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 2987 results

Advanced search

Search

Advanced

Search field

Filters

Type

People [2987]

Stories

Communities

Place of birth

Swindon, Wiltshire [273]

Ormskirk, Lancashire [100]

London [53]

Highworth, Wiltshire [40]

Burscough, Ormskirk, Lancashire [34]

Liverpool [33]

Aughton, Ormskirk, Lancashire [22]

Highworth,Wiltshire. [17]

Lathom, Ormskirk, Lancashire [14]

Bickerstaffe, Ormskirk, Lancashire [13]

Birmingham [13]

Bristol [13]

Highworth Wiltshire [11]

Brighton, Sussex [10]

Cricklade, Wiltshire [10]

Gloucester [10]

Lathom, Ormskirk, Lancs [10]

Portsmouth [10]

Scarisbrick, Ormskirk, Lancashire [10]

Southport, Lancashire [10]

Alverstoke, Hampshire [9]

Dublin [9]

Islington, London [9]

Kensington, London [9]

Maghull, Lancs [9]

Manchester [9]

Nottingham [9]

Leicester [8]

Portland, Dorset [8]

Preston, Lancashire [8]

Bath, Somerset [7]

Bickerstaffe, Lancashire [7]

Devizes, Wiltshire [7]

Plymouth, Devon [7]

Battersea, London [6]

Chelsea, London [6]

Edinburgh [6]

St Helens, Lancashire [6]

Cheltenham [5]

Devonport, Devon [5]

Halsall, Ormskirk, Lancashire [5]

Highworth Wiltshire. [5]

Southampton [5]

Swindon,Wilts. [5]

Wigan, Lancashire [5]

Winchester, Hampshire [5]

Chorley, Lancashire [4]

Derby [4]

Hackney, London [4]

Plymouth [4]

Rank

Private [1174]

Sapper [371]

Brigadier General [205]

Captain [145]

Able Seaman [142]

Lieutenant [137]

Corporal [133]

Gunner [126]

Lance Corporal [126]

Major [121]

Lieutenant Colonel [117]

Second Lieutenant [117]

Serjeant [104]

Major General [73]

Driver [49]

Stoker 1st Class [39]

Ordinary Seaman [38]

Colonel [37]

Stoker [36]

Pioneer [29]

Rifleman [27]

Temporary Brigadier General [27]

Lieutenant General [26]

Acting Corporal [24]

Leading Seaman [23]

Petty Officer [21]

Midshipman [20]

Sergeant [20]

Leading Stoker [16]

Petty Officer Stoker [14]

Sepoy [14]

Commander [13]

Lieutenant Commander [12]

Company Serjeant Major [11]

Lance Serjeant [11]

Temporary Lieutenant [11]

2nd Corporal [10]

Acting Serjeant [10]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [10]

Sub-Lieutenant [10]

Chief Petty Officer [9]

Corporal 2nd [9]

Stoker 2nd Class [9]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [9]

2nd Lieutenant [8]

Chief Stoker [8]

Colonel Temporary Brigadier General [8]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [8]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [7]

Bombardier [7]

Unit

Royal Engineers [541]

Wiltshire Regiment [322]

HMS Good Hope [247]

Liverpool Regiment [133]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [122]

Royal Field Artillery [105]

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [74]

HMS Pegasus [72]

Army Service Corps [58]

King's (Liverpool Regiment) [58]

Royal Garrison Artillery [50]

Dorsetshire Regiment [45]

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [44]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [41]

Labour Corps [40]

Royal Marine Artillery [39]

Machine Gun Corps [37]

Staff [36]

Royal Fusiliers [35]

Royal Army Medical Corps [31]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [30]

Royal Artillery [28]

Gloucestershire Regiment [27]

London Regiment [25]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [25]

Rifle Brigade [24]

Lancashire Fusiliers [22]

Manchester Regiment [22]

Worcestershire Regiment [21]

King's African Rifles [17]

Devonshire Regiment [16]

Hampshire Regiment [16]

King's (Liverpool) Regiment [16]

South Wales Borderers [16]

King's Liverpool Regiment [15]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [15]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [15]

Cheshire Regiment [14]

Middlesex Regiment [14]

Somerset Light Infantry [14]

Coldstream Guards [13]

Gordon Highlanders [13]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [13]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [13]

South Lancashire Regiment [13]

Welsh Regiment [13]

Essex Regiment [12]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [12]

East Yorkshire Regiment [11]

Royal Flying Corps [11]

Service

British Army [2301]

Royal Navy [538]

Indian Army [58]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [49]

Other Empire Force [34]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [24]

Australian Imperial Force [19]

South African Services [10]

Canadian Navy [4]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Last name first letter

B [380]

C [333]

S [250]

H [242]

P [212]

W [192]

M [189]

D [160]

L [149]

A [136]

G [134]

R [119]

T [115]

F [98]

J [65]

K [54]

E [47]

N [40]

O [24]

Y [14]

I [13]

V [13]

U [5]

Q [1]

Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2493]

Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [1163]

India [80]

South Africa [80]

Canada [8]

Ireland [8]

Germany [6]

Australia [5]

Malta [3]

Gibraltar [2]

Jersey [2]

United States [2]

Barbados [1]

Egypt [1]

Hong Kong [1]

Kenya [1]

Mauritius [1]

Nepal [1]

New Zealand [1]

Pakistan [1]

Yemen [1]

Page 147 of 150

Pagination

Previous
1
145
146
147
148
149
150
Next

Type

People [2987] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Swindon, Wiltshire [273] Ormskirk, Lancashire [100] London [53] Highworth, Wiltshire [40] Burscough, Ormskirk, Lancashire [34] Liverpool [33] Aughton, Ormskirk, Lancashire [22] Highworth,Wiltshire. [17] Lathom, Ormskirk, Lancashire [14] Bickerstaffe, Ormskirk, Lancashire [13] Birmingham [13] Bristol [13] Highworth Wiltshire [11] Brighton, Sussex [10] Cricklade, Wiltshire [10] Gloucester [10] Lathom, Ormskirk, Lancs [10] Portsmouth [10] Scarisbrick, Ormskirk, Lancashire [10] Southport, Lancashire [10] Alverstoke, Hampshire [9] Dublin [9] Islington, London [9] Kensington, London [9] Maghull, Lancs [9] Manchester [9] Nottingham [9] Leicester [8] Portland, Dorset [8] Preston, Lancashire [8] Bath, Somerset [7] Bickerstaffe, Lancashire [7] Devizes, Wiltshire [7] Plymouth, Devon [7] Battersea, London [6] Chelsea, London [6] Edinburgh [6] St Helens, Lancashire [6] Cheltenham [5] Devonport, Devon [5] Halsall, Ormskirk, Lancashire [5] Highworth Wiltshire. [5] Southampton [5] Swindon,Wilts. [5] Wigan, Lancashire [5] Winchester, Hampshire [5] Chorley, Lancashire [4] Derby [4] Hackney, London [4] Plymouth [4]

Rank

Private [1174] Sapper [371] Brigadier General [205] Captain [145] Able Seaman [142] Lieutenant [137] Corporal [133] Gunner [126] Lance Corporal [126] Major [121] Lieutenant Colonel [117] Second Lieutenant [117] Serjeant [104] Major General [73] Driver [49] Stoker 1st Class [39] Ordinary Seaman [38] Colonel [37] Stoker [36] Pioneer [29] Rifleman [27] Temporary Brigadier General [27] Lieutenant General [26] Acting Corporal [24] Leading Seaman [23] Petty Officer [21] Midshipman [20] Sergeant [20] Leading Stoker [16] Petty Officer Stoker [14] Sepoy [14] Commander [13] Lieutenant Commander [12] Company Serjeant Major [11] Lance Serjeant [11] Temporary Lieutenant [11] 2nd Corporal [10] Acting Serjeant [10] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [10] Sub-Lieutenant [10] Chief Petty Officer [9] Corporal 2nd [9] Stoker 2nd Class [9] Warrant Officer Class 2 [9] 2nd Lieutenant [8] Chief Stoker [8] Colonel Temporary Brigadier General [8] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [8] Air Mechanic 1st Class [7] Bombardier [7]

Unit

Royal Engineers [541] Wiltshire Regiment [322] HMS Good Hope [247] Liverpool Regiment [133] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [122] Royal Field Artillery [105] The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [74] HMS Pegasus [72] Army Service Corps [58] King's (Liverpool Regiment) [58] Royal Garrison Artillery [50] Dorsetshire Regiment [45] The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [44] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [41] Labour Corps [40] Royal Marine Artillery [39] Machine Gun Corps [37] Staff [36] Royal Fusiliers [35] Royal Army Medical Corps [31] Royal Berkshire Regiment [30] Royal Artillery [28] Gloucestershire Regiment [27] London Regiment [25] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [25] Rifle Brigade [24] Lancashire Fusiliers [22] Manchester Regiment [22] Worcestershire Regiment [21] King's African Rifles [17] Devonshire Regiment [16] Hampshire Regiment [16] King's (Liverpool) Regiment [16] South Wales Borderers [16] King's Liverpool Regiment [15] King's Royal Rifle Corps [15] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [15] Cheshire Regiment [14] Middlesex Regiment [14] Somerset Light Infantry [14] Coldstream Guards [13] Gordon Highlanders [13] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [13] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [13] South Lancashire Regiment [13] Welsh Regiment [13] Essex Regiment [12] Royal Lancaster Regiment [12] East Yorkshire Regiment [11] Royal Flying Corps [11]

Service

British Army [2301] Royal Navy [538] Indian Army [58] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [49] Other Empire Force [34] Canadian Expeditionary Force [24] Australian Imperial Force [19] South African Services [10] Canadian Navy [4] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Last name first letter

B [380] C [333] S [250] H [242] P [212] W [192] M [189] D [160] L [149] A [136] G [134] R [119] T [115] F [98] J [65] K [54] E [47] N [40] O [24] Y [14] I [13] V [13] U [5] Q [1] Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2493] Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [1163] India [80] South Africa [80] Canada [8] Ireland [8] Germany [6] Australia [5] Malta [3] Gibraltar [2] Jersey [2] United States [2] Barbados [1] Egypt [1] Hong Kong [1] Kenya [1] Mauritius [1] Nepal [1] New Zealand [1] Pakistan [1] Yemen [1]

James Thomas Scull

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 5352 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 267112 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 2/1st Battalion

More about James Thomas Scull
Catherine D Macfie, Arrc

Born 1883

British Army Staff Nurse Territorial Force Nursing Service

British Army Staff Nurse 4th Scottish General Hospital

More about Catherine D Macfie, Arrc
Harry Beauchamp Douglas Baird

Born 1877

Died 1963

British Army Captain Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 8th argyll and Battalion

British Army Bt Lieutenant Colonel 12th Cavalry

Indian Army Major 12th Cavalry Awarded a D.S.O. in the 1915 Birthday Honours

…

More about Harry Beauchamp Douglas Baird
Reginald George Townsend

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 24562 Private Wiltshire Regiment

British Army 55044 Private Welsh Regiment 13th Battalion

More about Reginald George Townsend
Austin Thomas Anderson

Born 1869

Died 1949

British Army Major Royal Field Artillery

British Army Brigadier General Royal Artillery

More about Austin Thomas Anderson
William Stephen Leggett

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 10981 Private Wiltshire Regiment

British Army 10981 Lance Corporal Wiltshire Regiment 1st. Battalion

British Army 10981 Lance Corporal Wiltshire Regiment

More about William Stephen Leggett
Ernest George Leggett

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 10982 Private Wiltshire Regiment 1st.Battalion.

British Army 10982 Lance Corporal. Wiltshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 10982 Lance Corporal Wiltshire Regiment

More about Ernest George Leggett
Cyril Aubrey Blacklock

Born 1880

Died 1936

British Army Temporary Brigadier General General List

British Army Temporary Major General GOC 9th (Scottish), 39th and 63rd (Royal Naval) Divisions Late Kings Royal Rifle Corps

More about Cyril Aubrey Blacklock
George Arthur Paginton

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army 15230 Private Royal Dublin Fusiliers 7th Battalion

More about George Arthur Paginton
William John Cook

Born 1890

Died 1914

British Army 7669 Private Wiltshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 7669 Private Wiltshire Regiment 1st.Battalion

More about William John Cook
Sam Marklew

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 9219 Private Royal Scots

British Army 22935 South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 335959 Private Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) 8th Battalion

More about Sam Marklew
Edward Tom Stacey

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 200285 Private Wiltshire Regiment 1/4th Battalion

British Army 200285 Private Wiltshire Regiment 1/4th Battalion

More about Edward Tom Stacey
Thomas Page

Born 1880

Died 1916

British Army 25596 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 10th (Service) Battalion

More about Thomas Page
Thomas George Cope, Bt

Born 1884

Died 1966

British Army Temp Lieutenant Colonel East Kent Regiment 6th Battalion

British Army Brigadier General Royal Fusiliers

More about Thomas George Cope, Bt
Alexander Augustus Frederick William Alfred George Cambridge, Earl Of Athlone

Born 1874

Died 1957

British Army Major 2nd Life Guards

British Army 2nd Life Guards

British Army Brigadier General Head of Mission to the Belgian Army

More about Alexander Augustus Frederick William Alfred George Cambridge, Earl Of Athlone
Harold Vincent Spencer Charrington

Born 1886

Died 1965

British Army Second Lieutenant 12th Royal Lancers

British Army Brigadier 12th Royal Lancers

British Army Captain 12th (Prince of Wales's Royal) Lancers

…

More about Harold Vincent Spencer Charrington
Sidney Herbert Heavens

Born 1889

Died 1918

Royal Navy SS2056 Able Seaman HMS. Pegasus

More about Sidney Herbert Heavens
Harry Woodward

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 65544 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 28305 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry

More about Harry Woodward
Ralph Abercrombie Berners

Born 1871

Died 1949

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Welsh Fusiliers 1st Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Temporary Brigadier General GOC 21st Infantry Brigade

More about Ralph Abercrombie Berners
Arthur F London

British Army Lieutenant Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

More about Arthur F London

Page 147 of 150

Pagination

Previous
1
145
146
147
148
149
150
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