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 25 results

Advanced search

Search

Advanced

Search field

Filters

Type

People [25]

Stories

Communities

Place of birth

Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [5]

Bridgnorth, Shropshire [3]

Lymm, Cheshire [3]

Manchester, Lancashire [2]

Walsall, Staffordshire [2]

Ancoats, Manchester [1]

Bath, Somerset [1]

Gloucester [1]

Guelph, Ontario [1]

Hazel Grove, Stockport, Cheshire [1]

Hulme, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Pendleton, Salford, Lancashire [1]

Runcorn, Cheshire [1]

Walton on the Hill, Lancashire [1]

Wednesbury, Staffordshire [1]

Rank

Private [16]

Serjeant [3]

Gunner [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Acting Lieutenant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major [1]

Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

South Staffordshire Regiment [3]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

Army Service Corps [1]

Border Regiment [1]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [1]

Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment) [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [1]

Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

Lincolnshire Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Northumberland Fusiliers [1]

Northumberland Regiment [1]

Royal Field Artillery [1]

Royal Fusiliers [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [1]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [1]

Royal West Kent Regiment [1]

Worcestershire Regiment [1]

Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [23]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

G [6]

J [4]

R [3]

S [3]

D [2]

M [2]

P [2]

C [1]

H [1]

L [1]

Contribution

Military Service [25]

Country

United Kingdom [10]

Page 2 of 2

Pagination

Previous
1
2

Type

People [25] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [5] Bridgnorth, Shropshire [3] Lymm, Cheshire [3] Manchester, Lancashire [2] Walsall, Staffordshire [2] Ancoats, Manchester [1] Bath, Somerset [1] Gloucester [1] Guelph, Ontario [1] Hazel Grove, Stockport, Cheshire [1] Hulme, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Pendleton, Salford, Lancashire [1] Runcorn, Cheshire [1] Walton on the Hill, Lancashire [1] Wednesbury, Staffordshire [1]

Rank

Private [16] Serjeant [3] Gunner [2] Lieutenant [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Acting Lieutenant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal [1] Lance Corporal [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major [1] Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [3] Manchester Regiment [3] South Staffordshire Regiment [3] East Lancashire Regiment [2] Grenadier Guards [2] Army Service Corps [1] Border Regiment [1] Canadian Army Medical Corps [1] Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment) [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [1] Lancashire Fusiliers [1] Lincolnshire Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Northumberland Fusiliers [1] Northumberland Regiment [1] Royal Field Artillery [1] Royal Fusiliers [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Royal Lancaster Regiment [1] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [1] Royal West Kent Regiment [1] Worcestershire Regiment [1] Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [23] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

G [6] J [4] R [3] S [3] D [2] M [2] P [2] C [1] H [1] L [1]

Contribution

Military Service [25]

Country

United Kingdom [10]

William Woodall Hirst

British Army 14304 Private Grenadier Guards

More about William Woodall Hirst
Howard Stanton

Born 1889

British Army 60 Serjeant Manchester Regiment

British Army 275486 Warrant Officer Class 2 Manchester Regiment

More about Howard Stanton
John Mccrae

Born 1872

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force Major Canadian Army Medical Corps 1st Brigade Canadian Field Artillery

Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant Colonel Canadian Army Medical Corps No 3 McGill General Hospital, Boulogne, France

More about John Mccrae
Shadrack Johnson

Born 1891

Died 1967

British Army 161858 Private Machine Gun Corps

More about Shadrack Johnson
Ivor Bertie Gurney

Born 1890

Died 1937

British Army 241281 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

More about Ivor Bertie Gurney

Page 2 of 2

Pagination

Previous
1
2

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