3]

Signalman [3]

Acting Artificer Engineer [2]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Corporal [2]

Bombardier [2]

Cadet [2]

Colonel [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Drummer [2]

Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [2]

Leading Signalman [2]

Lieutenant (Temporary) [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Musician [2]

Officer's Steward 3rd Class [2]

Ordinary Signalman [2]

Probationary Flight Officer [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Stoker Petty Officer [2]

Unit

London Regiment [104]

Royal Field Artillery [24]

South Wales Borderers [22]

Royal Engineers [20]

Army Service Corps [17]

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [14]

Royal Garrison Artillery [13]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [13]

Labour Corps [12]

Machine Gun Corps [12]

Middlesex Regiment [12]

Royal Army Medical Corps [11]

Royal Naval Reserve [11]

London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [9]

Royal Air Force [8]

HMS INDOMITABLE [7]

HMS Vanguard [7]

Rifle Brigade [7]

Royal Fusiliers [7]

Royal Naval Air Service [7]

The Queen's Regiment [7]

East Kent Regiment [6]

East Surrey Regiment [6]

HMS Calliope [6]

Hampshire Regiment [6]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [6]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [6]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [6]

H.M.S. "Formidable." [5]

Royal Marine Artillery [5]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [5]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [5]

Royal Naval Division [5]

Army Cyclist Corps [4]

HMS Agincourt [4]

HMS Falmouth [4]

HMS INDEFATIGABLE [4]

HMS MALAYA [4]

HMS TIGER [4]

Honourable Artillery Company [4]

Manchester Regiment [4]

Canadian Infantry [3]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

HMS Galatea [3]

HMS Good Hope [3]

HMS INVINCIBLE [3]

HMS IRON DUKE [3]

HMS Monmouth [3]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [3]

Service

Royal Navy [2298]

British Army [346]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [18]

Australian Imperial Force [6]

Other Empire Force [6]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [5]

Last name first letter

B [302]

S [263]

H [252]

C [234]

W [215]

M [183]

P [160]

G [134]

T [114]

R [112]

D [111]

L [110]

A [85]

F [80]

J [78]

E [64]

K [61]

N [40]

O [23]

V [15]

Y [13]

I [10]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2626]

Conscientious Objector [3]

Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [225]

Canada [1]

China [1]

Egypt [1]

France [1]

Sri Lanka [1]

Turkey [1]

Page 5 of 133

Pagination

Previous
1
3
4
5
6
7
133
Next

Type

People [2660] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Lambeth, London [2445] South Lambeth, London [53] Lambeth, South West London [29] Lambeth London [25] Lambeth, London, Surrey [11] Brixton, Lambeth, London [7] Lambeth, London, England [6] Lambeth, London South West [4] Lambeth,London [4] Lambeth,London. [4] Lambeth, Greater London [3] London, Lambeth [3] Norwood, Lambeth, London [3] Clapham, Lambeth, London [2] Kennington Lambeth London [2] Lambeth Church, London [2] Lambeth, London, England [2] Lambeth. London [2] 28 Gaywood Street, Lambeth, London [1] 36 Lambeth Mews, Queen Street. London [1] 5 Ethelred Street Lambeth Walk, London [1] 8 Over Place, Lambeth, South West London [1] 9 Solon New Road, West Brixton, Lambeth, London [1] Borough of Lambeth, London [1] Bow,Lambeth,London. [1] Brixton,Lambeth,London [1] Camberwell, Lambeth, London [1] Clapham in the London Borough of Lambeth [1] East Lambeth, London [1] Herne Hill Lambeth, London [1] Islington,Lambeth,London. [1] Kennington, Lambeth Borough, London [1] Kennington, Lambeth, London [1] Kilburn,Lambeth,London. [1] Lambeth London [1] Lambeth Brixton, London [1] Lambeth London, Surrey [1] Lambeth South London [1] Lambeth registration district, London [1] Lambeth, South West London [1] Lambeth, London County, England [1] Lambeth, London South East [1] Lambeth, London South Wales [1] Lambeth, London, [1] Lambeth, London, Surrey, England [1] Lambeth, London, Surry [1] Lambeth, London. [1] Lambeth, SW London [1] Lambeth, St Saviour Southwark, London [1] Lambeth,London, Middlesex, England [1]

Rank

Private [229] Able Seaman [52] Rifleman [47] Stoker 1st Class [35] Second Lieutenant [31] Corporal [30] Gunner [25] Lance Corporal [23] Ordinary Seaman [19] Serjeant [19] Lieutenant [16] Boy 1st Class [12] Driver [11] Leading Stoker [10] Captain [9] Sapper [9] Petty Officer [8] Deck Hand [7] Boy 2nd Class [6] Leading Seaman [6] Stoker 2nd Class [6] Lance Serjeant [5] Telegraphist [5] Armourer's Crew [4] Officer's Steward 2nd Class [4] Ordinary Telegraphist [4] Sergeant [4] Cook's Mate [3] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [3] Leading Telegraphist [3] Pioneer [3] Signalman [3] Acting Artificer Engineer [2] Acting Captain [2] Acting Corporal [2] Bombardier [2] Cadet [2] Colonel [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Drummer [2] Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [2] Leading Signalman [2] Lieutenant (Temporary) [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Musician [2] Officer's Steward 3rd Class [2] Ordinary Signalman [2] Probationary Flight Officer [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Stoker Petty Officer [2]

Unit

London Regiment [104] Royal Field Artillery [24] South Wales Borderers [22] Royal Engineers [20] Army Service Corps [17] London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [14] Royal Garrison Artillery [13] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [13] Labour Corps [12] Machine Gun Corps [12] Middlesex Regiment [12] Royal Army Medical Corps [11] Royal Naval Reserve [11] London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [9] Royal Air Force [8] HMS INDOMITABLE [7] HMS Vanguard [7] Rifle Brigade [7] Royal Fusiliers [7] Royal Naval Air Service [7] The Queen's Regiment [7] East Kent Regiment [6] East Surrey Regiment [6] HMS Calliope [6] Hampshire Regiment [6] King's Royal Rifle Corps [6] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [6] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [6] H.M.S. "Formidable." [5] Royal Marine Artillery [5] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [5] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [5] Royal Naval Division [5] Army Cyclist Corps [4] HMS Agincourt [4] HMS Falmouth [4] HMS INDEFATIGABLE [4] HMS MALAYA [4] HMS TIGER [4] Honourable Artillery Company [4] Manchester Regiment [4] Canadian Infantry [3] Devonshire Regiment [3] HMS Galatea [3] HMS Good Hope [3] HMS INVINCIBLE [3] HMS IRON DUKE [3] HMS Monmouth [3] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [3]

Service

Royal Navy [2298] British Army [346] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [18] Australian Imperial Force [6] Other Empire Force [6] Canadian Expeditionary Force [5]

Last name first letter

B [302] S [263] H [252] C [234] W [215] M [183] P [160] G [134] T [114] R [112] D [111] L [110] A [85] F [80] J [78] E [64] K [61] N [40] O [23] V [15] Y [13] I [10] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2626] Conscientious Objector [3] Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [225] Canada [1] China [1] Egypt [1] France [1] Sri Lanka [1] Turkey [1]

Arthur Hemmings

Born 1890

Died 1960

British Army RTS/3807 Private Strapper Army Service Corps

British Army RTS/3807 Private Army Service Corps

More about Arthur Hemmings
Thomas Humphrey John Porter

Born 1857

Died 1936

British Army Volunteer Trumpington Volunteer Training Corps

More about Thomas Humphrey John Porter
Ralph Cunis

Born 1880

Died 1946

British Army Second Lieutenant Army Service Corps

More about Ralph Cunis
William John Bosdet

Born 1893

Died 1944

British Army M2/050793 Private Army Service Corps

More about William John Bosdet
George B Goulding

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army S 6631 Private The Queen's Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army S/6631 Private 11th Bn The Queen`s (Royal Surrey Regiment)

More about George B Goulding
Alfred Robert James Sexton

Born 1895

Died 1940

British Army L/21564 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

More about Alfred Robert James Sexton
Percival Harold Boys

Born 1881

Died 1956

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 50777

More about Percival Harold Boys
William George Whale

Born 1896

British Army 8890 Private Royal Flying Corps

More about William George Whale
Walter Rumph

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 5199 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 296276 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

More about Walter Rumph
Charles Albert Fisher

Born 1897

Died 1917

Royal Navy CH/18880 Private Royal Navy Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division HMS Laurentic

Royal Navy 18880 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

More about Charles Albert Fisher
Charles William Ede

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 11317 Lance Corporal South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

More about Charles William Ede
John Halden

Born 1894

Died 1934

British Army 95 Private Army Cyclist Corps

British Army 13510 Private Army Cyclist Corps

More about John Halden
William Joseph Halden

Born 1886

Died 1940

British Army 243241 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army WR509371 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 243241 Royal Engineers Inland Water Transport

More about William Joseph Halden
Frederick A Delling

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army G/7184 Corporal The Queen's Regiment

British Army Queen's Regiment 3rd

British Army G/7184 Corporal The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

More about Frederick A Delling
Lewis Letchford

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army S/23320 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army S/23320 Rifleman Rifle Brigade

More about Lewis Letchford
Walter Gilbert Witty

Died 1917

British Army 201777 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 4/5th (Angus and Dundee) Battalion (Territorial)

More about Walter Gilbert Witty
Bernard Tuite Gillman

Born 1893

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant

More about Bernard Tuite Gillman
Edward - Born Edwin - Nottingham

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 495640 Private London Regiment 13th (County of London) Princess Louise’s Kensington Battalion

More about Edward - Born Edwin - Nottingham
Edward James Clifton

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 4025 Private London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

British Army 4025 Private London Regiment 1/15 lond Battalion

More about Edward James Clifton
Percy Albert Thompson

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 27921 Lance Corporal Hampshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

More about Percy Albert Thompson

Page 5 of 133

Pagination

Previous
1
3
4
5
6
7
133
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