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 317 results

Advanced search

Search

Advanced

Search field

Filters

Type

People [317]

Stories

Communities

Place of birth

Seacombe, Cheshire, England [194]

Seacombe, Cheshire [99]

Seacombe, Wallasey, Cheshire [12]

Seacombe, Birkenhead, Cheshire [5]

Seacombe Cheshire [3]

Birkenhead, Seacombe, Cheshire [1]

Seacombe Wallasey, Cheshire [1]

Seacombe, Chester, Cheshire [1]

Wallasey or Seacombe, Cheshire [1]

Rank

Private [27]

Lance Corporal [6]

Serjeant [5]

Gunner [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Corporal [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

77920 [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Colour Sergeant [1]

Deck Hand [1]

First Engineer [1]

Fourth Engineer Officer [1]

Guardsman [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Lieutenant (Temporary) [1]

Officers' Steward 3rd Class [1]

Pilot 2nd Class [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Unit

Cheshire Regiment [4]

Liverpool Regiment [4]

Manchester Regiment [4]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [4]

HMS Victory I [2]

Lighthouse and Pilotage Authorities [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [2]

Royal Naval Reserve [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [2]

Army Pay Corps [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

HMS Aboukir [1]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [1]

HMS Drake [1]

HMS Excellent [1]

HMS Ganges [1]

HMS Hampshire [1]

HMS Impregnable [1]

HMS Invincible [1]

HMS Leviathan [1]

HMS Monarch [1]

HMS OPAL [1]

HMS Vindictive [1]

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [1]

Kings African Rifles [1]

London Regiment [1]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Army Pay Corps [1]

Royal Army Service Corps [1]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [1]

Royal Field Artillery [1]

Royal Fusiliers [1]

Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Royal Marine Artillery [1]

Royal Marine Artillery - HMS Indefatigable [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [1]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [1]

S.S. British Viscount [1]

Shropshire Light Infantry [1]

South Wales Borderers [1]

The Cheshire Regiment [1]

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [49]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [39]

British Army [36]

Other Empire Force [4]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [34]

C [33]

W [32]

M [31]

H [24]

G [23]

D [16]

S [16]

F [14]

J [12]

L [12]

P [11]

E [10]

R [10]

T [10]

K [9]

N [9]

A [5]

U [2]

O [1]

Q [1]

V [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Merchant Navy [193]

Military Service [120]

Country

United Kingdom [23]

Gibraltar [1]

Ireland [1]

Page 2 of 16

Pagination

Previous
1
2
3
4
16
Next

Type

People [317] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Seacombe, Cheshire, England [194] Seacombe, Cheshire [99] Seacombe, Wallasey, Cheshire [12] Seacombe, Birkenhead, Cheshire [5] Seacombe Cheshire [3] Birkenhead, Seacombe, Cheshire [1] Seacombe Wallasey, Cheshire [1] Seacombe, Chester, Cheshire [1] Wallasey or Seacombe, Cheshire [1]

Rank

Private [27] Lance Corporal [6] Serjeant [5] Gunner [3] Able Seaman [2] Corporal [2] Lieutenant [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] 77920 [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Colour Sergeant [1] Deck Hand [1] First Engineer [1] Fourth Engineer Officer [1] Guardsman [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Lieutenant (Temporary) [1] Officers' Steward 3rd Class [1] Pilot 2nd Class [1] Stoker 1st Class [1]

Unit

Cheshire Regiment [4] Liverpool Regiment [4] Manchester Regiment [4] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [4] HMS Victory I [2] Lighthouse and Pilotage Authorities [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Lancaster Regiment [2] Royal Naval Reserve [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [2] Army Pay Corps [1] Army Service Corps [1] Canadian Infantry [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] Grenadier Guards [1] HMS Aboukir [1] HMS BLACK PRINCE [1] HMS Drake [1] HMS Excellent [1] HMS Ganges [1] HMS Hampshire [1] HMS Impregnable [1] HMS Invincible [1] HMS Leviathan [1] HMS Monarch [1] HMS OPAL [1] HMS Vindictive [1] King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [1] Kings African Rifles [1] London Regiment [1] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Army Pay Corps [1] Royal Army Service Corps [1] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [1] Royal Field Artillery [1] Royal Fusiliers [1] Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Royal Marine Artillery [1] Royal Marine Artillery - HMS Indefatigable [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [1] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [1] S.S. British Viscount [1] Shropshire Light Infantry [1] South Wales Borderers [1] The Cheshire Regiment [1] The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [49] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [39] British Army [36] Other Empire Force [4] Australian Imperial Force [1] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [34] C [33] W [32] M [31] H [24] G [23] D [16] S [16] F [14] J [12] L [12] P [11] E [10] R [10] T [10] K [9] N [9] A [5] U [2] O [1] Q [1] V [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Merchant Navy [193] Military Service [120]

Country

United Kingdom [23] Gibraltar [1] Ireland [1]

William Duncan Wilson

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 290705

More about William Duncan Wilson
Henry Wood

Born 1869

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 299135

More about Henry Wood
William Henry Johnson

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 168689

More about William Henry Johnson
Frederick Byrne

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army 5/1404 Serjeant Northumberland Fusiliers 3/5th Battalion

More about Frederick Byrne
Joseph Fitzpatrick

Born 1894

British Army 251043 Serjeant Manchester Regiment

More about Joseph Fitzpatrick
Norman Lister Golborne

Born 1897

Died 1978

British Army S4/070278 Private Army Service Corps

British Army M4/070278 Private Army Service Corps

British Army M4/070278 Private East Lancashire Regiment

…

More about Norman Lister Golborne
John George Muddle

Born 1879

Died 1916

Royal Navy 8415 Royal Marine Artillery

More about John George Muddle
John Whitley

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 212933

More about John Whitley
Thomas Henry Babbs

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 292388 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 133rd Battalion

British Army 438 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 133 County Palatine

More about Thomas Henry Babbs
William Cole

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 12/891 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

More about William Cole
James Blackburn

Born 1877

Died 1915

British Army 2649 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 2649 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

More about James Blackburn
Cecil Theodore Stokes

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 159119

More about Cecil Theodore Stokes
Albert Mccabe

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 136502

More about Albert Mccabe
Leonard Overell Byng Atkinson

Born 1885

British Army 476 Serjeant King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 1st/4th Battalion

British Army 476 Lance Sergeant King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 1/4th Battalion

British Army Colour Sergeant Royal Lancaster Regiment 4th Battalion

More about Leonard Overell Byng Atkinson
William George Cubbin

Born 1884

Died 1917

Other Empire Force First Engineer Lighthouse and Pilotage Authorities

More about William George Cubbin
Percy Mcguire

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 166 Private 25th Battalion

More about Percy Mcguire
Frank Leonard Royle

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 98118

More about Frank Leonard Royle
Frank Fallowfield

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 163254

More about Frank Fallowfield
William Percival Hampson

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 181970

More about William Percival Hampson
Frederick Dudley Edwards

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 181869

More about Frederick Dudley Edwards

Page 2 of 16

Pagination

Previous
1
2
3
4
16
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