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 359 results

Advanced search

Search

Advanced

Search field

Filters

Type

People [359]

Stories

Communities

Place of birth

Lancaster [15]

Lancaster district [12]

Lancaster, Lancashire [6]

Yarmouth district [6]

Norwich district [4]

Norwich, Norfolk [4]

Smallburgh district [4]

Great Yarmouth [3]

Old Buckenham [3]

Yarmouth [3]

Yarmouth, Norfolk [3]

Blofield [2]

Bromley [2]

Cambridge [2]

Halton on Lune [2]

Norwich [2]

Old Buckenham Norfolk [2]

Redhill [2]

Shrewsbury [2]

Aldsworth [1]

Askin, Lancs [1]

Athlunkard, Co, Limerick [1]

Attleborough [1]

Attleborough, Norfolk [1]

Axminster district [1]

Bairnsdale Victoria [1]

Banbury, Oxfordshire [1]

Barnsley district [1]

Barrow in Furness [1]

Barton Turf [1]

Barton Turf, Norwich, Norfolk [1]

Blofield district [1]

Bolton [1]

Bramhall, Cheshire [1]

Cartmel [1]

Chelsea district [1]

Chester le Street district [1]

Chesterton district [1]

Chesterton, Cambridgeshire [1]

Clerkenwell in London [1]

Cockermouth, Westmorland [1]

Coleford, Gloucestershire [1]

Dalton in Furness, Lancashire [1]

Dalton-In-Furness, Lancashire [1]

Dublin [1]

Dudley [1]

East Ruston [1]

Eton district [1]

Exmouth, Devon [1]

Fleggburgh [1]

Rank

Private [225]

Gunner [17]

Corporal [15]

Driver [13]

Serjeant [12]

Captain [10]

Lance Corporal [10]

Lieutenant [10]

Sapper [9]

Second Lieutenant [8]

Acting Corporal [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Bombardier [3]

Rifleman [3]

Sergeant [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Major [2]

1st Lieutenant [1]

2nd Hand [1]

2nd Lt [1]

AM2 [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Major [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Cadet [1]

Chief Section Leader [1]

Chief Stoker [1]

Colour Sergeant [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Commander [1]

Company Quartermaster Sergeant [1]

Conductor [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Engineer Lieutenant [1]

Farrier Sergeant [1]

Fireman [1]

Gun Layer [1]

Gun Layer 2nd Class [1]

Gunner (Signaller) [1]

Honorary Second Lieutenant [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Lieutenant-Commander [1]

Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Midshipman [1]

Naval Cadet [1]

Ordinary Seaman 3 [1]

Pioneer [1]

Unit

Royal Lancaster Regiment [63]

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [37]

Royal Field Artillery [20]

Labour Corps [16]

Royal Engineers [16]

Norfolk Regiment [13]

Royal Fusiliers [11]

Border Regiment [10]

King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [9]

Royal Army Medical Corps [9]

Liverpool Regiment [8]

London Regiment [8]

Suffolk Regiment [8]

Army Service Corps [7]

Machine Gun Corps [7]

Rifle Brigade [7]

Royal Garrison Artillery [7]

Canadian Infantry [6]

Lancashire Fusiliers [5]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5]

Seaforth Highlanders [5]

Northumberland Fusiliers [4]

Royal Army Service Corps [4]

Royal Defence Corps [4]

Royal Scots [4]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

West Yorkshire Regiment [4]

East Lancashire Regiment [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

Northamptonshire Regiment [3]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3]

Royal Naval Division [3]

West Riding Regiment [3]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

King's Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [2]

Scots Guards [2]

Shropshire Light Infantry [2]

South Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [310]

Royal Navy [26]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [13]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [7]

Australian Imperial Force [3]

Other Empire Force [3]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

G [113]

B [26]

H [26]

S [24]

W [24]

M [22]

C [21]

P [16]

T [15]

D [14]

L [12]

A [9]

N [7]

R [7]

F [6]

K [5]

J [4]

E [3]

I [2]

V [2]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [316]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [20]

Canada [1]

Page 1 of 18

Pagination

1
2
3
18
Next

Type

People [359] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Lancaster [15] Lancaster district [12] Lancaster, Lancashire [6] Yarmouth district [6] Norwich district [4] Norwich, Norfolk [4] Smallburgh district [4] Great Yarmouth [3] Old Buckenham [3] Yarmouth [3] Yarmouth, Norfolk [3] Blofield [2] Bromley [2] Cambridge [2] Halton on Lune [2] Norwich [2] Old Buckenham Norfolk [2] Redhill [2] Shrewsbury [2] Aldsworth [1] Askin, Lancs [1] Athlunkard, Co, Limerick [1] Attleborough [1] Attleborough, Norfolk [1] Axminster district [1] Bairnsdale Victoria [1] Banbury, Oxfordshire [1] Barnsley district [1] Barrow in Furness [1] Barton Turf [1] Barton Turf, Norwich, Norfolk [1] Blofield district [1] Bolton [1] Bramhall, Cheshire [1] Cartmel [1] Chelsea district [1] Chester le Street district [1] Chesterton district [1] Chesterton, Cambridgeshire [1] Clerkenwell in London [1] Cockermouth, Westmorland [1] Coleford, Gloucestershire [1] Dalton in Furness, Lancashire [1] Dalton-In-Furness, Lancashire [1] Dublin [1] Dudley [1] East Ruston [1] Eton district [1] Exmouth, Devon [1] Fleggburgh [1]

Rank

Private [225] Gunner [17] Corporal [15] Driver [13] Serjeant [12] Captain [10] Lance Corporal [10] Lieutenant [10] Sapper [9] Second Lieutenant [8] Acting Corporal [4] Able Seaman [3] Acting Serjeant [3] Bombardier [3] Rifleman [3] Sergeant [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Major [2] 1st Lieutenant [1] 2nd Hand [1] 2nd Lt [1] AM2 [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Major [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Cadet [1] Chief Section Leader [1] Chief Stoker [1] Colour Sergeant [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Commander [1] Company Quartermaster Sergeant [1] Conductor [1] Deck Hand [1] Engineer Lieutenant [1] Farrier Sergeant [1] Fireman [1] Gun Layer [1] Gun Layer 2nd Class [1] Gunner (Signaller) [1] Honorary Second Lieutenant [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Lieutenant-Commander [1] Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Midshipman [1] Naval Cadet [1] Ordinary Seaman 3 [1] Pioneer [1]

Unit

Royal Lancaster Regiment [63] King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [37] Royal Field Artillery [20] Labour Corps [16] Royal Engineers [16] Norfolk Regiment [13] Royal Fusiliers [11] Border Regiment [10] King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [9] Royal Army Medical Corps [9] Liverpool Regiment [8] London Regiment [8] Suffolk Regiment [8] Army Service Corps [7] Machine Gun Corps [7] Rifle Brigade [7] Royal Garrison Artillery [7] Canadian Infantry [6] Lancashire Fusiliers [5] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5] Seaforth Highlanders [5] Northumberland Fusiliers [4] Royal Army Service Corps [4] Royal Defence Corps [4] Royal Scots [4] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4] West Yorkshire Regiment [4] East Lancashire Regiment [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] Northamptonshire Regiment [3] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3] Royal Naval Division [3] West Riding Regiment [3] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] East Yorkshire Regiment [2] King's Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2] Royal Scots Fusiliers [2] Scots Guards [2] Shropshire Light Infantry [2] South Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [310] Royal Navy [26] Canadian Expeditionary Force [13] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [7] Australian Imperial Force [3] Other Empire Force [3] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

G [113] B [26] H [26] S [24] W [24] M [22] C [21] P [16] T [15] D [14] L [12] A [9] N [7] R [7] F [6] K [5] J [4] E [3] I [2] V [2] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [316] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [20] Canada [1]

Robert Corless

Born 1890

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 89260

British Army Territorial Force

Canadian Expeditionary Force 89260 Gunner 5th Brigade Canadian Field Artillery 23rd Battalion

More about Robert Corless
Robert Dodgson

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 3958 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment 1st/5th Battalion

More about Robert Dodgson
George Gedge

Born 1890

Died 1979

British Army 1606 Private Norfolk Regiment 1st / 4th

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 87337 AM2

More about George Gedge
Edward Morgan Mathias

Born 1880

Died 1916

British Army 27948 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

More about Edward Morgan Mathias
Edward Cadman Cadman

Born 1875

Died 1918

British Army Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel Royal Lancaster Regiment 5th Battalion

More about Edward Cadman Cadman
John Alick Nixon

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 2514 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 206880 Private Lincolnshire Regiment 2nd

British Army 240714 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment 2nd/5th Battalion

More about John Alick Nixon
Harold Sidney Gedge

Born 1898

Died 1951

British Army 94453 Driver Royal Foot Artillery

British Army 202318 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 5th

British Army 12085 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 3rd

…

More about Harold Sidney Gedge
Thomas Burrow

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army T5/1512 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 1512 Lance Corporal Royal Lancaster Regiment 1st / 5th Battalion

More about Thomas Burrow
John Myerscough

Born 1895

Died 1917

Royal Navy 1361 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

Royal Navy PLY/1361 Private Royal Naval Division 1st Battalion Royal Marines Light Infantry

More about John Myerscough
Robert William Taylor

Died 1917

British Army 306454 Private Liverpool Regiment

More about Robert William Taylor
Basil Johnson Gedge

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army Reverend Royal Army Chaplains Department

More about Basil Johnson Gedge
John Septimus Johnston

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 1505 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment 1st / 5th Battalion

More about John Septimus Johnston
James Barker Whitaker

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 241767 Acting Corporal Royal Lancaster Regiment 2nd / 5th Battalion

More about James Barker Whitaker
Henry Huyton

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army 2384 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment 1st / 5th Battalion

More about Henry Huyton
Horace George Gedge

Born 1878

Died 1933

British Army 75915 Warrant Officer Class 2 Royal Welsh Fusiliers

More about Horace George Gedge
Alfred Lambert

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army Spt 4574 Private Royal Fusiliers

More about Alfred Lambert
Peter Thompson

Died 1917

British Army T5/1912 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

More about Peter Thompson
William Arthur Gedge

Born 1876

Died 1958

British Army 21/70 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

More about William Arthur Gedge
Arthur Preston

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 1563 Private West Yorkshire Regiment 15th Battalion

More about Arthur Preston
Walter Arlie Collis

Born 1885

Died 1914

British Army 6934 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 6934 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 6934 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 3rd Battalion

…

More about Walter Arlie Collis

Page 1 of 18

Pagination

1
2
3
18
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