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 2732 results

Advanced search

Search

Advanced

Search field

Filters

Type

People [2732]

Stories

Communities

Place of birth

Hailsham [223]

Eastbourne [97]

Herstmonceux [74]

Hellingly [71]

Hailsham, Sussex [66]

Warbleton, Sussex [58]

Willingdon [44]

Alfriston [42]

East Hoathly [42]

Pevensey, Sussex [41]

Polegate [41]

Brighton [36]

Chiddingly [34]

Laughton [33]

Westham, Sussex [32]

Arlington [29]

Westham [29]

Ripe [26]

Eastbourne, Sussex [24]

Ninfield [23]

Hooe [21]

Ashburnham [19]

Ashburnham, Sussex [19]

Heathfield, Sussex [18]

Polegate, Sussex [18]

Warbleton [18]

Hellingly, Sussex [17]

Wilmington [16]

Herstmonceux, Sussex [14]

Lewes [14]

Pevensey [14]

Wartling [14]

Bexhill [13]

Heathfield [13]

Laughton, Sussex [13]

Waldron [12]

Alfriston, Sussex [11]

Chalvington [10]

Mayfield [10]

Wartling, Sussex [10]

Hastings [9]

Jevington [9]

London [9]

Newhaven [9]

Selmeston [9]

Alciston [8]

Catsfield [8]

Chiddingly, Sussex [8]

East Dean, near Eastbourne [8]

Framfield [8]

Rank

Private [1428]

Gunner [255]

Driver [138]

Corporal [131]

Sapper [125]

Lance Corporal [105]

Serjeant [86]

Able Seaman [53]

Second Lieutenant [53]

Lieutenant [47]

Sergeant [44]

Boy Sailor [37]

Bombardier [33]

Captain [28]

Pioneer [28]

Rifleman [25]

Acting Corporal [22]

Stoker [17]

Ordinary Seaman [16]

Petty Officer [16]

Trooper [16]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [15]

Acting Serjeant [14]

Major [13]

Leading Stoker [10]

Acting Bombardier [9]

Leading Seaman [9]

Guardsman [8]

Lance Serjeant [8]

Stoker 1st Class [8]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [7]

Battery Serjeant Major [7]

Stoker Petty Officer [7]

Boy 1st Class [6]

Lieutenant Colonel [6]

Air Mechanic [5]

Boy [5]

Company Sergeant Major [5]

Lance Sergeant [5]

Staff Serjeant [5]

Acting Sergeant [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4]

Boy 2nd Class [4]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Company Quartermaster Sergeant [4]

Deck Hand [4]

Drummer [4]

Shoeing Smith [4]

Stoker Class 1 [4]

Unit

Royal Sussex Regiment [632]

Royal Field Artillery [300]

Royal Engineers [159]

Labour Corps [120]

Army Service Corps [118]

Royal Garrison Artillery [113]

Canadian Infantry [87]

Royal Fusiliers [79]

Middlesex Regiment [72]

Army Reserve [55]

London Regiment [50]

Royal Artillery [43]

Canadian Engineers [42]

Machine Gun Corps [39]

Royal West Kent Regiment [39]

Royal Army Service Corps [37]

Royal Army Medical Corps [35]

East Surrey Regiment [34]

Royal Naval Division [32]

Bedfordshire Regiment [28]

Suffolk Regiment [28]

Army Veterinary Corps [24]

East Kent Regiment [24]

The Queen's Regiment [23]

Sussex Yeomanry [22]

British West Indies Regiment [18]

Training Reserve [18]

Hampshire Regiment [17]

Rifle Brigade [17]

Royal Horse Artillery [17]

Coldstream Guards [16]

Essex Regiment [16]

Grenadier Guards [16]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [16]

Lancashire Fusiliers [16]

Northamptonshire Regiment [16]

Royal Naval Air Service [16]

Royal Defence Corps [14]

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [14]

Durham Light Infantry [13]

Lincolnshire Regiment [12]

Royal Horse & Field Artillery [12]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [11]

Manchester Regiment [11]

Tank Corps [11]

Northumberland Fusiliers [9]

Royal Air Force [9]

Scots Guards [9]

Army Ordnance Corps [8]

Canadian Forestry Corps [8]

Service

British Army [2112]

Royal Navy [270]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [244]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [118]

Australian Imperial Force [31]

Other Empire Force [11]

Indian Army [4]

South African Services [2]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [337]

H [300]

C [250]

S [219]

M [202]

W [187]

P [181]

F [142]

G [142]

D [129]

R [116]

L [106]

T [91]

A [65]

E [65]

K [47]

V [40]

J [39]

N [32]

I [14]

O [12]

Y [9]

U [6]

Contribution

Military Service [2447]

Merchant Navy [17]

Conscientious Objector [5]

Country

United Kingdom [2234]

India [36]

Canada [29]

Ireland [7]

Australia [4]

Gibraltar [3]

Egypt [2]

Germany [2]

Hong Kong [2]

Malta [2]

South Africa [2]

Belgium [1]

France [1]

Iraq [1]

Jamaica [1]

Pakistan [1]

United States [1]

Page 3 of 137

Pagination

Previous
1
2
3
4
5
137
Next

Type

People [2732] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Hailsham [223] Eastbourne [97] Herstmonceux [74] Hellingly [71] Hailsham, Sussex [66] Warbleton, Sussex [58] Willingdon [44] Alfriston [42] East Hoathly [42] Pevensey, Sussex [41] Polegate [41] Brighton [36] Chiddingly [34] Laughton [33] Westham, Sussex [32] Arlington [29] Westham [29] Ripe [26] Eastbourne, Sussex [24] Ninfield [23] Hooe [21] Ashburnham [19] Ashburnham, Sussex [19] Heathfield, Sussex [18] Polegate, Sussex [18] Warbleton [18] Hellingly, Sussex [17] Wilmington [16] Herstmonceux, Sussex [14] Lewes [14] Pevensey [14] Wartling [14] Bexhill [13] Heathfield [13] Laughton, Sussex [13] Waldron [12] Alfriston, Sussex [11] Chalvington [10] Mayfield [10] Wartling, Sussex [10] Hastings [9] Jevington [9] London [9] Newhaven [9] Selmeston [9] Alciston [8] Catsfield [8] Chiddingly, Sussex [8] East Dean, near Eastbourne [8] Framfield [8]

Rank

Private [1428] Gunner [255] Driver [138] Corporal [131] Sapper [125] Lance Corporal [105] Serjeant [86] Able Seaman [53] Second Lieutenant [53] Lieutenant [47] Sergeant [44] Boy Sailor [37] Bombardier [33] Captain [28] Pioneer [28] Rifleman [25] Acting Corporal [22] Stoker [17] Ordinary Seaman [16] Petty Officer [16] Trooper [16] Warrant Officer Class 2 [15] Acting Serjeant [14] Major [13] Leading Stoker [10] Acting Bombardier [9] Leading Seaman [9] Guardsman [8] Lance Serjeant [8] Stoker 1st Class [8] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [7] Battery Serjeant Major [7] Stoker Petty Officer [7] Boy 1st Class [6] Lieutenant Colonel [6] Air Mechanic [5] Boy [5] Company Sergeant Major [5] Lance Sergeant [5] Staff Serjeant [5] Acting Sergeant [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4] Boy 2nd Class [4] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Company Quartermaster Sergeant [4] Deck Hand [4] Drummer [4] Shoeing Smith [4] Stoker Class 1 [4]

Unit

Royal Sussex Regiment [632] Royal Field Artillery [300] Royal Engineers [159] Labour Corps [120] Army Service Corps [118] Royal Garrison Artillery [113] Canadian Infantry [87] Royal Fusiliers [79] Middlesex Regiment [72] Army Reserve [55] London Regiment [50] Royal Artillery [43] Canadian Engineers [42] Machine Gun Corps [39] Royal West Kent Regiment [39] Royal Army Service Corps [37] Royal Army Medical Corps [35] East Surrey Regiment [34] Royal Naval Division [32] Bedfordshire Regiment [28] Suffolk Regiment [28] Army Veterinary Corps [24] East Kent Regiment [24] The Queen's Regiment [23] Sussex Yeomanry [22] British West Indies Regiment [18] Training Reserve [18] Hampshire Regiment [17] Rifle Brigade [17] Royal Horse Artillery [17] Coldstream Guards [16] Essex Regiment [16] Grenadier Guards [16] King's Royal Rifle Corps [16] Lancashire Fusiliers [16] Northamptonshire Regiment [16] Royal Naval Air Service [16] Royal Defence Corps [14] The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [14] Durham Light Infantry [13] Lincolnshire Regiment [12] Royal Horse & Field Artillery [12] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [11] Manchester Regiment [11] Tank Corps [11] Northumberland Fusiliers [9] Royal Air Force [9] Scots Guards [9] Army Ordnance Corps [8] Canadian Forestry Corps [8]

Service

British Army [2112] Royal Navy [270] Canadian Expeditionary Force [244] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [118] Australian Imperial Force [31] Other Empire Force [11] Indian Army [4] South African Services [2] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [337] H [300] C [250] S [219] M [202] W [187] P [181] F [142] G [142] D [129] R [116] L [106] T [91] A [65] E [65] K [47] V [40] J [39] N [32] I [14] O [12] Y [9] U [6]

Contribution

Military Service [2447] Merchant Navy [17] Conscientious Objector [5]

Country

United Kingdom [2234] India [36] Canada [29] Ireland [7] Australia [4] Gibraltar [3] Egypt [2] Germany [2] Hong Kong [2] Malta [2] South Africa [2] Belgium [1] France [1] Iraq [1] Jamaica [1] Pakistan [1] United States [1]

Cecil Langdon

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army Border Regiment

British Army Chaplain Royal Army Chaplains' Department

More about Cecil Langdon
Edward O'keil Dadswell

Born 1883

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 301406

Canadian Expeditionary Force 301406 Driver Canadian Field Artillery

More about Edward O'keil Dadswell
William Downer

Born 1876

Died 1915

British Army GSSR/230 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 2nd Battalion

More about William Downer
Sydney Robert Slidel

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Lincolnshire Regiment 4th Battalion

More about Sydney Robert Slidel
Thomas Mullens

Born 1888

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 1675 Private 43rd Battalion

More about Thomas Mullens
James William Dorsett

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army L/6810 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

More about James William Dorsett
Thomas William Sargent

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army G/6228 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 9th Battalion

More about Thomas William Sargent
William James Vitler

Born 1884

Died 1919

British Army 453 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

British Army 905309 Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 Royal Field Artillery 816th Battery, 215th Brigade

More about William James Vitler
Frederick Thomas Arnott

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army G/6936 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 7th Battalion

More about Frederick Thomas Arnott
Reginald Frank Davis

Born 1887

Died 1919

British Army SD/2889 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 13th Bn.

British Army 241514 Private Labour Corps

More about Reginald Frank Davis
Frank Miller

Born 1890

Died 1919

British Army 49081 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 8608 Lance Corporal Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

British Army Army Reserve

…

More about Frank Miller
John William Curtis

Born 1879

Died 1918

British Army 76965 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 213525 Sapper Royal Engineers

More about John William Curtis
William Ernest Alexander French

Born 1887

British Army 1483 Private London Regiment 4th lond Battalion

More about William Ernest Alexander French
William George Gell

Born 1889

Died 1918

Royal Navy 16266/DA Deck Hand HMS Satellite

Royal Navy 16266/DA Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve

More about William George Gell
George James Saunders

Born 1872

Died 1920

Royal Navy 141488

Royal Navy 141488 Petty Officer H.M.S. "Ebro."

More about George James Saunders
Arthur Butler

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army LSR/2237 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 2nd Bn.

More about Arthur Butler
Lucy Alexandra Hunter

Born 1889

Died 1918

Royal Navy G2508 Steward Women's Royal Naval Service

More about Lucy Alexandra Hunter
Thomas Hoather

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army 204827 Private Northamptonshire Regiment 1st Battalion

More about Thomas Hoather
Henry Grover

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army G/4945 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 9th Battalion

More about Henry Grover
Charles Clarke

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 371256 Lance Corporal London Regiment 2nd/8th Battalion

British Army 371256 Lance Corporal London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 3383 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

More about Charles Clarke

Page 3 of 137

Pagination

Previous
1
2
3
4
5
137
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