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 3917 results

Advanced search

Search

Advanced

Search field

Filters

Type

People [3917]

Stories

Communities

Place of birth

Northampton, Northamptonshire [636]

Peterborough, Northamptonshire [458]

Kettering, Northamptonshire [318]

Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [232]

Northamptonshire [212]

Rushden, Northamptonshire [100]

Daventry, Northamptonshire [63]

Northampton, Northamptonshire, England [63]

Oundle, Northamptonshire [62]

Brackley, Northamptonshire [53]

Towcester, Northamptonshire [51]

Desborough, Northamptonshire [49]

Peterborough, Northamptonshire, England [41]

Northamptonshire England [30]

Thrapston, Northamptonshire [29]

Irthlingborough, Northamptonshire [25]

Raunds, Northamptonshire [24]

Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire [20]

Weedon, Northamptonshire [20]

Finedon, Northamptonshire [19]

Kingsthorpe, Northamptonshire [18]

Rothwell, Northamptonshire [18]

Hardingstone, Northamptonshire [17]

Irchester, Northamptonshire [16]

Newcastle, Northamptonshire [16]

Brigstock, Northamptonshire [15]

Wicken, Northamptonshire [15]

Woodford, Northamptonshire [15]

Earls Barton, Northamptonshire [14]

Saint Giles, Northamptonshire [14]

Brixworth, Northamptonshire [13]

Kettering, Northamptonshire, England [13]

Morpeth, Northamptonshire [13]

Nassington, Northamptonshire [13]

Wollaston, Northamptonshire [12]

Long Buckby, Northamptonshire [11]

Roade, Northamptonshire [10]

Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England [10]

Burton Latimer, Northamptonshire [9]

Earls Barton, Northampton, Northamptonshire [9]

Finedon, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [9]

Market Harborough, Northamptonshire [9]

Blisworth, Northamptonshire [8]

Bozeat, Northamptonshire [8]

Braunston, Northamptonshire [7]

Paulerspury, Northamptonshire [7]

Stamford, Northamptonshire [7]

Welford, Northamptonshire [7]

Wellington, Northamptonshire [7]

All Saints, Northamptonshire [6]

Rank

Private [535]

Lance Corporal [52]

Corporal [46]

Gunner [38]

Second Lieutenant [34]

Lieutenant [33]

Serjeant [32]

Able Seaman [29]

Captain [23]

Stoker 1st Class [19]

Ordinary Seaman [18]

Sapper [17]

Sergeant [14]

Boy 1st Class [13]

Acting Serjeant [10]

Driver [10]

Rifleman [10]

Major [9]

Acting Corporal [8]

Lieutenant Colonel [8]

Deck Hand [6]

Stoker 2nd Class [6]

Acting Bombardier [4]

Lance Serjeant [4]

Acting Captain [3]

Bombardier [3]

Boy 2nd Class [3]

Chief Stoker [3]

Leading Seaman [3]

Leading Stoker [3]

Petty Officer [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Acting Leading Stoker [2]

Air Mechanic [2]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2]

Brigadier General [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Seaman [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Trimmer [2]

Wireman 2nd Class [2]

2nd Cook's Mate [1]

2nd Lt [1]

A C I [1]

A C II (Motorcyclist) [1]

A/Colour Sergeant [1]

AC2 Rigger [1]

Unit

Northamptonshire Regiment [216]

Royal Engineers [34]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [34]

Royal Field Artillery [30]

London Regiment [22]

Machine Gun Corps [22]

Army Service Corps [21]

Royal Garrison Artillery [21]

Bedfordshire Regiment [18]

Essex Regiment [17]

Suffolk Regiment [17]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [17]

Leicestershire Regiment [16]

Labour Corps [14]

Middlesex Regiment [12]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [12]

Royal Army Medical Corps [12]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [11]

Royal Flying Corps [11]

The Queen's Regiment [11]

Norfolk Regiment [10]

Royal Army Service Corps [10]

Royal Naval Reserve [10]

Royal Sussex Regiment [10]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [9]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [9]

Royal Fusiliers [9]

Canadian Infantry [8]

Gloucestershire Regiment [8]

Royal Air Force [8]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [8]

Coldstream Guards [7]

Durham Light Infantry [7]

Northamptonshire Yeomanry [7]

East Kent Regiment [6]

Lancashire Fusiliers [6]

Northumberland Fusiliers [6]

Northumberland Regiment [6]

Royal Naval Division [6]

Corps of Hussars [5]

HMS Good Hope [5]

HMS VALIANT [5]

South Wales Borderers [5]

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [5]

Welsh Regiment [5]

Wiltshire Regiment [5]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [4]

Cheshire Regiment [4]

HMS INVINCIBLE [4]

HMS IRON DUKE [4]

Service

Royal Navy [1493]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1461]

British Army [728]

Australian Imperial Force [37]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [27]

Other Empire Force [5]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [503]

S [344]

C [342]

W [338]

H [302]

M [237]

T [203]

P [201]

G [199]

L [183]

R [179]

A [177]

D [138]

F [119]

J [118]

K [85]

E [73]

N [72]

O [34]

I [24]

Y [20]

V [12]

U [11]

Q [2]

Contribution

Military Service [3672]

Merchant Navy [175]

Country

United Kingdom [415]

Canada [7]

India [2]

Malta [1]

United States [1]

Page 2 of 196

Pagination

Previous
1
2
3
4
196
Next

Type

People [3917] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Northampton, Northamptonshire [636] Peterborough, Northamptonshire [458] Kettering, Northamptonshire [318] Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [232] Northamptonshire [212] Rushden, Northamptonshire [100] Daventry, Northamptonshire [63] Northampton, Northamptonshire, England [63] Oundle, Northamptonshire [62] Brackley, Northamptonshire [53] Towcester, Northamptonshire [51] Desborough, Northamptonshire [49] Peterborough, Northamptonshire, England [41] Northamptonshire England [30] Thrapston, Northamptonshire [29] Irthlingborough, Northamptonshire [25] Raunds, Northamptonshire [24] Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire [20] Weedon, Northamptonshire [20] Finedon, Northamptonshire [19] Kingsthorpe, Northamptonshire [18] Rothwell, Northamptonshire [18] Hardingstone, Northamptonshire [17] Irchester, Northamptonshire [16] Newcastle, Northamptonshire [16] Brigstock, Northamptonshire [15] Wicken, Northamptonshire [15] Woodford, Northamptonshire [15] Earls Barton, Northamptonshire [14] Saint Giles, Northamptonshire [14] Brixworth, Northamptonshire [13] Kettering, Northamptonshire, England [13] Morpeth, Northamptonshire [13] Nassington, Northamptonshire [13] Wollaston, Northamptonshire [12] Long Buckby, Northamptonshire [11] Roade, Northamptonshire [10] Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England [10] Burton Latimer, Northamptonshire [9] Earls Barton, Northampton, Northamptonshire [9] Finedon, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [9] Market Harborough, Northamptonshire [9] Blisworth, Northamptonshire [8] Bozeat, Northamptonshire [8] Braunston, Northamptonshire [7] Paulerspury, Northamptonshire [7] Stamford, Northamptonshire [7] Welford, Northamptonshire [7] Wellington, Northamptonshire [7] All Saints, Northamptonshire [6]

Rank

Private [535] Lance Corporal [52] Corporal [46] Gunner [38] Second Lieutenant [34] Lieutenant [33] Serjeant [32] Able Seaman [29] Captain [23] Stoker 1st Class [19] Ordinary Seaman [18] Sapper [17] Sergeant [14] Boy 1st Class [13] Acting Serjeant [10] Driver [10] Rifleman [10] Major [9] Acting Corporal [8] Lieutenant Colonel [8] Deck Hand [6] Stoker 2nd Class [6] Acting Bombardier [4] Lance Serjeant [4] Acting Captain [3] Bombardier [3] Boy 2nd Class [3] Chief Stoker [3] Leading Seaman [3] Leading Stoker [3] Petty Officer [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Acting Leading Stoker [2] Air Mechanic [2] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2] Brigadier General [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Seaman [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Trimmer [2] Wireman 2nd Class [2] 2nd Cook's Mate [1] 2nd Lt [1] A C I [1] A C II (Motorcyclist) [1] A/Colour Sergeant [1] AC2 Rigger [1]

Unit

Northamptonshire Regiment [216] Royal Engineers [34] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [34] Royal Field Artillery [30] London Regiment [22] Machine Gun Corps [22] Army Service Corps [21] Royal Garrison Artillery [21] Bedfordshire Regiment [18] Essex Regiment [17] Suffolk Regiment [17] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [17] Leicestershire Regiment [16] Labour Corps [14] Middlesex Regiment [12] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [12] Royal Army Medical Corps [12] King's Royal Rifle Corps [11] Royal Flying Corps [11] The Queen's Regiment [11] Norfolk Regiment [10] Royal Army Service Corps [10] Royal Naval Reserve [10] Royal Sussex Regiment [10] Cambridgeshire Regiment [9] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [9] Royal Fusiliers [9] Canadian Infantry [8] Gloucestershire Regiment [8] Royal Air Force [8] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [8] Coldstream Guards [7] Durham Light Infantry [7] Northamptonshire Yeomanry [7] East Kent Regiment [6] Lancashire Fusiliers [6] Northumberland Fusiliers [6] Northumberland Regiment [6] Royal Naval Division [6] Corps of Hussars [5] HMS Good Hope [5] HMS VALIANT [5] South Wales Borderers [5] The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [5] Welsh Regiment [5] Wiltshire Regiment [5] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [4] Cheshire Regiment [4] HMS INVINCIBLE [4] HMS IRON DUKE [4]

Service

Royal Navy [1493] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1461] British Army [728] Australian Imperial Force [37] Canadian Expeditionary Force [27] Other Empire Force [5] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [503] S [344] C [342] W [338] H [302] M [237] T [203] P [201] G [199] L [183] R [179] A [177] D [138] F [119] J [118] K [85] E [73] N [72] O [34] I [24] Y [20] V [12] U [11] Q [2]

Contribution

Military Service [3672] Merchant Navy [175]

Country

United Kingdom [415] Canada [7] India [2] Malta [1] United States [1]

Thomas Allen

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 1660 Private Northamptonshire Regiment 1st/4th Bn.

More about Thomas Allen
Walter Groom

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 97437 Lance Corporal Machine Gun Corps

British Army 201570 Essex Regiment "A" Co. 4th (Reserve) Bn.

British Army 97437 Private Machine Gun Corps

…

More about Walter Groom
John Victor Elderkin

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 21587 Royal Field Artillery

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery "A" Battery, 59th Brigade

More about John Victor Elderkin
William Allen

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 2410 Private Northamptonshire Regiment 4th Bn.

British Army 31037 Lance Corporal Northamptonshire Regiment 1st Battalion

More about William Allen
Harry Cole

Born 1898

Died 1982

British Army 30935 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

British Army 41897 Private Royal Irish Rifles

British Army 41897 Private Royal Irish Rifles 7th Batt

More about Harry Cole
Harold Coe

Born 1894

Died 1964

British Army 11300 Private Royal Fusiliers 5th Bn

British Army 143412 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

More about Harold Coe
Oscar Hawes

Born 1893

Died 1961

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 7683

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 7683 Corporal Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 7683 Acting Corporal Royal Flying Corps

…

More about Oscar Hawes
James Andrews

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 13071 Private Leicestershire Regiment

More about James Andrews
Richard James Gibbard

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army

British Army 77136 Driver Royal Engineers

More about Richard James Gibbard
Ernest Albert Glanister

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 7/775 Private Training Reserve Battalion

British Army 12145 Private Machine Gun Corps 38th Battalion

More about Ernest Albert Glanister
Arthur Deacon

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 20489 Corporal Northamptonshire Regiment 5th Battalion

More about Arthur Deacon
George Henry Bradshaw

Born 1885

Died 1914

British Army 7893 Lance Serjeant Northamptonshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 7893 Serjeant Northamptonshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 7893 Serjeant Northamptonshire Regiment

More about George Henry Bradshaw
Thomas Roland Robinson

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 1468 Lance Corporal Northamptonshire Regiment

British Army 202972 Lance Corporal Northamptonshire Regiment

More about Thomas Roland Robinson
John Key Williams

Born 1896

Died 1956

Royal Navy J34989 Able Seaman Various

Royal Navy J34989 Ordinary Seaman

More about John Key Williams
Matthew Coulson

Born 1883

Died 1915

British Army 17228 Private Northamptonshire Regiment 7th Battalion

More about Matthew Coulson
Arthur Robert Bosworth

Born 1883

Died 1930

British Army 289937 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army WR/274968 Sapper Royal Engineers Railway Operating Department

More about Arthur Robert Bosworth
Isaiah Humphries Allen

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 25264 Private Royal Irish Fusiliers

British Army 32885 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 16th Battalion

British Army 5375 Corporal Acting Sergeant 11th Hussars

More about Isaiah Humphries Allen
Thomas Ainge

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army 3/10486 Private Northamptonshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 3/10486 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

More about Thomas Ainge
Thomas Franklin Bagshaw

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 24233 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army 24233 Private Suffolk Regiment 2nd Battalion

More about Thomas Franklin Bagshaw
Samuel Frost

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army 3594 Private London Regiment 8th lond Battalion

British Army 3594 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

More about Samuel Frost

Page 2 of 196

Pagination

Previous
1
2
3
4
196
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 policy Copyright Cookies