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 1067 results

Advanced search

Search

Advanced

Search field

Filters

Type

People [1067]

Stories

Communities

Place of birth

Berbera [7]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [7]

Stonehaven, Kincardineshire [6]

Aberdeen [4]

Glasgow Scotland [4]

Melbourne Victoria [4]

Paisley, Renfrewshire [4]

Sydney New South Wales [4]

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [3]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [3]

Paisley Scotland [3]

Aberdeen Scotland [2]

Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus) [2]

Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [2]

Ballarat Victoria [2]

Beaufort Victoria [2]

Darliston, Elgin [2]

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [2]

Ellon, Aberdeenshire [2]

Fife [2]

Gateacre, Lancashire [2]

Inglewood Victoria [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

London England [2]

Perth Western Australia [2]

Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [1]

Aberdeen, Scotland [1]

Abertshire Scotland [1]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Arbroath, Forfarshire [1]

Ardrossan, Ayrshire [1]

Auchtermuchty, Fifeshire [1]

Balby, Yorkshire [1]

Banff, Banffshire [1]

Beaufort, Breconshire, Wales [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Bitterne, Southampton, Hampshire [1]

Blairgowrie, Perthshire [1]

Bombay/ Mumbai [1]

Bootle, Lancashire, England [1]

Bromyard, Worcestershire [1]

Broxburn, Linlithgow [1]

Burghead [1]

Busby, Renfrewshire [1]

Calcutta [1]

Calne, Wiltshire [1]

Cambridge [1]

Chapelhall, Airdrie, Lanarkshire [1]

Chelsea, London [1]

Chorley England [1]

Rank

Private [422]

Gunner [46]

Second Lieutenant [46]

Lance Corporal [31]

Serjeant [29]

Captain [28]

Corporal 2nd [24]

Lieutenant [22]

Driver [21]

Corporal [18]

Sapper [16]

Sepoy [16]

Acting Corporal [10]

Deck Hand [7]

Major [7]

Bombardier [6]

Acting Serjeant [5]

Pioneer [4]

Sergeant [4]

Temporary Lieutenant [4]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Engineman [3]

Trimmer [3]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Captain Acting Major [2]

Commander [2]

Engine Room Artificer [2]

Engineer Lieutenant Commander [2]

Leading Deck Hand [2]

Nursing Sister [2]

Second Hand [2]

Second Lieutenant Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Skipper [2]

Staff Nurse [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Worker [2]

. [1]

1st Constable [1]

2nd Second Lieutenant [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Petty Officer [1]

Acting Sergeant Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [50]

Highland Light Infantry [47]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [45]

Royal Engineers [43]

Army Service Corps [40]

Royal Highlanders [40]

Gordon Highlanders [39]

Royal Garrison Artillery [34]

Labour Corps [31]

Royal Naval Reserve [24]

Scottish Rifles [24]

Royal Scots [22]

Machine Gun Corps [19]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [17]

London Regiment [16]

Seaforth Highlanders [16]

Cameron Highlanders [14]

Royal Army Medical Corps [13]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [11]

Gold Coast Regiment [11]

Royal Naval Division [11]

Canadian Infantry [10]

King's African Rifles [9]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [8]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [8]

Nigeria Regiment [8]

Iraq Levies [7]

Northumberland Fusiliers [7]

Royal Air Force [7]

Royal Army Service Corps [7]

Middlesex Regiment [6]

Royal Flying Corps [6]

3rd King's African Rifles [5]

Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [5]

Liverpool Regiment [5]

Royal Fusiliers [5]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [5]

126th Baluchistan Infantry [4]

1st Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [4]

4th Iraq Levies [4]

Carnatic Infantry [4]

French Red Cross [4]

Royal Artillery [4]

Scots Guards [4]

West African Service Brigade [4]

2/12th Frontier Force Regiment [3]

2nd Iraq Levies [3]

3rd Iraq Levies [3]

British Red Cross Society [3]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Service

British Army [707]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [104]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [83]

Royal Navy [72]

Australian Imperial Force [51]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [15]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

A [1041]

S [10]

M [3]

P [3]

D [2]

K [2]

O [2]

G [1]

H [1]

J [1]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1002]

Merchant Navy [37]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [35]

India [1]

New Zealand [1]

Page 2 of 54

Pagination

Previous
1
2
3
4
54
Next

Type

People [1067] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Berbera [7] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [7] Stonehaven, Kincardineshire [6] Aberdeen [4] Glasgow Scotland [4] Melbourne Victoria [4] Paisley, Renfrewshire [4] Sydney New South Wales [4] Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [3] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [3] Paisley Scotland [3] Aberdeen Scotland [2] Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus) [2] Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [2] Ballarat Victoria [2] Beaufort Victoria [2] Darliston, Elgin [2] Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [2] Ellon, Aberdeenshire [2] Fife [2] Gateacre, Lancashire [2] Inglewood Victoria [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] London England [2] Perth Western Australia [2] Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [1] Aberdeen, Scotland [1] Abertshire Scotland [1] Adelaide South Australia [1] Arbroath, Forfarshire [1] Ardrossan, Ayrshire [1] Auchtermuchty, Fifeshire [1] Balby, Yorkshire [1] Banff, Banffshire [1] Beaufort, Breconshire, Wales [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Bitterne, Southampton, Hampshire [1] Blairgowrie, Perthshire [1] Bombay/ Mumbai [1] Bootle, Lancashire, England [1] Bromyard, Worcestershire [1] Broxburn, Linlithgow [1] Burghead [1] Busby, Renfrewshire [1] Calcutta [1] Calne, Wiltshire [1] Cambridge [1] Chapelhall, Airdrie, Lanarkshire [1] Chelsea, London [1] Chorley England [1]

Rank

Private [422] Gunner [46] Second Lieutenant [46] Lance Corporal [31] Serjeant [29] Captain [28] Corporal 2nd [24] Lieutenant [22] Driver [21] Corporal [18] Sapper [16] Sepoy [16] Acting Corporal [10] Deck Hand [7] Major [7] Bombardier [6] Acting Serjeant [5] Pioneer [4] Sergeant [4] Temporary Lieutenant [4] Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Able Seaman [3] Colour Serjeant [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Engineman [3] Trimmer [3] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Captain Acting Major [2] Commander [2] Engine Room Artificer [2] Engineer Lieutenant Commander [2] Leading Deck Hand [2] Nursing Sister [2] Second Hand [2] Second Lieutenant Temporary Lieutenant [2] Skipper [2] Staff Nurse [2] Temporary Captain [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Worker [2] . [1] 1st Constable [1] 2nd Second Lieutenant [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Petty Officer [1] Acting Sergeant Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [50] Highland Light Infantry [47] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [45] Royal Engineers [43] Army Service Corps [40] Royal Highlanders [40] Gordon Highlanders [39] Royal Garrison Artillery [34] Labour Corps [31] Royal Naval Reserve [24] Scottish Rifles [24] Royal Scots [22] Machine Gun Corps [19] Royal Scots Fusiliers [17] London Regiment [16] Seaforth Highlanders [16] Cameron Highlanders [14] Royal Army Medical Corps [13] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [11] Gold Coast Regiment [11] Royal Naval Division [11] Canadian Infantry [10] King's African Rifles [9] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [8] King's Own Scottish Borderers [8] Nigeria Regiment [8] Iraq Levies [7] Northumberland Fusiliers [7] Royal Air Force [7] Royal Army Service Corps [7] Middlesex Regiment [6] Royal Flying Corps [6] 3rd King's African Rifles [5] Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [5] Liverpool Regiment [5] Royal Fusiliers [5] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [5] 126th Baluchistan Infantry [4] 1st Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [4] 4th Iraq Levies [4] Carnatic Infantry [4] French Red Cross [4] Royal Artillery [4] Scots Guards [4] West African Service Brigade [4] 2/12th Frontier Force Regiment [3] 2nd Iraq Levies [3] 3rd Iraq Levies [3] British Red Cross Society [3] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Service

British Army [707] Canadian Expeditionary Force [104] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [83] Royal Navy [72] Australian Imperial Force [51] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [15] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

A [1041] S [10] M [3] P [3] D [2] K [2] O [2] G [1] H [1] J [1] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1002] Merchant Navy [37] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [35] India [1] New Zealand [1]

Gerald Wallace Adam

Born 1899

Died 1919

British Army 76064 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 76064 Private Leicestershire Regiment 3rd leicest Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Leicestershire Regiment

…

More about Gerald Wallace Adam
William Adam

Born 1893

Died 1920

Royal Navy 13580 Private Royal Marine Artillery

Royal Navy 13580 Gunner 2nd Class Royal Marine Artillery

Royal Navy 13580 Gunner 1st Class Royal Marine Artillery

…

More about William Adam
William Henry Adam

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 277229

More about William Henry Adam
Arthur Edward Adam

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 101302

More about Arthur Edward Adam
Frederick William Adam

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 41569

More about Frederick William Adam
John Adam

Born 1900

Died 1916

British Army 6152 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

More about John Adam
James Adam

Born 1886

Died 1915

Other Empire Force 566461 Fireman Mercantile Marine Reserve

Other Empire Force 566461 Fireman Mercantile Marine Reserve - HMS Viknor

More about James Adam
John Adam

Born 1882

Died 1917

Other Empire Force Able Seaman Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy)

Other Empire Force Able Seaman Mercantile Marine, S.S. "War Patrol" (Liverpool)

More about John Adam
Alan Gordon Acheson Adam

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army Captain East Kent Regiment

More about Alan Gordon Acheson Adam
Frederick Charles Adam

Born 1880

Died 1915

British Army 3838 Private 16th (The Queen's) Lancers

More about Frederick Charles Adam
Robert Adam

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 16630

More about Robert Adam
Wilson Adam

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 117609

More about Wilson Adam
Herbert Adam

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 278846

More about Herbert Adam
James Robert Adam

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 3462 Lance Corporal Middlesex Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Middlesex Regiment 13th Battalion

More about James Robert Adam
George Adam

Born 1884

British Army 288055 Signaller Royal Engineers

British Army 288055 Pioneer Royal Engineers (Special Division)

More about George Adam
Kiro Luke Adam

Born 1893

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 16/1007 Private New Zealand Pioneer Battalion Second Maori Contingent

More about Kiro Luke Adam
Arthur Innes Adam

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army Acting Corporal Cambridgeshire Regiment 1/1st Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Cambridgeshire Regiment 1/1st Battalion

More about Arthur Innes Adam
Robert William Wyllie Adam

Born 1890

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 1901

Australian Imperial Force 1901 Sergeant 3rd Infantry Brigade 11th (Western Australian) Battalion

More about Robert William Wyllie Adam
Samuel Stepney Adam

Born 1897

Died 1917

Royal Navy TS 5507 Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 5507TS Trimmer Royal Naval Reserve - HM Trawler Rose II

More about Samuel Stepney Adam
Peter Adam

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 3427 Serjeant Royal Fusiliers 19th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Rifle Brigade

More about Peter Adam

Page 2 of 54

Pagination

Previous
1
2
3
4
54
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