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 448 results

Advanced search

Search

Advanced

Search field

Filters

Type

People [448]

Stories

Communities

Place of birth

Newcastle Upon Tyne England [148]

Newcastle upon Tyne [108]

Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland [50]

Newcastle Upon Tyne [29]

Newcastle-upon-Tyne [19]

Byker, Newcastle upon Tyne [6]

Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland [5]

Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland [4]

Newcastle upon Tyne Northumberland [4]

Newcastle-Upon-Tyne [4]

Newcastle-Upon-Tyne England [3]

Benwell, Newcastle upon Tyne [2]

Heaton, Newcastle Upon Tyne [2]

Newcastle Upon Tyne registration district [2]

Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland, England [2]

Newcastle upon Tyne, [2]

Newcastle upon Tyne, Staffordshire [2]

Newcastle upon Tyne,Northumberland. [2]

2, High Street, Newcastle upon Tyne [1]

4 St Anne's Row, City Road, Newcastle upon Tyne [1]

Byker Newcastle upon Tyne [1]

Byker, Newcastle Upon Tyne, England [1]

Byker, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland [1]

Byker, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne [1]

Byker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland [1]

Cambios Newcastle upon Tyne [1]

Dipton, Newcastle upon Tyne [1]

Elswick, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland [1]

Elswick, Newcastle upon Tyne [1]

Elswick, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland [1]

Elswick, Newcastle-upon-Tyne [1]

Gateshead, Newcastle upon Tyne [1]

Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland [1]

Heaton,Newcastle upon Tyne,Northumberland [1]

Holmwood, Newcastle upon Tyne [1]

Jesmond,Newcastle-upon-Tyne [1]

Newcastle - upon - Tyne Northumberland [1]

Newcastle -Upon-Tyne [1]

Newcastle Upon Tyne, England [1]

Newcastle a Upon Tyne [1]

Newcastle upon Tyne District [1]

Newcastle upon Tyne England [1]

Newcastle upon Tyne registration district [1]

Newcastle upon Tyne, County Durham [1]

Newcastle upon Tyne, Durham [1]

Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, [1]

Newcastle upon Tyne, Nortjumberland [1]

Newcastle upon Tyne,Northumberland [1]

Newcastle upon Tyne. [1]

Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, Northumberland [1]

Rank

Private [136]

Second Lieutenant [23]

Lieutenant [19]

Captain [18]

Lance Corporal [14]

Corporal [12]

Sapper [12]

Serjeant [10]

Major [9]

Gunner [8]

Driver [7]

Able Seaman [6]

Rifleman [5]

Sergeant [5]

Temporary Captain [4]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [4]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Acting Corporal [2]

Colonel [2]

Engine Room Artificer 5th Class [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Pioneer [2]

Stoker [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Worker [2]

2/LT [1]

2LT [1]

2nd Lieutenent [1]

A.C.2 [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Company Sergeant Major [1]

Acting Gunner [1]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Bombardier [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Carpenter's Crew [1]

Chaplain 4th Class [1]

Chaplain Colonel [1]

Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class, The Reverend [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Engine Room Artificer [1]

Unit

Northumberland Fusiliers [66]

Durham Light Infantry [25]

Royal Engineers [19]

Royal Field Artillery [17]

London Regiment [13]

Machine Gun Corps [11]

Royal Army Medical Corps [8]

Royal Flying Corps [6]

Royal Garrison Artillery [6]

West Yorkshire Regiment [6]

Royal Naval Division [5]

York and Lancaster Regiment [5]

Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Border Regiment [3]

Coldstream Guards [3]

East Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Northumberland Regiment [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

Tank Corps [3]

West Riding Regiment [3]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [3]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Army Service Corps [2]

Cameron Highlanders [2]

French Red Cross [2]

HMS Agincourt [2]

HMS Erin [2]

Hussars [2]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [2]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Northumberland Hussars [2]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

Royal Artillery [2]

Royal Engineers Transport [2]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2]

Royal Marine Artillery [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

10th Battalion, Canadian Infantry [1]

1st A.I.F. Division [1]

1st Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry [1]

Service

British Army [233]

Australian Imperial Force [156]

Royal Navy [45]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [7]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [7]

Other Empire Force [3]

Last name first letter

M [62]

S [60]

R [45]

W [42]

B [33]

T [25]

C [24]

P [23]

H [21]

D [19]

A [16]

L [16]

F [12]

G [12]

N [9]

E [7]

O [7]

J [5]

K [3]

V [3]

I [1]

Q [1]

U [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [426]

Conscientious Objector [3]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [127]

India [6]

Canada [1]

Germany [1]

Malaysia [1]

Page 3 of 23

Pagination

Previous
1
2
3
4
5
23
Next

Type

People [448] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Newcastle Upon Tyne England [148] Newcastle upon Tyne [108] Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland [50] Newcastle Upon Tyne [29] Newcastle-upon-Tyne [19] Byker, Newcastle upon Tyne [6] Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland [5] Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland [4] Newcastle upon Tyne Northumberland [4] Newcastle-Upon-Tyne [4] Newcastle-Upon-Tyne England [3] Benwell, Newcastle upon Tyne [2] Heaton, Newcastle Upon Tyne [2] Newcastle Upon Tyne registration district [2] Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland, England [2] Newcastle upon Tyne, [2] Newcastle upon Tyne, Staffordshire [2] Newcastle upon Tyne,Northumberland. [2] 2, High Street, Newcastle upon Tyne [1] 4 St Anne's Row, City Road, Newcastle upon Tyne [1] Byker Newcastle upon Tyne [1] Byker, Newcastle Upon Tyne, England [1] Byker, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland [1] Byker, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne [1] Byker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland [1] Cambios Newcastle upon Tyne [1] Dipton, Newcastle upon Tyne [1] Elswick, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland [1] Elswick, Newcastle upon Tyne [1] Elswick, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland [1] Elswick, Newcastle-upon-Tyne [1] Gateshead, Newcastle upon Tyne [1] Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland [1] Heaton,Newcastle upon Tyne,Northumberland [1] Holmwood, Newcastle upon Tyne [1] Jesmond,Newcastle-upon-Tyne [1] Newcastle - upon - Tyne Northumberland [1] Newcastle -Upon-Tyne [1] Newcastle Upon Tyne, England [1] Newcastle a Upon Tyne [1] Newcastle upon Tyne District [1] Newcastle upon Tyne England [1] Newcastle upon Tyne registration district [1] Newcastle upon Tyne, County Durham [1] Newcastle upon Tyne, Durham [1] Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, [1] Newcastle upon Tyne, Nortjumberland [1] Newcastle upon Tyne,Northumberland [1] Newcastle upon Tyne. [1] Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, Northumberland [1]

Rank

Private [136] Second Lieutenant [23] Lieutenant [19] Captain [18] Lance Corporal [14] Corporal [12] Sapper [12] Serjeant [10] Major [9] Gunner [8] Driver [7] Able Seaman [6] Rifleman [5] Sergeant [5] Temporary Captain [4] Temporary Second Lieutenant [4] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Acting Corporal [2] Colonel [2] Engine Room Artificer 5th Class [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Pioneer [2] Stoker [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Worker [2] 2/LT [1] 2LT [1] 2nd Lieutenent [1] A.C.2 [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Company Sergeant Major [1] Acting Gunner [1] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Bombardier [1] Brigadier General [1] Carpenter's Crew [1] Chaplain 4th Class [1] Chaplain Colonel [1] Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class, The Reverend [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Engine Room Artificer [1]

Unit

Northumberland Fusiliers [66] Durham Light Infantry [25] Royal Engineers [19] Royal Field Artillery [17] London Regiment [13] Machine Gun Corps [11] Royal Army Medical Corps [8] Royal Flying Corps [6] Royal Garrison Artillery [6] West Yorkshire Regiment [6] Royal Naval Division [5] York and Lancaster Regiment [5] Yorkshire Regiment [5] Border Regiment [3] Coldstream Guards [3] East Yorkshire Regiment [3] Northumberland Regiment [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3] Tank Corps [3] West Riding Regiment [3] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [3] Army Cyclist Corps [2] Army Service Corps [2] Cameron Highlanders [2] French Red Cross [2] HMS Agincourt [2] HMS Erin [2] Hussars [2] King's Own Scottish Borderers [2] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Labour Corps [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] Liverpool Regiment [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Northumberland Hussars [2] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] Royal Artillery [2] Royal Engineers Transport [2] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2] Royal Marine Artillery [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] 10th Battalion, Canadian Infantry [1] 1st A.I.F. Division [1] 1st Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry [1]

Service

British Army [233] Australian Imperial Force [156] Royal Navy [45] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [7] Canadian Expeditionary Force [7] Other Empire Force [3]

Last name first letter

M [62] S [60] R [45] W [42] B [33] T [25] C [24] P [23] H [21] D [19] A [16] L [16] F [12] G [12] N [9] E [7] O [7] J [5] K [3] V [3] I [1] Q [1] U [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [426] Conscientious Objector [3] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [127] India [6] Canada [1] Germany [1] Malaysia [1]

George Mark Barton

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 19112 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 19112 Private Durham Light Infantry 13th Battalion

More about George Mark Barton
Adam Victor Mcclen

Born 1887

Died 1914

British Army 60450 Corporal Royal Field Artillery

More about Adam Victor Mcclen
Henry Quentin Ridley

Born 1882

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force Lieutenant 48th Australian Infantry Battalion

More about Henry Quentin Ridley
Emerson Muschamp Bainbridge

Born 1877

British Army Second Lieutenant Temporary Lieutenant Royal Army Service Corps

British Army Lieutenant Acting Captain Army Service Corps 50th Unit

More about Emerson Muschamp Bainbridge
Thomas Robson

Born 1891

Died 1914

British Army 8170 Private Coldstream Guards

British Army Private Coldstream Guards 3rd Batalion

More about Thomas Robson
Albert Edward Lowes

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army T/175 Driver Army Service Corps

British Army T/175 Driver Army Service Corps

More about Albert Edward Lowes
Thomas Benn

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 11472 Private Manchester Regiment 16th Battalion.

More about Thomas Benn
David Balmer

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 4/6613 Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 7/5791 Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 291904 Northumberland Fusiliers

More about David Balmer
Henry Lawrence Benson

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 6/2143 Serjeant Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 2143 Acting Company Sergeant Major Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army Second Lieutenant Northumberland Fusiliers

More about Henry Lawrence Benson
Frederick Watson

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army

British Army 5/2253 Pte Northumberland Fusiliers 5th Battalion.

More about Frederick Watson
William Falcus

Born 1892

Died 1964

Canadian Expeditionary Force 466018

Canadian Expeditionary Force 63rd Battalion

More about William Falcus
John Greensitt

Born 1883

Died 1946

British Army 438 Private Northumberland Hussars

British Army 438 Private Northumberland Hussars 7th Division British Expeditionary Force

More about John Greensitt
William Gibson Swalwell

Born 1888

Died 1966

British Army 16350 Private Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 16350 Private Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 721457 Private 3rd Northumbrian Brigade Royal Field Artillery

More about William Gibson Swalwell
George Mundy

Born 1887

British Army 98888 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 98888 Driver Royal Field Artillery

More about George Mundy
Allister Macnaughton Fergusson

Born 1894

Died 1921

British Army 226799 Pioneer Royal Engineers

More about Allister Macnaughton Fergusson
Stanley Walton-Brown

Born 1887

Died 1960

British Army Captain Royal Army Service Corps

More about Stanley Walton-Brown
Jack Watson

Born 1896

Died 1971

British Army 152138 Sapper Royal Engineers

More about Jack Watson
Robert Plumpton

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 766082 Private London Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 2/LT Alexandra 6th Bn

More about Robert Plumpton
George Grieves

Died 1915

British Army 6/3391 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

More about George Grieves
Richard Broderick

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 16/604 Private Northumberland Regiment 16th northumberland Battalion

British Army 16/604 Lance Corporal Northumberland Fusiliers

More about Richard Broderick

Page 3 of 23

Pagination

Previous
1
2
3
4
5
23
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