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 1691 results

Advanced search

Search

Advanced

Search field

Filters

Type

People [1691]

Stories

Communities

Place of birth

Tottenham, London [1312]

Tottenham, London, Middlesex [306]

South Tottenham, London [19]

Tottenham, North London [7]

Tottenham Court Road, London [6]

Tottenham, Edmonton, London [6]

South Tottenham, London, Middlesex [3]

Tottenham Court, London [3]

Tottenham London, Middlesex [3]

Tottenham, London, England [3]

Tottenham London [2]

Tottenham,London [2]

Tottenham. London [2]

13 Stanley Villas Westberry Avenue Tottenham London England [1]

East Tottenham, London [1]

London Tottenham, Middlesex [1]

London, Tottenham [1]

London, Tottenham, Middlesex [1]

Mile End, Tottenham, London [1]

Tottenham Caurt Road, London, Middlesex [1]

Tottenham Count Road, London [1]

Tottenham Count, London [1]

Tottenham Court Road Holborn, London [1]

Tottenham Hale, London, England [1]

Tottenham North London [1]

Tottenham, London, Middlesex [1]

Tottenham, Middlesex, (now London) [1]

West Green, Tottenham, London [1]

tottenham London [1]

tottenham london [1]

Rank

Private [50]

Able Seaman [26]

Stoker 1st Class [18]

Rifleman [14]

Corporal [9]

Lance Corporal [9]

Serjeant [8]

Stoker 2nd Class [8]

Boy 1st Class [7]

Deck Hand [7]

Ordinary Seaman [7]

Gunner [6]

Stoker Petty Officer [6]

Leading Seaman [5]

Driver [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Leading Stoker [3]

Lieutenant [3]

Sapper [3]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Acting Leading Stoker [2]

Musician [2]

Second Lieutenant [2]

3rd Writer [1]

AB [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Serjeant Instructor [1]

Aircraftman 1st Class [1]

Armoury Crew [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Civilian [1]

Corporal Mechanic [1]

Electrical Artificer 4th Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Air Mechanic [1]

Major [1]

Officer's Cook 2nd Class [1]

Ordinary Seaman 2nd Class [1]

Plumber's Mate [1]

Private 1st Class [1]

RSM Instructor [1]

Serjeant Mechanic [1]

Sgt [1]

Signal Boy [1]

Signaller [1]

Stoker [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Unit

London Regiment [18]

South Wales Borderers [10]

Royal Naval Reserve [8]

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [6]

Royal Field Artillery [6]

Middlesex Regiment [5]

Royal Engineers [5]

HMS Hampshire [4]

HMS INDOMITABLE [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

Army Service Corps [3]

Bedfordshire Regiment [3]

HMS Fearless [3]

HMS Hindustan [3]

HMS Pembroke I [3]

HMS Vanguard [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

Royal Naval Air Service [3]

Canadian Infantry [2]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [2]

HMS BULWARK [2]

HMS Canada [2]

HMS Dragon [2]

HMS GARLAND [2]

HMS IRON DUKE [2]

HMS NEPTUNE [2]

HMS Yarmouth [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

Suffolk Regiment [2]

The Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regiment) [2]

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

(RFR/CH/B/10663). H.M.S. "Hibernia." [1]

16th (The Queens) Lancers [1]

1st (King’s) Dragoon Guards [1]

4th Royal Marine Battalion [1]

62 Wing [1]

67th Provisional Battalion Transport [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Bedfordshire [1]

Cameron Highlanders [1]

Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [1298]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [311]

British Army [80]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [4]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [202]

H [155]

C [144]

S [137]

W [131]

M [129]

P [115]

R [82]

T [77]

F [74]

L [74]

G [67]

D [58]

A [57]

J [45]

N [41]

K [31]

E [25]

O [21]

V [10]

I [6]

Y [5]

U [2]

Z [2]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1686]

Country

United Kingdom [59]

Canada [2]

Bermuda [1]

China [1]

France [1]

Greece [1]

Japan [1]

United States [1]

Page 2 of 85

Pagination

Previous
1
2
3
4
85
Next

Type

People [1691] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Tottenham, London [1312] Tottenham, London, Middlesex [306] South Tottenham, London [19] Tottenham, North London [7] Tottenham Court Road, London [6] Tottenham, Edmonton, London [6] South Tottenham, London, Middlesex [3] Tottenham Court, London [3] Tottenham London, Middlesex [3] Tottenham, London, England [3] Tottenham London [2] Tottenham,London [2] Tottenham. London [2] 13 Stanley Villas Westberry Avenue Tottenham London England [1] East Tottenham, London [1] London Tottenham, Middlesex [1] London, Tottenham [1] London, Tottenham, Middlesex [1] Mile End, Tottenham, London [1] Tottenham Caurt Road, London, Middlesex [1] Tottenham Count Road, London [1] Tottenham Count, London [1] Tottenham Court Road Holborn, London [1] Tottenham Hale, London, England [1] Tottenham North London [1] Tottenham, London, Middlesex [1] Tottenham, Middlesex, (now London) [1] West Green, Tottenham, London [1] tottenham London [1] tottenham london [1]

Rank

Private [50] Able Seaman [26] Stoker 1st Class [18] Rifleman [14] Corporal [9] Lance Corporal [9] Serjeant [8] Stoker 2nd Class [8] Boy 1st Class [7] Deck Hand [7] Ordinary Seaman [7] Gunner [6] Stoker Petty Officer [6] Leading Seaman [5] Driver [4] Acting Corporal [3] Leading Stoker [3] Lieutenant [3] Sapper [3] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Acting Leading Stoker [2] Musician [2] Second Lieutenant [2] 3rd Writer [1] AB [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Serjeant Instructor [1] Aircraftman 1st Class [1] Armoury Crew [1] Bombardier [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Civilian [1] Corporal Mechanic [1] Electrical Artificer 4th Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Air Mechanic [1] Major [1] Officer's Cook 2nd Class [1] Ordinary Seaman 2nd Class [1] Plumber's Mate [1] Private 1st Class [1] RSM Instructor [1] Serjeant Mechanic [1] Sgt [1] Signal Boy [1] Signaller [1] Stoker [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Unit

London Regiment [18] South Wales Borderers [10] Royal Naval Reserve [8] London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [6] Royal Field Artillery [6] Middlesex Regiment [5] Royal Engineers [5] HMS Hampshire [4] HMS INDOMITABLE [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] Army Service Corps [3] Bedfordshire Regiment [3] HMS Fearless [3] HMS Hindustan [3] HMS Pembroke I [3] HMS Vanguard [3] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] Royal Naval Air Service [3] Canadian Infantry [2] HMS BLACK PRINCE [2] HMS BULWARK [2] HMS Canada [2] HMS Dragon [2] HMS GARLAND [2] HMS IRON DUKE [2] HMS NEPTUNE [2] HMS Yarmouth [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] Suffolk Regiment [2] The Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regiment) [2] (Queen's Own) Royal West Kent Regiment [1] (RFR/CH/B/10663). H.M.S. "Hibernia." [1] 16th (The Queens) Lancers [1] 1st (King’s) Dragoon Guards [1] 4th Royal Marine Battalion [1] 62 Wing [1] 67th Provisional Battalion Transport [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Bedfordshire [1] Cameron Highlanders [1] Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] Essex Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [1298] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [311] British Army [80] Canadian Expeditionary Force [4] Australian Imperial Force [2] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [202] H [155] C [144] S [137] W [131] M [129] P [115] R [82] T [77] F [74] L [74] G [67] D [58] A [57] J [45] N [41] K [31] E [25] O [21] V [10] I [6] Y [5] U [2] Z [2] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1686]

Country

United Kingdom [59] Canada [2] Bermuda [1] China [1] France [1] Greece [1] Japan [1] United States [1]

Joseph William Carter

Born 1890

Canadian Expeditionary Force 654427

More about Joseph William Carter
Sydney Flood

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 21393 Private Manchester Regiment 17th Battalion.

More about Sydney Flood
Frederick James Humberstone

Born 1896

Died 1968

British Army 62371 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 100993 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

More about Frederick James Humberstone
Frank Liddell Sewell

Born 1895

Died 1974

Royal Navy F24098

Royal Navy Aircraftman 1st Class Royal Naval Air Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Private 1st Class 62 Wing

More about Frank Liddell Sewell
Thomas H Ilett

Born 1892

Died 1969

British Army S 3436 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army S 3436 Serjeant Rifle Brigade

More about Thomas H Ilett
John Jeffries

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 738 Serjeant Royal Army Medical Corps

More about John Jeffries
James William Ketteridge

Born 1891

Died 1914

British Army 63852 Bombardier Royal Regiment of Artillery 15th Brigade Royal Field Artillery

British Army 63852 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

More about James William Ketteridge
Henry James Slater

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 1985 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 1985 Corporal London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 1985 Serjeant London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

More about Henry James Slater
Eduardo Tolra

Born 1897

Died 1918

Royal Navy 10/3516 Able Seaman Royal Naval Division - Drake Battalion

Royal Navy London 10/3516 Able Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Royal Navy 10/3516 Able Seaman Royal Naval Division - Drake Battalion

…

More about Eduardo Tolra
Oscar Jeffery Harris

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 5673 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 7643 Rifleman London Regiment 9th (County of London) Battalion (Queen Victoria's Rifles)

British Army 393718 Rifleman London Regiment 9th (County of London) Battalion (Queen Victoria's Rifles)

More about Oscar Jeffery Harris
Archibald Oliver Berry

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 6038 Private London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

British Army 6038 Private London Regiment 2/15 lond Battalion

More about Archibald Oliver Berry
Arthur Benjamin Webb

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army G/19821 Acting Corporal Royal Sussex Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army G/19821 Corporal Royal Sussex Regiment

More about Arthur Benjamin Webb
Arthur Walter Nicholson

Born 1883

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 463533

Canadian Expeditionary Force 463533 Private Canadian Infantry

More about Arthur Walter Nicholson
Lionel Hunt

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army R/TS/3489 Private Army Service Corps

British Army 31893 Private Northumberland Fusiliers 21st Battalion (Tyneside Scottish)

More about Lionel Hunt
Henry Charles Bradley

Born 1888

Died 1914

British Army 8734 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 8734 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

More about Henry Charles Bradley
Lewis Tom Eavis

Born 1893

Died 1953

Royal Navy J5194

More about Lewis Tom Eavis
Robert Daysh

Born 1886

Died 1917

Royal Navy K39450 Stoker 2nd Class H.M.S. "Victory II"

More about Robert Daysh
Henry Taffe

Died 1918

British Army 13089 Private Wiltshire Regiment

British Army 14383 Private Royal Dublin Fusiliers 6th Battalion

More about Henry Taffe
Thomas William Perry

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 9013 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 38230 Lance Corporal Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 9013 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

More about Thomas William Perry
Sidney Percy Bilton

Born 1887

British Army 9007 Acting Serjeant South Wales Borderers

British Army 9007 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 9007 Lance Corporal South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

More about Sidney Percy Bilton

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