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 221 results

Advanced search

Search

Advanced

Search field

Filters

Type

People [221]

Stories

Communities

Place of birth

Leek, Staffordshire [154]

Leek England [12]

Leek, Staffordshire, England [10]

Leek [9]

Leek, Staffs [7]

Cheddleton, Leek, Staffordshire [2]

Ipstones, Leek, Staffordshire [2]

Ball Haye Green, Leek, Staffordshire [1]

Birmingham. Leek Street. [1]

Endon ,Leek ,Staffordshire [1]

Endon Leek Staffordshire [1]

Highfield Hall, Leek, Staffordshire [1]

Horton, Leek, Staffordshire [1]

Horton, Leek, Staffs [1]

Leek Frith, Staffordshire [1]

Leek Staffordshire [1]

Leek Wootton [1]

Leek Wootton, Warwick [1]

Leek Wootton, Warwick, Warwickshire [1]

Leek Wootton, Warwickshire [1]

Leek, Staffordshire. [1]

Leek,Staffordshire. [1]

Leek. Staffs [1]

Longden near Leek [1]

Longsdon, Leek, Staffs [1]

Macclesfield, Leek, Staffordshire [1]

Norton Green, Norton, nr Leek, Staffs [1]

Norton, nr Leek, Staffs [1]

Rudyard, Leek, Staffordshire [1]

Thorney Leek, Staffordshire [1]

Waterfall, Leek, Staffordshire [1]

Waterhouses, Leek, Staffordshire [1]

Rank

Private [53]

Corporal [7]

Captain [4]

Gunner [4]

Lance Corporal [4]

Serjeant [4]

2nd Lieutenant [3]

Able Seaman [3]

Driver [3]

Lieutenant [3]

Sapper [3]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Rifleman [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

2nd Sick Berth Steward [1]

A. Bombardier [1]

AC2 [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Lieutenant-Colonel [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Bombardier [1]

Cadet [1]

Colonel [1]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Guardsman [1]

Honorary 2nd Lieutenant [1]

Honorary Lieutenant [1]

Honorary Second Lieutenant [1]

L/Sgt [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant (Temporary Captain) [1]

Major [1]

Sergeant [1]

Stoker [1]

Stoker 1c [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [11]

North Staffordshire Regiment [7]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Cheshire Regiment [3]

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [3]

Labour Corps [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regiment) [3]

Royal Engineers [3]

Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

West Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

London Regiment [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Royal Irish Regiment [2]

South Staffordshire Regiment [2]

West Riding Regiment [2]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [2]

10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Hussars [1]

10th Hussars attached 5th Dragoons Guards [1]

75 (HD) Squadron, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Border Regiment [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

HMS Attentive [1]

HMS Caroline [1]

HMS Erin [1]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [1]

HMS INVINCIBLE [1]

HMS MALAYA [1]

HMS Snapragon [1]

HMS TIGER [1]

HMS Warspite [1]

Honourable Artillery Company [1]

King's (Shropshire Light Infantry) [1]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [1]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

King's Royal Rifles [1]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [1]

Lancers [1]

Leicestershire Regiment [1]

Lincolnshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [76]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [62]

Royal Navy [61]

Australian Imperial Force [12]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [31]

H [28]

C [19]

S [17]

M [16]

P [16]

T [11]

W [11]

F [9]

G [8]

R [8]

J [7]

K [7]

A [6]

L [6]

E [5]

D [4]

N [4]

O [3]

V [2]

I [1]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [200]

Merchant Navy [11]

Country

United Kingdom [34]

Page 4 of 12

Pagination

Previous
1
2
3
4
5
6
12
Next

Type

People [221] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Leek, Staffordshire [154] Leek England [12] Leek, Staffordshire, England [10] Leek [9] Leek, Staffs [7] Cheddleton, Leek, Staffordshire [2] Ipstones, Leek, Staffordshire [2] Ball Haye Green, Leek, Staffordshire [1] Birmingham. Leek Street. [1] Endon ,Leek ,Staffordshire [1] Endon Leek Staffordshire [1] Highfield Hall, Leek, Staffordshire [1] Horton, Leek, Staffordshire [1] Horton, Leek, Staffs [1] Leek Frith, Staffordshire [1] Leek Staffordshire [1] Leek Wootton [1] Leek Wootton, Warwick [1] Leek Wootton, Warwick, Warwickshire [1] Leek Wootton, Warwickshire [1] Leek, Staffordshire. [1] Leek,Staffordshire. [1] Leek. Staffs [1] Longden near Leek [1] Longsdon, Leek, Staffs [1] Macclesfield, Leek, Staffordshire [1] Norton Green, Norton, nr Leek, Staffs [1] Norton, nr Leek, Staffs [1] Rudyard, Leek, Staffordshire [1] Thorney Leek, Staffordshire [1] Waterfall, Leek, Staffordshire [1] Waterhouses, Leek, Staffordshire [1]

Rank

Private [53] Corporal [7] Captain [4] Gunner [4] Lance Corporal [4] Serjeant [4] 2nd Lieutenant [3] Able Seaman [3] Driver [3] Lieutenant [3] Sapper [3] Second Lieutenant [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Rifleman [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] 2nd Sick Berth Steward [1] A. Bombardier [1] AC2 [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Lieutenant-Colonel [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Bombardier [1] Cadet [1] Colonel [1] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Guardsman [1] Honorary 2nd Lieutenant [1] Honorary Lieutenant [1] Honorary Second Lieutenant [1] L/Sgt [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant (Temporary Captain) [1] Major [1] Sergeant [1] Stoker [1] Stoker 1c [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [11] North Staffordshire Regiment [7] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Cheshire Regiment [3] Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [3] Labour Corps [3] Manchester Regiment [3] Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regiment) [3] Royal Engineers [3] Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3] West Yorkshire Regiment [3] Army Service Corps [2] Grenadier Guards [2] London Regiment [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Royal Irish Regiment [2] South Staffordshire Regiment [2] West Riding Regiment [2] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [2] 10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Hussars [1] 10th Hussars attached 5th Dragoons Guards [1] 75 (HD) Squadron, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Border Regiment [1] Canadian Infantry [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] HMS Attentive [1] HMS Caroline [1] HMS Erin [1] HMS INFLEXIBLE [1] HMS INVINCIBLE [1] HMS MALAYA [1] HMS Snapragon [1] HMS TIGER [1] HMS Warspite [1] Honourable Artillery Company [1] King's (Shropshire Light Infantry) [1] King's Own Scottish Borderers [1] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1] King's Royal Rifles [1] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [1] Lancers [1] Leicestershire Regiment [1] Lincolnshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [76] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [62] Royal Navy [61] Australian Imperial Force [12] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [31] H [28] C [19] S [17] M [16] P [16] T [11] W [11] F [9] G [8] R [8] J [7] K [7] A [6] L [6] E [5] D [4] N [4] O [3] V [2] I [1] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [200] Merchant Navy [11]

Country

United Kingdom [34]

Harry Perkin Johnson

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 15247 Private Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regiment) 8th Battalion

British Army 15247 Private North Staffordshire Regiment

More about Harry Perkin Johnson
Victor Sales

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 6052 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 267778 Rifleman Prince of Wales' Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) 1/7th Battalion

British Army 267778 Rifleman West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

More about Victor Sales
Alex Saunders

Born 1883

Died 1920

British Army L/11483 Private Lancers

More about Alex Saunders
Joseph Arthur Hulme

Born 1877

Died 1916

British Army G/4581 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army G/4581 Acting Corporal Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army G/4581 Corporal Royal Sussex Regiment 7th Battalion

More about Joseph Arthur Hulme
Harry Edwin Cade

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 1616 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 810184 Driver Royal Field Artillery

More about Harry Edwin Cade
William Mitchell

Born 1876

Died 1918

Royal Navy 172225 Able Seaman HMS Attentive

More about William Mitchell
Harry Simpson

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 5239 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 241995 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 241995 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

More about Harry Simpson
James Henry Rogers

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 266672

More about James Henry Rogers
John Nowland

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 310057

More about John Nowland
Frederick Walter Kelly

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 4033

More about Frederick Walter Kelly
Harry Mottram

Born 1894

Royal Navy K17183 Stoker 1c HMS Warspite

More about Harry Mottram
George Cox Cooper

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 225567

More about George Cox Cooper
John Atkinson

Died 1916

British Army 40559 Private North Staffordshire Regiment 8th. Battalion

More about John Atkinson
Percy Malkin

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 2941 Private East Surrey Regiment

More about Percy Malkin
Joseph Pedley, M.s.m.

Died 1918

British Army 2786 Corporal West Riding Regiment

British Army 240431 Warrant Officer Class 2 West Riding Regiment

British Army 240431 Company Quartermaster Serjeant Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

More about Joseph Pedley, M.s.m.
Herbert Lee

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 53851 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 53851 Private Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

More about Herbert Lee
Leason Sutton

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 303630

More about Leason Sutton
William Beardmore Wheeldon

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 45853

More about William Beardmore Wheeldon
Ralph Vernon

Born 1868

Died 1918

British Army TT/0936 Private Army Veterinary Corps

More about Ralph Vernon
Reuben Leadbeater

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 207833

More about Reuben Leadbeater

Page 4 of 12

Pagination

Previous
1
2
3
4
5
6
12
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