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 1736 results

Advanced search

Search

Advanced

Search field

Filters

Type

People [1736]

Stories

Communities

Place of birth

Oldham, Lancashire [1388]

Oldham, Lancashire, England [116]

Oldham Lancashire [72]

Chadderton, Oldham, Lancashire [33]

Werneth, Oldham, Lancashire [18]

Hollinwood, Oldham, Lancashire [13]

Royton, Oldham, Lancashire [10]

Glodwick, Oldham, Lancashire [5]

Hollinwood Oldham Lancashire [5]

Lees, Oldham, Lancashire [5]

Oldham Lancashire. [4]

Oldham, Manchester, Lancashire [4]

Moorside, Oldham, Lancashire [3]

Mumps, Oldham, Lancashire [3]

Oldham. Lancashire. England. [3]

Shaw, Oldham, Lancashire [3]

Chatterton, Oldham, Lancashire [2]

Middleton, Oldham, Lancashire [2]

Oldham,Lancashire. [2]

Royton, near Oldham, Lancashire [2]

Watersheddings, Oldham, Lancashire [2]

Westwood, Oldham, Lancashire [2]

21 Slater Street, Oldham Lancashire [1]

Bardsley, Oldham, Lancashire [1]

Chadderton Oldham Lancashire [1]

Chadderton Oldham Lancashire. [1]

Cheetham Street, Shaw, Oldham Lancashire [1]

Coldhurst, Oldham, Lancashire [1]

Coppice, Oldham, Lancashire [1]

Crompton near Oldham, Lancashire [1]

Crompton, Shaw near Oldham, Lancashire [1]

Delph near Oldham Lancashire [1]

Diggle, Oldham, Lancashire [1]

Failsworth, Oldham, Lancashire [1]

Glodwick, Oldham, Lancashire, England [1]

Greenacres, Oldham, Lancashire [1]

Greenaire Oldham, Lancashire [1]

Hathershaw, Oldham, Lancashire [1]

Higginshaw Oldham Lancashire [1]

Higginshaw, Oldham, Lancashire [1]

Hollingworth, Oldham, Lancashire [1]

Hollinwood,Oldham,Lancashire. [1]

Mossley near Oldham, Lancashire [1]

New Delph Oldham, Lancashire [1]

Oldham lancashire [1]

Oldham, Lancaster, Lancashire [1]

Oldham, Rochdale, Lancashire [1]

Openshaw, Oldham, Lancashire [1]

Royton Oldham Lancashire [1]

Royton near Oldham Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [185]

Ordinary Seaman [14]

Corporal [12]

Second Lieutenant [11]

Stoker 1st Class [11]

Driver [10]

Lance Corporal [10]

Gunner [9]

Serjeant [9]

private [8]

Boy 1st Class [6]

Lieutenant [6]

Captain [5]

Rifleman [5]

Able Seaman [4]

Sergeant [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Leading Seaman [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Sapper [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Guardsman [2]

Leading Stoker [2]

Major [2]

Nurse [2]

2nd Corporal [1]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

3rd Writer [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Chief Electrician 2nd Class [1]

Acting Electrician 4th Class [1]

Acting Serjeant Major [1]

Air Mechanic 1 [1]

Armourer's Crew [1]

Armourer's Mate [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Chaplain [1]

Chaplain 3rd Class [1]

Chief Armourer [1]

Chief Electrical Artificer [1]

Chief Electrical Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Chief Electrician 2nd Class [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer [1]

Colour Sergeant [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Sergeant [1]

Unit

Manchester Regiment [86]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [16]

Royal Field Artillery [12]

Lancashire Fusiliers [11]

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [8]

Royal Army Medical Corps [8]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [8]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [8]

Labour Corps [7]

Liverpool Regiment [7]

Royal Engineers [7]

Machine Gun Corps [6]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [6]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [5]

Cheshire Regiment [4]

French Red Cross [4]

HMS Ajax [4]

HMS TIGER [4]

HMS VALIANT [4]

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4]

Welsh Regiment [4]

Army Service Corps [3]

Border Regiment [3]

East Lancashire Regiment [3]

Gloucestershire Regiment [3]

HMS Indefatigable [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

Royal Marine Artillery [3]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

HMS DEFENCE [2]

HMS LION [2]

HMS NEPTUNE [2]

HMS Princess Royal [2]

King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [2]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [2]

Lancashire Fuisilliers [2]

London Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Royal Highlanders [2]

Royal Naval Reserve [2]

Royal Sussex Regiment [2]

South Lancashire Regiment [2]

South Wales Borderers [2]

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [2]

West Riding Regiment [2]

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

York and Lancaster Regiment [2]

Service

Royal Navy [814]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [562]

British Army [240]

Other Empire Force [5]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [4]

Australian Imperial Force [3]

Last name first letter

B [226]

H [204]

W [169]

S [157]

C [151]

M [102]

L [89]

G [76]

P [73]

T [72]

R [65]

D [60]

K [56]

F [45]

J [43]

A [40]

N [37]

E [28]

O [26]

I [7]

U [4]

Y [4]

Q [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1613]

Merchant Navy [113]

Country

United Kingdom [129]

India [4]

Germany [1]

Page 87 of 87

Pagination

Previous
1
85
86
87

Type

People [1736] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Oldham, Lancashire [1388] Oldham, Lancashire, England [116] Oldham Lancashire [72] Chadderton, Oldham, Lancashire [33] Werneth, Oldham, Lancashire [18] Hollinwood, Oldham, Lancashire [13] Royton, Oldham, Lancashire [10] Glodwick, Oldham, Lancashire [5] Hollinwood Oldham Lancashire [5] Lees, Oldham, Lancashire [5] Oldham Lancashire. [4] Oldham, Manchester, Lancashire [4] Moorside, Oldham, Lancashire [3] Mumps, Oldham, Lancashire [3] Oldham. Lancashire. England. [3] Shaw, Oldham, Lancashire [3] Chatterton, Oldham, Lancashire [2] Middleton, Oldham, Lancashire [2] Oldham,Lancashire. [2] Royton, near Oldham, Lancashire [2] Watersheddings, Oldham, Lancashire [2] Westwood, Oldham, Lancashire [2] 21 Slater Street, Oldham Lancashire [1] Bardsley, Oldham, Lancashire [1] Chadderton Oldham Lancashire [1] Chadderton Oldham Lancashire. [1] Cheetham Street, Shaw, Oldham Lancashire [1] Coldhurst, Oldham, Lancashire [1] Coppice, Oldham, Lancashire [1] Crompton near Oldham, Lancashire [1] Crompton, Shaw near Oldham, Lancashire [1] Delph near Oldham Lancashire [1] Diggle, Oldham, Lancashire [1] Failsworth, Oldham, Lancashire [1] Glodwick, Oldham, Lancashire, England [1] Greenacres, Oldham, Lancashire [1] Greenaire Oldham, Lancashire [1] Hathershaw, Oldham, Lancashire [1] Higginshaw Oldham Lancashire [1] Higginshaw, Oldham, Lancashire [1] Hollingworth, Oldham, Lancashire [1] Hollinwood,Oldham,Lancashire. [1] Mossley near Oldham, Lancashire [1] New Delph Oldham, Lancashire [1] Oldham lancashire [1] Oldham, Lancaster, Lancashire [1] Oldham, Rochdale, Lancashire [1] Openshaw, Oldham, Lancashire [1] Royton Oldham Lancashire [1] Royton near Oldham Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [185] Ordinary Seaman [14] Corporal [12] Second Lieutenant [11] Stoker 1st Class [11] Driver [10] Lance Corporal [10] Gunner [9] Serjeant [9] private [8] Boy 1st Class [6] Lieutenant [6] Captain [5] Rifleman [5] Able Seaman [4] Sergeant [4] Acting Corporal [3] Leading Seaman [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Sapper [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Acting Serjeant [2] Deck Hand [2] Guardsman [2] Leading Stoker [2] Major [2] Nurse [2] 2nd Corporal [1] 2nd Lieutenant [1] 3rd Writer [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Chief Electrician 2nd Class [1] Acting Electrician 4th Class [1] Acting Serjeant Major [1] Air Mechanic 1 [1] Armourer's Crew [1] Armourer's Mate [1] Bombardier [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1] Chaplain [1] Chaplain 3rd Class [1] Chief Armourer [1] Chief Electrical Artificer [1] Chief Electrical Artificer 2nd Class [1] Chief Electrician 2nd Class [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer [1] Colour Sergeant [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master Sergeant [1]

Unit

Manchester Regiment [86] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [16] Royal Field Artillery [12] Lancashire Fusiliers [11] King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [8] Royal Army Medical Corps [8] Royal Lancaster Regiment [8] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [8] Labour Corps [7] Liverpool Regiment [7] Royal Engineers [7] Machine Gun Corps [6] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [6] King's Royal Rifle Corps [5] Cheshire Regiment [4] French Red Cross [4] HMS Ajax [4] HMS TIGER [4] HMS VALIANT [4] The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4] Welsh Regiment [4] Army Service Corps [3] Border Regiment [3] East Lancashire Regiment [3] Gloucestershire Regiment [3] HMS Indefatigable [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] Royal Marine Artillery [3] Army Cyclist Corps [2] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [2] Canadian Infantry [2] HMS DEFENCE [2] HMS LION [2] HMS NEPTUNE [2] HMS Princess Royal [2] King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [2] King's Own Scottish Borderers [2] Lancashire Fuisilliers [2] London Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] Royal Highlanders [2] Royal Naval Reserve [2] Royal Sussex Regiment [2] South Lancashire Regiment [2] South Wales Borderers [2] The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [2] West Riding Regiment [2] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [2] York and Lancaster Regiment [2]

Service

Royal Navy [814] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [562] British Army [240] Other Empire Force [5] Canadian Expeditionary Force [4] Australian Imperial Force [3]

Last name first letter

B [226] H [204] W [169] S [157] C [151] M [102] L [89] G [76] P [73] T [72] R [65] D [60] K [56] F [45] J [43] A [40] N [37] E [28] O [26] I [7] U [4] Y [4] Q [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1613] Merchant Navy [113]

Country

United Kingdom [129] India [4] Germany [1]

Graham Halbert

Born 1900

More about Graham Halbert
John Claude Hamil

Born 1892

More about John Claude Hamil
William Henry Gray

Born 1888

More about William Henry Gray
Herbert Green

Born 1883

More about Herbert Green
Thomas Gavin

Born 1892

More about Thomas Gavin
Frank Fitton

Born 1898

More about Frank Fitton
Lees Fearn

Born 1892

More about Lees Fearn
Fred Edwards

Born 1890

More about Fred Edwards
Hanlee Dearnley

Born 1889

More about Hanlee Dearnley
James Dalton

Born 1896

More about James Dalton
Francis Corcoran

Born 1882

More about Francis Corcoran
John Cocker

Born 1892

More about John Cocker
Robert William Clough

Born 1885

More about Robert William Clough
Raymond Stott

Born 1889

Canadian Expeditionary Force 24769

More about Raymond Stott
Wilfred Vincent Dees

Born 1898

Royal Navy J32158

More about Wilfred Vincent Dees
Harold Pickup

Born 1897

Royal Navy J64685

More about Harold Pickup

Page 87 of 87

Pagination

Previous
1
85
86
87

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