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 121 results

Advanced search

Help me search

Advanced

Search field

Filters

Type

People [121]

Stories

Communities

Place of birth

Swaffham, Norfolk [98]

Swaffham Norfolk [3]

Swaffham, Norfolk, England [3]

Beeston, Swaffham, Norfolk [2]

Necton, Swaffham, Norfolk [2]

Beachamwell, Swaffham, Norfolk [1]

Didlington Swaffham Norfolk [1]

Litcham, Swaffham, Norfolk [1]

Little Dunham, Swaffham, Norfolk [1]

Pickenham Swaffham, Norfolk [1]

Sporle, Swaffham, Norfolk [1]

Swaffham Norfolk [1]

Swaffham, King's Lynn, Norfolk [1]

Swaffham, Norfolk, [1]

Swaffham, Norfolk. [1]

swaffham,norfolk [1]

swaffham,norfolk. [1]

Rank

Private [14]

Corporal [2]

Gunner [2]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Brigadier [1]

Driver [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

Lance corporal [1]

Major [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Second Lieutenant [1]

Signal Boy [1]

Temporary Brigadier [1]

Unit

Norfolk Regiment [9]

Royal Field Artillery [3]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

6th Dragoons [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

East Kent Regiment (Buffs) [1]

HMS Agincourt [1]

HMS Ganges [1]

HMS Vanguard [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

Nottingham & Derbyshire Regiment [1]

Nottingham and Derbyshire [1]

Notts and Derby [1]

Royal Artillery [1]

Royal Engineers [1]

Royal Fusiliers [1]

Royal Norfolk Regiment [1]

Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) [1]

South Wales Borderers [1]

Service

Royal Navy [66]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [30]

British Army [21]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [15]

B [13]

H [11]

R [11]

S [9]

W [8]

A [7]

P [7]

E [6]

G [6]

L [6]

M [5]

D [4]

N [4]

F [3]

K [2]

T [2]

J [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [117]

Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [5]

Canada [1]

Page 3 of 7

Pagination

CSV Export

Type

People [121] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Swaffham, Norfolk [98] Swaffham Norfolk [3] Swaffham, Norfolk, England [3] Beeston, Swaffham, Norfolk [2] Necton, Swaffham, Norfolk [2] Beachamwell, Swaffham, Norfolk [1] Didlington Swaffham Norfolk [1] Litcham, Swaffham, Norfolk [1] Little Dunham, Swaffham, Norfolk [1] Pickenham Swaffham, Norfolk [1] Sporle, Swaffham, Norfolk [1] Swaffham Norfolk [1] Swaffham Norfolk [1] Swaffham, King's Lynn, Norfolk [1] Swaffham, Norfolk, [1] Swaffham, Norfolk. [1] swaffham,norfolk [1] swaffham,norfolk. [1]

Rank

Private [14] Corporal [2] Gunner [2] Acting Captain [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Brigadier [1] Driver [1] Lance Corporal [1] Lance corporal [1] Major [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Second Lieutenant [1] Signal Boy [1] Temporary Brigadier [1]

Unit

Norfolk Regiment [9] Royal Field Artillery [3] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] 6th Dragoons [1] Army Service Corps [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Canadian Infantry [1] East Kent Regiment (Buffs) [1] HMS Agincourt [1] HMS Ganges [1] HMS Vanguard [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] Nottingham & Derbyshire Regiment [1] Nottingham and Derbyshire [1] Notts and Derby [1] Royal Artillery [1] Royal Engineers [1] Royal Fusiliers [1] Royal Norfolk Regiment [1] Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) [1] South Wales Borderers [1]

Service

Royal Navy [66] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [30] British Army [21] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [15] B [13] H [11] R [11] S [9] W [8] A [7] P [7] E [6] G [6] L [6] M [5] D [4] N [4] F [3] K [2] T [2] J [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [117] Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [5] Canada [1]

Herbert Barrett

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 278156

More about Herbert Barrett
Charles Mann

Born 1868

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 293271

More about Charles Mann
Ernest Codman

Born 1894

British Army 2958 Private Norfolk Regiment

British Army 531887 Private Royal Engineers

British Army 240604 Private Norfolk Regiment

More about Ernest Codman
Bertie Henry Huson

Born 1896

Died 1969

British Army 1126 Private Norfolk Regiment

British Army 43237 Private Norfolk Regiment

More about Bertie Henry Huson
Francis James Avis

Born 1899

British Army 35191 Private East Kent Regiment (Buffs) 4th Bn

More about Francis James Avis
Robert William Nokes

Born 1884

Died 1916

Royal Navy L6551

More about Robert William Nokes
William Fox

Born 1899

Died 1917

Royal Navy J39564 Signal Boy HMS Vanguard

More about William Fox
Ernest Ezekiel Alexander

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 2506

More about Ernest Ezekiel Alexander
Ernest Edward Bringloe

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 21264 Driver Royal Field Artillery

More about Ernest Edward Bringloe
Ernest Robert Eastoe

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 284615

More about Ernest Robert Eastoe
Donald Walker

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 117699

More about Donald Walker
Cecil Ratcliff

Born 1897

Royal Navy J23535

More about Cecil Ratcliff
Sydney Ernest Banner

Born 1898

Royal Navy J29601

More about Sydney Ernest Banner
Edgar Charles Roberson

Born 1898

Royal Navy J41173

More about Edgar Charles Roberson
Edward William Calver

Born 1900

Royal Navy J49557

More about Edward William Calver
Albert Garrod

Born 1901

Royal Navy J72005

More about Albert Garrod
Arthur James Rilverstone

Born 1899

Royal Navy J74893

More about Arthur James Rilverstone
Edgar Esgate

Born 1887

Royal Navy F10744

More about Edgar Esgate
Frederick Robert Cater

Born 1886

Royal Navy F25172

More about Frederick Robert Cater
Harry Rix

Born 1886

Royal Navy F28615

More about Harry Rix

Page 3 of 7

Pagination

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