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 1697 results

Advanced search

Search

Advanced

Search field

Filters

Type

People [1697]

Stories

Communities

Place of birth

Saint Pancras, London [1690]

Kentish Town Saint Pancras, London [1]

Saint Pancras London [1]

Saint Pancras London, Middlesex [1]

Saint Pancras Somerstown, London [1]

Saint Pancras, London North [1]

Saint-Pancras, London [1]

Somers Town Saint Pancras, London [1]

Rank

Able Seaman [38]

Stoker 1st Class [12]

Ordinary Seaman [11]

Boy 1st Class [9]

Deck Hand [6]

Leading Stoker [6]

Leading Seaman [4]

Boy 2nd Class [3]

Leading Signalman [3]

Petty Officer [3]

Stoker Petty Officer [3]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [2]

Ship's Steward's Assistant [2]

Signal Boy [2]

Signalman [2]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

Acting Leading Seaman [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Armourer's Crew [1]

Boy 2nd class [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 2c [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Flight Serjeant [1]

Junior Reserve Attendant [1]

Leading Mechanic [1]

Leading Telegraphist [1]

Master At Arms [1]

Master at Arms [1]

Ordinary Signaller [1]

Petty Officer Mechanic [1]

Petty Officer Stoker [1]

Po. Air Craftman. [1]

Ward Room Steward [1]

Wireman 2nd Class [1]

Yeoman of Signals [1]

Unit

HMS INFLEXIBLE [6]

Royal Naval Reserve [6]

HMS Good Hope [5]

HMS LION [5]

HMS INVINCIBLE [4]

HMS IRON DUKE [4]

HMS MALAYA [4]

HMS Princess Royal [4]

Royal Naval Air Service [4]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [4]

HMS Agincourt [3]

HMS Chester [3]

HMS INDOMITABLE [3]

HMS Impregnable [3]

HMS Vanguard [3]

HMS BELLEROPHON [2]

HMS Barham [2]

HMS COLLINGWOOD [2]

HMS Calliope [2]

HMS DEFENCE [2]

HMS Monmouth [2]

HMS Pembroke I [2]

Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1]

H.M. Submarine E5 [1]

H.M.S. "Carnation." [1]

H.M.S. "Formidable." [1]

H.M.S. "Victory I" [1]

H.M.S. "Victory." [1]

HM Air Ship P2 [1]

HM Submarine E3 [1]

HM Submarine E30 [1]

HMS 'Vanguard' [1]

HMS Ajax [1]

HMS Alexandra [1]

HMS BENBOW [1]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [1]

HMS Black Prince [1]

HMS Blake [1]

HMS CANADA [1]

HMS Castor [1]

HMS Centurion [1]

HMS Colossus [1]

HMS Defence [1]

HMS Erin [1]

HMS Fearless [1]

HMS Galatea [1]

HMS Ganges [1]

HMS Gloucester [1]

HMS Hawke [1]

HMS INDEFATIGABLE [1]

Service

Royal Navy [1693]

British Army [4]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Last name first letter

B [192]

H [153]

W [151]

C [149]

S [140]

M [122]

P [104]

R [93]

G [84]

D [73]

L [69]

F [64]

T [60]

A [46]

E [45]

J [45]

N [33]

K [31]

O [14]

I [12]

V [7]

Y [6]

Q [2]

U [2]

Contribution

Military Service [1694]

Country

United Kingdom [8]

Page 2 of 85

Pagination

Previous
1
2
3
4
85
Next

Type

People [1697] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Saint Pancras, London [1690] Kentish Town Saint Pancras, London [1] Saint Pancras London [1] Saint Pancras London, Middlesex [1] Saint Pancras Somerstown, London [1] Saint Pancras, London North [1] Saint-Pancras, London [1] Somers Town Saint Pancras, London [1]

Rank

Able Seaman [38] Stoker 1st Class [12] Ordinary Seaman [11] Boy 1st Class [9] Deck Hand [6] Leading Stoker [6] Leading Seaman [4] Boy 2nd Class [3] Leading Signalman [3] Petty Officer [3] Stoker Petty Officer [3] Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [2] Ship's Steward's Assistant [2] Signal Boy [2] Signalman [2] Stoker 2nd Class [2] Acting Leading Seaman [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Armourer's Crew [1] Boy 2nd class [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer 2c [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Flight Serjeant [1] Junior Reserve Attendant [1] Leading Mechanic [1] Leading Telegraphist [1] Master At Arms [1] Master at Arms [1] Ordinary Signaller [1] Petty Officer Mechanic [1] Petty Officer Stoker [1] Po. Air Craftman. [1] Ward Room Steward [1] Wireman 2nd Class [1] Yeoman of Signals [1]

Unit

HMS INFLEXIBLE [6] Royal Naval Reserve [6] HMS Good Hope [5] HMS LION [5] HMS INVINCIBLE [4] HMS IRON DUKE [4] HMS MALAYA [4] HMS Princess Royal [4] Royal Naval Air Service [4] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [4] HMS Agincourt [3] HMS Chester [3] HMS INDOMITABLE [3] HMS Impregnable [3] HMS Vanguard [3] HMS BELLEROPHON [2] HMS Barham [2] HMS COLLINGWOOD [2] HMS Calliope [2] HMS DEFENCE [2] HMS Monmouth [2] HMS Pembroke I [2] Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1] H.M. Submarine E5 [1] H.M.S. "Carnation." [1] H.M.S. "Formidable." [1] H.M.S. "Victory I" [1] H.M.S. "Victory." [1] HM Air Ship P2 [1] HM Submarine E3 [1] HM Submarine E30 [1] HMS 'Vanguard' [1] HMS Ajax [1] HMS Alexandra [1] HMS BENBOW [1] HMS BLACK PRINCE [1] HMS Black Prince [1] HMS Blake [1] HMS CANADA [1] HMS Castor [1] HMS Centurion [1] HMS Colossus [1] HMS Defence [1] HMS Erin [1] HMS Fearless [1] HMS Galatea [1] HMS Ganges [1] HMS Gloucester [1] HMS Hawke [1] HMS INDEFATIGABLE [1]

Service

Royal Navy [1693] British Army [4] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Last name first letter

B [192] H [153] W [151] C [149] S [140] M [122] P [104] R [93] G [84] D [73] L [69] F [64] T [60] A [46] E [45] J [45] N [33] K [31] O [14] I [12] V [7] Y [6] Q [2] U [2]

Contribution

Military Service [1694]

Country

United Kingdom [8]

Richard Frederick Hurren

Born 1899

Died 1916

Royal Navy J33406 Boy 1st Class HMS DEFENCE

More about Richard Frederick Hurren
Albert Victor Simpson

Born 1890

Died 1914

Royal Navy 235888 Able Seaman HMS Good Hope

More about Albert Victor Simpson
Frank Alfred Harris

Born 1893

Died 1916

Royal Navy J9002 Able Seaman HMS INVINCIBLE

More about Frank Alfred Harris
George Westall

Born 1899

Royal Navy J64854

More about George Westall
George William Morton

Born 1892

Died 1914

Royal Navy K10391 Stoker 1st Class HMS Good Hope

More about George William Morton
Edward Ernest Rugg

Born 1884

Died 1914

Royal Navy SS791 Able Seaman HMS Good Hope

More about Edward Ernest Rugg
Albert Edward Gibson

Born 1882

Died 1914

Royal Navy 207006 Able Seaman HMS Good Hope

More about Albert Edward Gibson
William Charles Hill

Born 1885

Died 1916

Royal Navy 223696 Stoker Petty Officer HMS INVINCIBLE

More about William Charles Hill
William Henry Wilson

Born 1891

Died 1916

Royal Navy K7715 Stoker 1st Class HMS Black Prince

More about William Henry Wilson
William Elliott

Born 1898

Died 1918

Royal Navy J38921 Boy 1st Class HMS CANADA

More about William Elliott
John Woods

Born 1889

Died 1916

Royal Navy 237612 Able Seaman HMS INDEFATIGABLE

More about John Woods
Frederick William Peyman

Born 1893

Died 1917

Royal Navy J4115 Able Seaman HMS Laforey

More about Frederick William Peyman
George Nicholson

Born 1888

Royal Navy 227758 Able Seaman HMS MALAYA

More about George Nicholson
Stanley Victor Hugh Koch

Born 1889

Died 1935

Royal Navy 234451 Able Seaman HMS INFLEXIBLE

More about Stanley Victor Hugh Koch
Charles Sidney Seth

Born 1887

Died 1916

Royal Navy SS101567 Stoker 1st Class HMS Indefatigable

More about Charles Sidney Seth
Alfred George Steward

Born 1892

Died 1916

Royal Navy J7784 Able Seaman HMS Submarine E41

More about Alfred George Steward
John William Dowling Biddle

Born 1897

Died 1916

Royal Navy J25034 Able Seaman HMS INVINCIBLE

More about John William Dowling Biddle
George Paget Drake

Born 1897

Died 1916

Royal Navy J26350 Signalman HMS INVINCIBLE

More about George Paget Drake
Albert Wrenn

Born 1883

Royal Navy F34769

More about Albert Wrenn
Walter Henry Lambert

Born 1892

Died 1916

Royal Navy J6040 Able Seaman HMS Princess Royal

More about Walter Henry Lambert

Page 2 of 85

Pagination

Previous
1
2
3
4
85
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