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 620 results

Advanced search

Search

Advanced

Search field

Filters

Type

People [620]

Stories

Communities

Place of birth

Richmond, Surrey [570]

Richmond, Surrey, England [20]

Richmond Surrey [6]

Petersham, Richmond, Surrey [3]

Richmond upon Thames, Surrey [3]

Richmond-upon-Thames, Surrey [3]

112 Church Road, Richmond-upon-Thames, Surrey [1]

64 Princes Road, Richmond, Surrey [1]

Barnes, Richmond, Surrey [1]

Mortlake, Richmond (Surrey) [1]

North Sheen, Richmond, Surrey [1]

Richmond ,Surrey [1]

Richmond London, Surrey [1]

Richmond Surrey District [1]

Richmond district Surrey [1]

Richmond, Barnes, Surrey [1]

Richmond, Surrey ,England [1]

Richmond,Surrey [1]

Richmond,Surrey. [1]

White Lodge, Richmond Park, Surrey [1]

richmond surrey [1]

Rank

Private [46]

Lieutenant [29]

Second Lieutenant [18]

Captain [10]

Able Seaman [9]

Lance Corporal [7]

Major [7]

Boy 1st Class [6]

Driver [6]

Lieutenant Colonel [6]

Rifleman [6]

Serjeant [6]

Corporal [5]

Gunner [5]

Stoker 1st Class [5]

Sergeant [4]

Sapper [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [3]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Colonel [2]

Commander [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Midshipman [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Admiral [1]

Air Mechanic [1]

Air Vice-Marshal [1]

Aircraftman 1st Class [1]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [1]

Artist [1]

Assistant Paymaster [1]

Bombardier [1]

Cadet [1]

Captain Royal Marine Artillery [1]

Captain and Staff Officer [1]

Chauffeur [1]

Chauffeur (Driver) [1]

Chauffeuse [1]

Commander (Retd) [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Flight Cadet [1]

Founder and Organiser [1]

Junior Reserve Attendant [1]

Lance Corporal (paid) [1]

Lance Corporal (unpaid) [1]

Unit

London Regiment [14]

Royal Field Artillery [10]

Royal Air Force [8]

Middlesex Regiment [7]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [7]

Army Service Corps [6]

East Surrey Regiment [4]

Honourable Artillery Company [4]

Royal Engineers [4]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [3]

HMS Hampshire [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [3]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [3]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Border Regiment [2]

British Red Cross [2]

Canadian Mounted Rifles [2]

Coldstream Guards [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

HMS BULWARK [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Leicestershire Regiment [2]

Nigeria Regiment [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Horse Artillery [2]

1/128th Pioneers [1]

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

114th Mahrattas and Staff [1]

2 Cadet Wing [1]

2/5th Gurkha Rifles [1]

29th Punjabis [1]

2nd.Battalion. Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

30 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps [1]

31st Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers [1]

49th Division Royal Army Chaplains Department [1]

4A Reserve Brigade RA [1]

4th Royal Marine Battalion [1]

5A Reserve Brigade RA [1]

5C Reserve Brigade RA [1]

93 Brigade RA [1]

Allies Field Ambulance Corps [1]

Army Medical Service [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Attached Indian Labour Corps in France [1]

Attentive [1]

Service

Royal Navy [311]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [178]

British Army [105]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [9]

Other Empire Force [8]

Indian Army [4]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [84]

S [65]

H [62]

C [49]

P [45]

W [45]

G [33]

D [31]

M [30]

L [24]

R [23]

F [22]

A [20]

K [19]

T [19]

E [13]

J [11]

N [9]

O [6]

V [6]

Y [3]

I [1]

Contribution

Military Service [596]

Merchant Navy [15]

Country

United Kingdom [58]

Canada [2]

United States [2]

Australia [1]

France [1]

Germany [1]

India [1]

Ireland [1]

Page 5 of 31

Pagination

Previous
1
3
4
5
6
7
31
Next

Type

People [620] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Richmond, Surrey [570] Richmond, Surrey, England [20] Richmond Surrey [6] Petersham, Richmond, Surrey [3] Richmond upon Thames, Surrey [3] Richmond-upon-Thames, Surrey [3] 112 Church Road, Richmond-upon-Thames, Surrey [1] 64 Princes Road, Richmond, Surrey [1] Barnes, Richmond, Surrey [1] Mortlake, Richmond (Surrey) [1] North Sheen, Richmond, Surrey [1] Richmond ,Surrey [1] Richmond London, Surrey [1] Richmond Surrey District [1] Richmond district Surrey [1] Richmond, Barnes, Surrey [1] Richmond, Surrey ,England [1] Richmond,Surrey [1] Richmond,Surrey. [1] White Lodge, Richmond Park, Surrey [1] richmond surrey [1]

Rank

Private [46] Lieutenant [29] Second Lieutenant [18] Captain [10] Able Seaman [9] Lance Corporal [7] Major [7] Boy 1st Class [6] Driver [6] Lieutenant Colonel [6] Rifleman [6] Serjeant [6] Corporal [5] Gunner [5] Stoker 1st Class [5] Sergeant [4] Sapper [3] Temporary Captain [3] Temporary Second Lieutenant [3] Boy 2nd Class [2] Colonel [2] Commander [2] Leading Seaman [2] Midshipman [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Admiral [1] Air Mechanic [1] Air Vice-Marshal [1] Aircraftman 1st Class [1] Aircraftman 2nd Class [1] Artist [1] Assistant Paymaster [1] Bombardier [1] Cadet [1] Captain Royal Marine Artillery [1] Captain and Staff Officer [1] Chauffeur [1] Chauffeur (Driver) [1] Chauffeuse [1] Commander (Retd) [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Flight Cadet [1] Founder and Organiser [1] Junior Reserve Attendant [1] Lance Corporal (paid) [1] Lance Corporal (unpaid) [1]

Unit

London Regiment [14] Royal Field Artillery [10] Royal Air Force [8] Middlesex Regiment [7] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [7] Army Service Corps [6] East Surrey Regiment [4] Honourable Artillery Company [4] Royal Engineers [4] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [3] HMS Hampshire [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [3] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [3] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Border Regiment [2] British Red Cross [2] Canadian Mounted Rifles [2] Coldstream Guards [2] Essex Regiment [2] Grenadier Guards [2] HMS BULWARK [2] Labour Corps [2] Leicestershire Regiment [2] Nigeria Regiment [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Horse Artillery [2] 1/128th Pioneers [1] 10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Hussars [1] 114th Mahrattas and Staff [1] 2 Cadet Wing [1] 2/5th Gurkha Rifles [1] 29th Punjabis [1] 2nd.Battalion. Lancashire Fusiliers [1] 30 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps [1] 31st Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers [1] 49th Division Royal Army Chaplains Department [1] 4A Reserve Brigade RA [1] 4th Royal Marine Battalion [1] 5A Reserve Brigade RA [1] 5C Reserve Brigade RA [1] 93 Brigade RA [1] Allies Field Ambulance Corps [1] Army Medical Service [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Attached Indian Labour Corps in France [1] Attentive [1]

Service

Royal Navy [311] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [178] British Army [105] Canadian Expeditionary Force [9] Other Empire Force [8] Indian Army [4] Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [84] S [65] H [62] C [49] P [45] W [45] G [33] D [31] M [30] L [24] R [23] F [22] A [20] K [19] T [19] E [13] J [11] N [9] O [6] V [6] Y [3] I [1]

Contribution

Military Service [596] Merchant Navy [15]

Country

United Kingdom [58] Canada [2] United States [2] Australia [1] France [1] Germany [1] India [1] Ireland [1]

George Klaassen Scott

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 54018 Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army 172582 Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers

More about George Klaassen Scott
William Arthur Jemmett

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 202179

More about William Arthur Jemmett
Bertram Frederick Ford

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 203851

More about Bertram Frederick Ford
Noel Price James Turner

Born 1878

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Acting Captain South Wales Borderers

British Army Lieutenant South Wales Borderers

More about Noel Price James Turner
Aislabie Harcourt Nelson Wright

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Somerset Light Infantry

More about Aislabie Harcourt Nelson Wright
Thomas Edwin Shaill

Born 1899

Died 1916

Royal Navy J32523 Boy 1st Class HMS Hampshire

More about Thomas Edwin Shaill
Gilbert Walter Cooper

Born 1895

Died 1920

Royal Navy K18140 Stoker 1st Class H.M.S. "Victory II"

More about Gilbert Walter Cooper
Arthur Halsey

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 207921

More about Arthur Halsey
Joseph Fallowfield

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 212679

More about Joseph Fallowfield
Ernest George Carman

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 214734

More about Ernest George Carman
Walter Charles Whittle Bruin

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 214642

More about Walter Charles Whittle Bruin
John Alfred Gardiner

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 216715

More about John Alfred Gardiner
Francis Archibald Smallman

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 218505

More about Francis Archibald Smallman
Benjamin Charles Farrow

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 221151

More about Benjamin Charles Farrow
Frederick John Howell

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 223614

More about Frederick John Howell
Harold John Keay

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 225042

More about Harold John Keay
Horace William Redknap

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 226253

More about Horace William Redknap
Haddon Redfern Hindley

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 226770

More about Haddon Redfern Hindley
George Somerset

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 228714

More about George Somerset
Ronald Pierrepont

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 233651

More about Ronald Pierrepont

Page 5 of 31

Pagination

Previous
1
3
4
5
6
7
31
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