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 1123 results

Advanced search

Search

Advanced

Search field

Filters

Type

People [1123]

Stories

Communities

Place of birth

Manchester [9]

Stockport, Cheshire [4]

Lancaster [3]

Burnley [2]

Chorlton Upon Medlock, Manchester [2]

Cornsay, Durham [2]

Durham [2]

Liverpool [2]

Ramsgate, Kent. [2]

Salford, Lancashire [2]

Alton, Hampshire [1]

Ashton under Lyne [1]

Aughton, Ormskirk, Lancashire [1]

Aylsham, Norfolk, England [1]

Barnawartha Victoria [1]

Belfast [1]

Belfast, Northern Ireland [1]

Bendemeer New South Wales [1]

Bermondsey, London [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Birtley, Co. Durham [1]

Bletchington Park, Oxford [1]

Bolton [1]

Bolton Lancashire [1]

Bolton, Lancashire [1]

Bootle, Lancashire [1]

Brahdsby, Yorkshire [1]

Braidwood New South Wales [1]

Briston Norfolk [1]

British Columbia [1]

Brompton, Yorkshire [1]

Byers Green, County Durham [1]

Cartmel, Lower Allithwaite [1]

Chester England [1]

Chester Moor, Durham [1]

Chester le Street [1]

Chester-le-Street [1]

Chesterl-le-Street [1]

Chorley, Lancashire [1]

Consett [1]

Consett, Co Durham [1]

Cornwall [1]

Cottingham, Yorkshire [1]

Coundon, County Durham [1]

County Durham [1]

Craghead, Co Durham [1]

Crewe Cheshire [1]

Daisy Hill, Sacriston, Durham [1]

Deptford, Kent [1]

Devizes,Wiltshire [1]

Rank

Private [747]

Corporal [56]

Gunner [46]

Lance Corporal [46]

Second Lieutenant [37]

Serjeant [37]

Driver [36]

Captain [27]

Lieutenant [26]

Sapper [20]

Acting Corporal [11]

Rifleman [9]

Lieutenant Colonel [7]

Able Seaman [6]

Bombardier [6]

Major [6]

Lance Serjeant [5]

Company Serjeant Major [4]

Sergeant [4]

Pioneer [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Brigadier General [2]

Captain and Adjutant [2]

Private 1st Class [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Trooper [2]

1st Lieutenant [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Major [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Air Mechanic Second Class [1]

Armourer's Crew [1]

Brevet Colonel [1]

Bugler Major [1]

Colonel [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Corporal Serjeant [1]

Corporal then Lance Sergeant [1]

Corpral [1]

Cyclist [1]

Fitter Serjeant [1]

Gunner Shoeing Smith [1]

LCpl [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Unit

Durham Light Infantry [123]

Northumberland Fusiliers [67]

Royal Field Artillery [67]

Lancashire Fusiliers [66]

Manchester Regiment [59]

Royal Engineers [46]

Labour Corps [39]

Liverpool Regiment [35]

Yorkshire Regiment [31]

East Yorkshire Regiment [27]

Machine Gun Corps [26]

Army Service Corps [24]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [20]

Royal Garrison Artillery [20]

Lincolnshire Regiment [19]

York and Lancaster Regiment [18]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [17]

Royal Army Medical Corps [17]

West Yorkshire Regiment [17]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [16]

West Riding Regiment [14]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [14]

Cheshire Regiment [13]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [13]

Somerset Light Infantry [12]

Wellington Infantry Regiment [12]

Canadian Infantry [11]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [11]

Border Regiment [10]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [10]

London Regiment [10]

Royal Fusiliers [10]

Royal West Kent Regiment [10]

Canterbury Infantry Regiment [9]

Rifle Brigade [9]

Royal Army Service Corps [9]

South Lancashire Regiment [9]

Wellington Mounted Rifles [9]

East Lancashire Regiment [8]

Seaforth Highlanders [8]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [8]

Bedfordshire Regiment [7]

Royal Flying Corps [7]

Royal Naval Division [7]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7]

South Wales Borderers [7]

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [7]

Auckland Infantry Regiment [6]

Coldstream Guards [6]

Middlesex Regiment [6]

Service

British Army [980]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [50]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [31]

Royal Navy [24]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [23]

Australian Imperial Force [16]

Indian Army [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [156]

C [103]

M [96]

A [86]

S [73]

L [72]

H [69]

F [54]

G [53]

D [52]

W [52]

P [44]

T [42]

R [37]

J [34]

N [28]

K [25]

E [19]

O [16]

I [4]

V [4]

Q [2]

Y [2]

Contribution

Military Service [1103]

Country

United Kingdom [123]

India [2]

Ireland [1]

New Zealand [1]

South Africa [1]

Page 2 of 57

Pagination

Previous
1
2
3
4
57
Next

Type

People [1123] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Manchester [9] Stockport, Cheshire [4] Lancaster [3] Burnley [2] Chorlton Upon Medlock, Manchester [2] Cornsay, Durham [2] Durham [2] Liverpool [2] Ramsgate, Kent. [2] Salford, Lancashire [2] Alton, Hampshire [1] Ashton under Lyne [1] Aughton, Ormskirk, Lancashire [1] Aylsham, Norfolk, England [1] Barnawartha Victoria [1] Belfast [1] Belfast, Northern Ireland [1] Bendemeer New South Wales [1] Bermondsey, London [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Birtley, Co. Durham [1] Bletchington Park, Oxford [1] Bolton [1] Bolton Lancashire [1] Bolton, Lancashire [1] Bootle, Lancashire [1] Brahdsby, Yorkshire [1] Braidwood New South Wales [1] Briston Norfolk [1] British Columbia [1] Brompton, Yorkshire [1] Byers Green, County Durham [1] Cartmel, Lower Allithwaite [1] Chester England [1] Chester Moor, Durham [1] Chester le Street [1] Chester-le-Street [1] Chesterl-le-Street [1] Chorley, Lancashire [1] Consett [1] Consett, Co Durham [1] Cornwall [1] Cottingham, Yorkshire [1] Coundon, County Durham [1] County Durham [1] Craghead, Co Durham [1] Crewe Cheshire [1] Daisy Hill, Sacriston, Durham [1] Deptford, Kent [1] Devizes,Wiltshire [1]

Rank

Private [747] Corporal [56] Gunner [46] Lance Corporal [46] Second Lieutenant [37] Serjeant [37] Driver [36] Captain [27] Lieutenant [26] Sapper [20] Acting Corporal [11] Rifleman [9] Lieutenant Colonel [7] Able Seaman [6] Bombardier [6] Major [6] Lance Serjeant [5] Company Serjeant Major [4] Sergeant [4] Pioneer [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Brigadier General [2] Captain and Adjutant [2] Private 1st Class [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Trooper [2] 1st Lieutenant [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Major [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Air Mechanic Second Class [1] Armourer's Crew [1] Brevet Colonel [1] Bugler Major [1] Colonel [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Corporal Serjeant [1] Corporal then Lance Sergeant [1] Corpral [1] Cyclist [1] Fitter Serjeant [1] Gunner Shoeing Smith [1] LCpl [1] Lance Bombardier [1]

Unit

Durham Light Infantry [123] Northumberland Fusiliers [67] Royal Field Artillery [67] Lancashire Fusiliers [66] Manchester Regiment [59] Royal Engineers [46] Labour Corps [39] Liverpool Regiment [35] Yorkshire Regiment [31] East Yorkshire Regiment [27] Machine Gun Corps [26] Army Service Corps [24] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [20] Royal Garrison Artillery [20] Lincolnshire Regiment [19] York and Lancaster Regiment [18] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [17] Royal Army Medical Corps [17] West Yorkshire Regiment [17] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [16] West Riding Regiment [14] Yorkshire Light Infantry [14] Cheshire Regiment [13] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [13] Somerset Light Infantry [12] Wellington Infantry Regiment [12] Canadian Infantry [11] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [11] Border Regiment [10] King's Own Scottish Borderers [10] London Regiment [10] Royal Fusiliers [10] Royal West Kent Regiment [10] Canterbury Infantry Regiment [9] Rifle Brigade [9] Royal Army Service Corps [9] South Lancashire Regiment [9] Wellington Mounted Rifles [9] East Lancashire Regiment [8] Seaforth Highlanders [8] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [8] Bedfordshire Regiment [7] Royal Flying Corps [7] Royal Naval Division [7] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7] South Wales Borderers [7] The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [7] Auckland Infantry Regiment [6] Coldstream Guards [6] Middlesex Regiment [6]

Service

British Army [980] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [50] Canadian Expeditionary Force [31] Royal Navy [24] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [23] Australian Imperial Force [16] Indian Army [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [156] C [103] M [96] A [86] S [73] L [72] H [69] F [54] G [53] D [52] W [52] P [44] T [42] R [37] J [34] N [28] K [25] E [19] O [16] I [4] V [4] Q [2] Y [2]

Contribution

Military Service [1103]

Country

United Kingdom [123] India [2] Ireland [1] New Zealand [1] South Africa [1]

Joseph Chadbond

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 5263 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 242534 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 242534 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

More about Joseph Chadbond
Alfred Eckersall

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 282057 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

More about Alfred Eckersall
Albert Edward Slack

Born 1896

Died 1993

British Army 16388 Lance Corporal York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 16388 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

More about Albert Edward Slack
William George Graham

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army Captain Northumberland Regiment 5th northumberland Battalion

More about William George Graham
Samuel Plumbley

Died 1918

British Army 20083 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

More about Samuel Plumbley
Ernest Joseph Payne

Died 1946

British Army 19286 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army WR/286732 Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army 60329 Corporal Liverpool Regiment

…

More about Ernest Joseph Payne
George Gilbert Middleton

Died 1957

British Army 3048 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 300580 Private Durham Light Infantry

More about George Gilbert Middleton
Charles Alfred William Wales

British Army 40866 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 399726 Private Labour Corps

More about Charles Alfred William Wales
Montague Cauldwell

Born 1893

British Army 43156 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

More about Montague Cauldwell
William Arthur Kinsella

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 113903

More about William Arthur Kinsella
Albert Edward Fish

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 83398 Driver Royal Engineers

British Army 83398 Driver Royal Engineers Training Depot

More about Albert Edward Fish
G H Jobson

Born 1873

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 269404

More about G H Jobson
Albert Leslie Meyer

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 7371

More about Albert Leslie Meyer
Edwin Robert Aland

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 3451

More about Edwin Robert Aland
Alfred Burgess

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army S/9274 Private Gordon Highlanders

More about Alfred Burgess
Harry Kershaw Ainsworth

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 293190

More about Harry Kershaw Ainsworth
John William Joynson

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 281478 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 1st/7th Battalion.

More about John William Joynson
Percy V Cole

Born 1886

Died 1920

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 302384

More about Percy V Cole
John Robert Hugh Liddell

Born 1894

Died 1917

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 84192

More about John Robert Hugh Liddell
Frederick Ernest Fitzgerald

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 4788

More about Frederick Ernest Fitzgerald

Page 2 of 57

Pagination

Previous
1
2
3
4
57
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