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 126 results

Advanced search

Search

Advanced

Search field

Filters

Type

People [126]

Stories

Communities

Place of birth

Plympton Devon [9]

Plymouth [6]

East Stonehouse, Devon [5]

Plympton, Devon [5]

Llanrhyddlad [3]

Stranraer [3]

Dunedin [2]

Ivybridge, Devon [2]

Newcastle upon Tyne [2]

Paignton, Devon [2]

Plymouth, Devon [2]

Torquay [2]

Ashton, Northamptonshire. [1]

Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [1]

Bacup, Lancashire. [1]

Bengal [1]

Bewick Folly, Eglingham, Northumberland. [1]

Bolton [1]

Brent, Devon [1]

Browns [1]

Buckfastleigh, Devon [1]

Burra South Australia [1]

Cardiff [1]

Christchurch [1]

Colebrook, Plympton [1]

Cornwall [1]

Dalhouse [1]

Darfield [1]

Devon [1]

Dolton, Devon [1]

Downpatrick, Down [1]

Dublin [1]

Dungannon County Tyrone [1]

East Stonehouse, Plymouth. [1]

Holbeton near Plympton [1]

Holne [1]

Holne, Devon [1]

Holne,Devon, England [1]

Ireland [1]

Ivybridge Devon [1]

Laira , Plymouth [1]

Llanberis, Carnarvonshire [1]

London [1]

London, Middlesex, Ontario [1]

Lowdham, Nottinghamshire [1]

Loxton, Somerset. [1]

Malvern, Victoria [1]

Newton Abbot, Devon [1]

Otautau [1]

Palmerston [1]

Rank

Private [42]

Captain [12]

Rifleman [9]

Second Lieutenant [6]

Corporal [5]

Lance Corporal [5]

Lieutenant [5]

Serjeant [5]

Brigadier General [3]

Gunner [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Leading Stoker [2]

Sergeant [2]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Boy I [1]

Boy II [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Chief Stoker [1]

Chief Yeoman of Signals [1]

Commander [1]

Cook's Mate 2nd Class [1]

Driver [1]

Engineer Captain [1]

Lance Corporal Bandsman [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Signalman [1]

Lieutenant Colonel (Paymaster) [1]

Lieutenant Colonel, A.A. & Q.M.G. [1]

Lt Col [1]

Major [1]

Major Temporary Brigadier General [1]

Mechanician [1]

Nurse [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Petty Officer Stoker [1]

Pioneer [1]

Riflemen [1]

Sapper [1]

Sergeant Major [1]

Signals Petty Officer [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Surgeon [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Yeoman of Signals [1]

Unit

New Zealand Infantry [10]

Devonshire Regiment [9]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [6]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [5]

Royal Garrison Artillery [4]

Coldstream Guards [3]

London Regiment [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Engineers [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

17th Infantry [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2]

HMS Defence [2]

HMS Vivid [2]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

17th Indian Infantry (Loyal Regiment) [1]

17th Infantry Infantry (Loyal Regiment) [1]

1st Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

55th Coke`s Rifles [1]

55th Cokes Rifles [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Berwick [1]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [1]

Canadian Forestry Corps [1]

Connaught Rangers [1]

Cornwallis [1]

Devonshire Militia [1]

Devonshire Yeomanry [1]

General Staff [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

H.M.S. "Vanguard." [1]

HM Submarine E50 [1]

HMS Ajax [1]

HMS Ariadne [1]

HMS NEW ZEALAND [1]

HMS Pembroke [1]

HMS Prince George [1]

HMS Thunderer [1]

HMS Vanguard [1]

Highflyer [1]

Service

British Army [70]

Royal Navy [30]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [19]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [5]

Australian Imperial Force [3]

Indian Army [3]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [18]

W [11]

B [10]

D [8]

G [8]

J [8]

M [8]

R [8]

S [8]

T [8]

C [7]

P [7]

L [4]

F [3]

K [3]

N [2]

O [2]

V [2]

A [1]

Contribution

Military Service [120]

Country

United Kingdom [69]

New Zealand [14]

Canada [2]

Australia [1]

China [1]

Jamaica [1]

Malta [1]

Page 1 of 7

Pagination

1
2
3
7
Next

Type

People [126] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Plympton Devon [9] Plymouth [6] East Stonehouse, Devon [5] Plympton, Devon [5] Llanrhyddlad [3] Stranraer [3] Dunedin [2] Ivybridge, Devon [2] Newcastle upon Tyne [2] Paignton, Devon [2] Plymouth, Devon [2] Torquay [2] Ashton, Northamptonshire. [1] Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [1] Bacup, Lancashire. [1] Bengal [1] Bewick Folly, Eglingham, Northumberland. [1] Bolton [1] Brent, Devon [1] Browns [1] Buckfastleigh, Devon [1] Burra South Australia [1] Cardiff [1] Christchurch [1] Colebrook, Plympton [1] Cornwall [1] Dalhouse [1] Darfield [1] Devon [1] Dolton, Devon [1] Downpatrick, Down [1] Dublin [1] Dungannon County Tyrone [1] East Stonehouse, Plymouth. [1] Holbeton near Plympton [1] Holne [1] Holne, Devon [1] Holne,Devon, England [1] Ireland [1] Ivybridge Devon [1] Laira , Plymouth [1] Llanberis, Carnarvonshire [1] London [1] London, Middlesex, Ontario [1] Lowdham, Nottinghamshire [1] Loxton, Somerset. [1] Malvern, Victoria [1] Newton Abbot, Devon [1] Otautau [1] Palmerston [1]

Rank

Private [42] Captain [12] Rifleman [9] Second Lieutenant [6] Corporal [5] Lance Corporal [5] Lieutenant [5] Serjeant [5] Brigadier General [3] Gunner [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Leading Stoker [2] Sergeant [2] Acting Sergeant [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Boy I [1] Boy II [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Chief Stoker [1] Chief Yeoman of Signals [1] Commander [1] Cook's Mate 2nd Class [1] Driver [1] Engineer Captain [1] Lance Corporal Bandsman [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Signalman [1] Lieutenant Colonel (Paymaster) [1] Lieutenant Colonel, A.A. & Q.M.G. [1] Lt Col [1] Major [1] Major Temporary Brigadier General [1] Mechanician [1] Nurse [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Petty Officer [1] Petty Officer Stoker [1] Pioneer [1] Riflemen [1] Sapper [1] Sergeant Major [1] Signals Petty Officer [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1] Surgeon [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Yeoman of Signals [1]

Unit

New Zealand Infantry [10] Devonshire Regiment [9] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [6] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [5] Royal Garrison Artillery [4] Coldstream Guards [3] London Regiment [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Engineers [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] 17th Infantry [2] Canadian Infantry [2] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2] HMS Defence [2] HMS Vivid [2] King's Own Scottish Borderers [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Lancaster Regiment [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry [2] Royal Naval Division [2] 17th Indian Infantry (Loyal Regiment) [1] 17th Infantry Infantry (Loyal Regiment) [1] 1st Lancashire Fusiliers [1] 55th Coke`s Rifles [1] 55th Cokes Rifles [1] Army Service Corps [1] Berwick [1] Cambridgeshire Regiment [1] Canadian Forestry Corps [1] Connaught Rangers [1] Cornwallis [1] Devonshire Militia [1] Devonshire Yeomanry [1] General Staff [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] H.M.S. "Vanguard." [1] HM Submarine E50 [1] HMS Ajax [1] HMS Ariadne [1] HMS NEW ZEALAND [1] HMS Pembroke [1] HMS Prince George [1] HMS Thunderer [1] HMS Vanguard [1] Highflyer [1]

Service

British Army [70] Royal Navy [30] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [19] Canadian Expeditionary Force [5] Australian Imperial Force [3] Indian Army [3] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [18] W [11] B [10] D [8] G [8] J [8] M [8] R [8] S [8] T [8] C [7] P [7] L [4] F [3] K [3] N [2] O [2] V [2] A [1]

Contribution

Military Service [120]

Country

United Kingdom [69] New Zealand [14] Canada [2] Australia [1] China [1] Jamaica [1] Malta [1]

Joseph Allison Higgins

Born 1882

Died 1956

British Army 16515 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

British Army 372917 Private Labour Corps

More about Joseph Allison Higgins
Reginald Sudlow Hawker

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army Captain Royal Devonshire Yeomanry

More about Reginald Sudlow Hawker
John Alfred Cushen

Born 1887

Died 1977

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 45307 Captain Otago Regiment

More about John Alfred Cushen
Gordon Starr

Born 1898

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2435805

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2435805 Private Canadian Forestry Corps

More about Gordon Starr
Herbert Cecil Buller

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Rifle Brigade attached Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry

More about Herbert Cecil Buller
Frederick Thomas Luxton

Born 1891

Died 1969

Royal Navy M16646

More about Frederick Thomas Luxton
Walter William Meathrel

Born 1879

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 929

More about Walter William Meathrel
Herbert Stanley Hewlett

Born 1874

Died 1934

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 45309 Captain

More about Herbert Stanley Hewlett
Mark Harold Collet

Born 1897

Died 1968

Royal Navy Lieutenant Colonel (Paymaster)

More about Mark Harold Collet
Bertram Wellesley Pearse

Born 1881

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 728

More about Bertram Wellesley Pearse
Lisle Bertram Colls

Born 1892

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 643

More about Lisle Bertram Colls
Robert James Barnes

Born 1878

Died 1967

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 55026 Rifleman

More about Robert James Barnes
John Grattan

Born 1873

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant Colonel 55th Cokes Rifles

Lt Col

Indian Army Lt Col 55th Coke`s Rifles Frontier Force

More about John Grattan
William Simon Gillanders

Born 1881

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 55050 Rifleman New Zealand Infantry J Company

More about William Simon Gillanders
Hugh Snodgrass

Born 1876

Died 1915

British Army 7852 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

British Army 7852 Lance Corporal Royal Scots Fusiliers

More about Hugh Snodgrass
Sidney Ennis West

Born 1896

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 54624 New Zealand Infantry

More about Sidney Ennis West
Nathaniel Johnston Gatley

Born 1883

Died 1969

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 56920 Private

More about Nathaniel Johnston Gatley
Walter George Buckley

Born 1896

Died 1918

Royal Navy 18155 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

More about Walter George Buckley
Thomas Stanley Aubin

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 5873 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment

British Army A/200553 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

More about Thomas Stanley Aubin
Robert Huggup

Born 1881

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 706078

Canadian Expeditionary Force Sergeant Alberta Regiment, 103 Battalion.

More about Robert Huggup

Page 1 of 7

Pagination

1
2
3
7
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 policy Copyright Cookies