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 236 results

Advanced search

Search

Advanced

Search field

Filters

Type

People [236]

Stories

Communities

Place of birth

Sherborne, Dorset [174]

Sherborne England [10]

Sherborne, Dorset, England [6]

Sherborne St John, Hampshire [5]

Holwell, Sherborne, Dorset [3]

Sherborne [3]

Sherborne, Somerset [3]

Monk Sherborne, Hampshire [2]

Sherborne Dorset [2]

Sherborne, Gloucestershire [2]

Sherborne, Hampshire [2]

Alweston Sherborne, Dorset [1]

Chetnole, Sherborne, Dorset [1]

Haydon near Sherborne, Dorset [1]

Holwell Manor, Sherborne, Dorset [1]

Horsecastles, Sherborne, Dorset [1]

Leigh, Sherborne, Dorset [1]

Monk Sherborne [1]

Monk Sherborne, Basingstoke, Hampshire [1]

Nether Sherborne, Dorset [1]

Pulham, Sherborne, Dorset [1]

Sherborne Glos [1]

Sherborne Hill, Durham [1]

Sherborne Saint John, Hampshire [1]

Sherborne St Johns, Hants [1]

Sherborne St. John. Hampshire. [1]

Sherborne St.John Hampshire [1]

Sherborne Yeovil, Dorset [1]

Sherborne, Dorset England [1]

Sherborne, Glos [1]

Sherborne, Hampshire, England [1]

Sherborne, Oxfordshire [1]

Sherborne, Warwickshire, [1]

Thornford, Sherborne, Dorset [1]

Yetminster, Sherborne [1]

Rank

Private [36]

Captain [5]

Corporal [5]

Gunner [5]

Lance Corporal [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Driver [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Major [2]

Rifleman [2]

Second Lieutenant [2]

Serjeant [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

2nd Lt [1]

AC2 Driver and Motorcyclist [1]

Able Seaman (Leading Boatman Coast Guard) [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Air Mechanic II [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Captain and Adjutant [1]

Colonel [1]

Cyclist [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Electrical Artificer 4th Class [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Ordinary Signalman [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Probationary Flight Officer [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Signalman [1]

Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Temporary Brigadier General [1]

Unit

Dorsetshire Regiment [12]

Hampshire Regiment [7]

Royal Field Artillery [4]

The Hampshire Regiment [4]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

HMS BULWARK [2]

HMS VALIANT [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

South Wales Borderers [2]

Training Reserve [2]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

2nd Reserve Infantry Brigade [1]

75 (HD) Squadron, Royal Air Force [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Australian Infantry [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Corps of Hussars [1]

DORSET YEOMANRY [1]

Dorset Yeomanry [1]

Dorset Yeomanry (Queen's Own) [1]

Dragoon Guards [1]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

GOC 167th Brigade [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [1]

HMS Boscowan II [1]

HMS DUBLIN [1]

HMS Fearless [1]

HMS GARLAND [1]

HMS Grafton [1]

HMS Monmouth [1]

HMS NEPTUNE [1]

HMS Nelson [1]

HMS Orion II [1]

HMS Vanguard [1]

Honourable Artillery Company [1]

Kent Regiment [1]

Lancers [1]

London Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

No. 1 Officer Cadet School, Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Norfolk Regiment attached Suffolk Regiment [1]

Prince Albert's Somerset Light Infantry [1]

Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment). [1]

Service

Royal Navy [121]

British Army [55]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [44]

Australian Imperial Force [12]

Last name first letter

B [24]

H [22]

S [22]

C [21]

A [19]

P [16]

L [15]

W [14]

M [11]

R [11]

G [10]

D [7]

V [7]

T [6]

F [5]

N [5]

I [4]

J [4]

K [4]

Y [4]

E [3]

O [2]

Contribution

Military Service [223]

Merchant Navy [6]

Country

United Kingdom [15]

India [1]

Ireland [1]

Page 12 of 12

Pagination

Previous
1
10
11
12

Type

People [236] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Sherborne, Dorset [174] Sherborne England [10] Sherborne, Dorset, England [6] Sherborne St John, Hampshire [5] Holwell, Sherborne, Dorset [3] Sherborne [3] Sherborne, Somerset [3] Monk Sherborne, Hampshire [2] Sherborne Dorset [2] Sherborne, Gloucestershire [2] Sherborne, Hampshire [2] Alweston Sherborne, Dorset [1] Chetnole, Sherborne, Dorset [1] Haydon near Sherborne, Dorset [1] Holwell Manor, Sherborne, Dorset [1] Horsecastles, Sherborne, Dorset [1] Leigh, Sherborne, Dorset [1] Monk Sherborne [1] Monk Sherborne, Basingstoke, Hampshire [1] Nether Sherborne, Dorset [1] Pulham, Sherborne, Dorset [1] Sherborne Glos [1] Sherborne Hill, Durham [1] Sherborne Saint John, Hampshire [1] Sherborne St Johns, Hants [1] Sherborne St. John. Hampshire. [1] Sherborne St.John Hampshire [1] Sherborne Yeovil, Dorset [1] Sherborne, Dorset England [1] Sherborne, Glos [1] Sherborne, Hampshire, England [1] Sherborne, Oxfordshire [1] Sherborne, Warwickshire, [1] Thornford, Sherborne, Dorset [1] Yetminster, Sherborne [1]

Rank

Private [36] Captain [5] Corporal [5] Gunner [5] Lance Corporal [3] Able Seaman [2] Driver [2] Lieutenant [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Major [2] Rifleman [2] Second Lieutenant [2] Serjeant [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Stoker 2nd Class [2] 2nd Lt [1] AC2 Driver and Motorcyclist [1] Able Seaman (Leading Boatman Coast Guard) [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Air Mechanic II [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1] Captain and Adjutant [1] Colonel [1] Cyclist [1] Deck Hand [1] Electrical Artificer 4th Class [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Stoker [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Ordinary Signalman [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] Probationary Flight Officer [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Signalman [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1] Temporary Brigadier General [1]

Unit

Dorsetshire Regiment [12] Hampshire Regiment [7] Royal Field Artillery [4] The Hampshire Regiment [4] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] Devonshire Regiment [2] HMS BULWARK [2] HMS VALIANT [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] South Wales Borderers [2] Training Reserve [2] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] 2nd Reserve Infantry Brigade [1] 75 (HD) Squadron, Royal Air Force [1] Army Service Corps [1] Australian Infantry [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] Corps of Hussars [1] DORSET YEOMANRY [1] Dorset Yeomanry [1] Dorset Yeomanry (Queen's Own) [1] Dragoon Guards [1] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] GOC 167th Brigade [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] HMS BLACK PRINCE [1] HMS Boscowan II [1] HMS DUBLIN [1] HMS Fearless [1] HMS GARLAND [1] HMS Grafton [1] HMS Monmouth [1] HMS NEPTUNE [1] HMS Nelson [1] HMS Orion II [1] HMS Vanguard [1] Honourable Artillery Company [1] Kent Regiment [1] Lancers [1] London Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] No. 1 Officer Cadet School, Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Norfolk Regiment attached Suffolk Regiment [1] Prince Albert's Somerset Light Infantry [1] Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment). [1]

Service

Royal Navy [121] British Army [55] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [44] Australian Imperial Force [12]

Last name first letter

B [24] H [22] S [22] C [21] A [19] P [16] L [15] W [14] M [11] R [11] G [10] D [7] V [7] T [6] F [5] N [5] I [4] J [4] K [4] Y [4] E [3] O [2]

Contribution

Military Service [223] Merchant Navy [6]

Country

United Kingdom [15] India [1] Ireland [1]

Samuel Wyndham Hodges

Born 1888

Royal Navy 235338 Boy 2nd Class HMS Boscowan II

Royal Navy 235338 Boy 1st Class HMS Boscowan II

Royal Navy 235338 Ordinary Seaman HMS Grafton

…

More about Samuel Wyndham Hodges
William Warr

Born 1887

Royal Navy K4590 Leading Stoker HMS VALIANT

More about William Warr
Albert W Patten

Born 1890

British Army 5430 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 20723 Corporal Machine Gun Corps

More about Albert W Patten
Frederick George Harmsworth

Born 1896

Royal Navy 17999 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division

More about Frederick George Harmsworth
Edward Andrew Stote

Born 1900

Royal Navy J48389

More about Edward Andrew Stote
William Elliott

Born 1889

Royal Navy K26488

More about William Elliott
George Collins

Born 1878

Royal Navy K39285

More about George Collins
Charles Hedges

Born 1887

Royal Navy L3970

More about Charles Hedges
Robert William Valpy Smith

Born 1900

More about Robert William Valpy Smith
William Charles Russell

Born 1892

More about William Charles Russell
James Moles Bungay

Born 1887

More about James Moles Bungay
John Brine

Born 1856

More about John Brine
Alice Maud Lambert

Born 1892

British Army Women's Army Auxiliary Corps

More about Alice Maud Lambert
Theodore Tregeare Harston

Born 1858

More about Theodore Tregeare Harston
Alfred Fison

Born 1867

More about Alfred Fison
Walter Hann

Born 1895

Royal Navy SS116038

More about Walter Hann

Page 12 of 12

Pagination

Previous
1
10
11
12

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