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 2 of 150

Pagination

Previous
1
2
3
4
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]

Ernest George Dinham

Born 1887

Died 1966

British Army S4/197360 Private Army Service Corps

More about Ernest George Dinham
George Greaves

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army T4/043825 Lance Corporal Army Service Corps 228 Company

British Army T4/043825 Driver Army Service Corps 664 Company

British Army T4/043825 Driver Army Service Corps

More about George Greaves
Archibald Mark Buckland

Born 1886

Died 1949

British Army 17704 Private Grenadier Guards

British Army 13211 Private Coldstream Guards

British Army 13211 Guardsman Coldstream Guards

More about Archibald Mark Buckland
Ralph Allen Partridge

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 97132 Private Royal Army Medical Corps K Company

More about Ralph Allen Partridge
Arthur Roland Hine

Born 1892

Died 1988

British Army 1552 Serjeant Oxfordshire Yeomanry

British Army 1552 Private Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars 1/1st

British Army 1552 Lance Corporal Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars 1/1st

…

More about Arthur Roland Hine
Henry Colenso Rodda

Born 1877

Died 1946

British Army 2 Company Serjeant Major Royal Engineers Wiltshire Fortress Company (TF)

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers 565th Army Troops Company

More about Henry Colenso Rodda
Samuel Arthur Marklew

Born 1896

Died 1927

British Army 502082 Trooper Royal Engineers

British Army T770 Trooper Royal Engineers

British Army 502082 and T770 (this is his TA service number) Sapper (on the medal role but I have a photo of him as a L/Cpl) Royal Engineers

…

More about Samuel Arthur Marklew
Frederick George Draper

Born 1892

Died 1971

British Army 510 Sapper Royal Engineers 3rd Field Company, 47th Division Engineers TF

More about Frederick George Draper
Thomas Dixon

Born 1879

Died 1919

British Army 58476 Private King's (Liverpool) Regiment 16th Battalion

More about Thomas Dixon
Thomas Arthur Rose

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army T2377 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 548437 Sapper Royal Engineers 2/2nd London Field Company

More about Thomas Arthur Rose
Francis John Dowers

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 106 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 520020 Sapper Royal Engineers 565th Army Troops Company (Wilts)

More about Francis John Dowers
Walter Norris Congreve

Born 1862

Died 1927

British Army Brigadier General 18th Infantry Brigade 6th Division XIII Army Corps

British Army General GOC VII Corps

More about Walter Norris Congreve
Frederick William Buckland

Born 1876

Died 1954

British Army 113522 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 201472 Private Wiltshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 915 Wiltshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

More about Frederick William Buckland
Archie Fleetwood

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 47150 Sapper Royal Engineers 80th Field Coy.

More about Archie Fleetwood
George Joseph F Coopey

Born 1883

Died 1919

British Army 885558 Lance Corporal Welsh Regiment

More about George Joseph F Coopey
Alexander Mckee

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 64380 Sapper Royal Engineers 150th Field Company

British Army 64380 Sapper Royal Engineers 150th Field Company

More about Alexander Mckee
Reginald Dyson Mallinson

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army Royal Field Artillery 2nd Reserve Brigade

British Army 220373 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 2nd Reserve Brigade

British Army 220373 Driver Royal Field Artillery 2nd Reserve Brigade

More about Reginald Dyson Mallinson
Vivian Telford Bailey

Born 1869

Died 1938

British Army Lieutenant Colonel King's Liverpool Regiment

British Army Brigadier General GOC 142nd Infantry Brigade

More about Vivian Telford Bailey
William Burrough Cosens

Born 1861

Died 1941

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Major Royal Army Medical Corps

More about William Burrough Cosens
John Vaughan Campbell

Born 1876

Died 1944

British Army Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Coldstream Guards 3rd Battalion

British Army Brevet Colonel Coldstream Guards

British Army Colonel Coldstream Guards

…

More about John Vaughan Campbell

Page 2 of 150

Pagination

Previous
1
2
3
4
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