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 4468 results

Advanced search

Help me search

Advanced

Search field

Filters

Type

People [4468]

Stories

Communities

Place of birth

Melbourne Victoria [41]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [21]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [17]

Glasgow Scotland [14]

Sydney New South Wales [13]

Ballarat Victoria [12]

Edinburgh [9]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [9]

Elgin, Morayshire [7]

Newcastle New South Wales [7]

Glasgow Lanarkshire Scotland [6]

Aberdeen Scotland [5]

Brisbane Queensland [5]

Edinburgh Scotland [5]

Newcastle, Northumberland [5]

Aberdeen [4]

Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [4]

Albury New South Wales [4]

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [4]

Hobart Tasmania [4]

Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [4]

London, Middlesex, England [4]

Townsville Queensland [4]

Bathurst New South Wales [3]

Beaconsfield Tasmania [3]

Durham [3]

Elgin [3]

Leeds, Yorkshire [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire [3]

Perth Western Australia [3]

Scarborough Yorkshire England [3]

St. Monance, Fifeshire [3]

Sunderland, Durham [3]

Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Scotland [2]

Adelaide South Australia [2]

Airdrie [2]

Bellingen New South Wales [2]

Belvedere, Kent [2]

Bombala New South Wales [2]

Boort Victoria [2]

Castlemaine Victoria [2]

Coatbridge, Lanarkshire [2]

Cooktown Queensland [2]

Cullieshangan, Keith [2]

Cundletown New South Wales [2]

Cupar, Fifeshire [2]

Dubbo New South Wales [2]

Dundee, Forfarshire [2]

Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [2]

Edinburgh, Scotland [2]

Rank

Private [1963]

Gunner [180]

Serjeant [144]

Second Lieutenant [141]

Sapper [129]

Driver [127]

Corporal 2nd [121]

Lance Corporal [90]

Captain [70]

Corporal [60]

Lieutenant [47]

Acting Corporal [31]

Acting Serjeant [20]

Major [19]

Pioneer [18]

Acting Bombardier [13]

Ordinary Seaman [12]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [12]

Bombardier [11]

Worker [10]

Rifleman [9]

Staff Serjeant [9]

Able Seaman [7]

Colour Serjeant [7]

Sister [7]

Deck Hand [6]

Lance Serjeant [6]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Lieutenant Colonel [5]

Nursing Sister [5]

Company Serjeant Major [4]

Orderly [4]

Skipper [4]

Staff Nurse [4]

Acting Captain [3]

Acting Corporal 2nd [3]

Battery Serjeant Major [3]

Captain Temporary Major [3]

Drummer [3]

Engineer Sub Lieutenant (Temporary) [3]

Nurse [3]

Temporary Lieutenant [3]

1st Lieutenant [2]

A/Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Colonel [2]

Unit

Royal Engineers [260]

Labour Corps [204]

Army Service Corps [195]

Royal Field Artillery [182]

Gordon Highlanders [172]

Highland Light Infantry [166]

Seaforth Highlanders [141]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [139]

Royal Scots [132]

Royal Highlanders [131]

Royal Army Medical Corps [119]

Royal Garrison Artillery [107]

Scottish Rifles [95]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [87]

Northumberland Fusiliers [85]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [81]

Machine Gun Corps [81]

Cameron Highlanders [74]

London Regiment [63]

Durham Light Infantry [51]

Royal Naval Division [48]

Canadian Infantry [38]

Royal Naval Reserve [36]

Royal Fusiliers [34]

Royal Army Service Corps [33]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [30]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [30]

Border Regiment [26]

West Yorkshire Regiment [26]

Scots Guards [25]

Manchester Regiment [23]

Royal Air Force [21]

York and Lancaster Regiment [19]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [18]

Rifle Brigade [17]

Scottish Horse [17]

Tank Corps [17]

East Yorkshire Regiment [15]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [15]

Liverpool Regiment [15]

Lincolnshire Regiment [14]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [14]

Yorkshire Regiment [14]

Army Veterinary Corps [12]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [12]

Army Ordnance Corps [11]

Hampshire Regiment [11]

Royal Flying Corps [11]

West Riding Regiment [11]

Worcestershire Regiment [11]

Service

British Army [3004]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [434]

Australian Imperial Force [294]

Royal Navy [246]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [236]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [102]

Other Empire Force [10]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

A [4460]

H [2]

B [1]

C [1]

E [1]

F [1]

L [1]

S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [4284]

Merchant Navy [128]

Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [193]

Canada [3]

Australia [1]

France [1]

South Africa [1]

Yemen [1]

Page 224 of 224

Pagination

CSV Export

Type

People [4468] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Melbourne Victoria [41] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [21] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [17] Glasgow Scotland [14] Sydney New South Wales [13] Ballarat Victoria [12] Edinburgh [9] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [9] Elgin, Morayshire [7] Newcastle New South Wales [7] Glasgow Lanarkshire Scotland [6] Aberdeen Scotland [5] Brisbane Queensland [5] Edinburgh Scotland [5] Newcastle, Northumberland [5] Aberdeen [4] Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [4] Albury New South Wales [4] Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [4] Hobart Tasmania [4] Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [4] London, Middlesex, England [4] Townsville Queensland [4] Bathurst New South Wales [3] Beaconsfield Tasmania [3] Durham [3] Elgin [3] Leeds, Yorkshire [3] Liverpool, Lancashire [3] Perth Western Australia [3] Scarborough Yorkshire England [3] St. Monance, Fifeshire [3] Sunderland, Durham [3] Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Scotland [2] Adelaide South Australia [2] Airdrie [2] Bellingen New South Wales [2] Belvedere, Kent [2] Bombala New South Wales [2] Boort Victoria [2] Castlemaine Victoria [2] Coatbridge, Lanarkshire [2] Cooktown Queensland [2] Cullieshangan, Keith [2] Cundletown New South Wales [2] Cupar, Fifeshire [2] Dubbo New South Wales [2] Dundee, Forfarshire [2] Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [2] Edinburgh, Scotland [2]

Rank

Private [1963] Gunner [180] Serjeant [144] Second Lieutenant [141] Sapper [129] Driver [127] Corporal 2nd [121] Lance Corporal [90] Captain [70] Corporal [60] Lieutenant [47] Acting Corporal [31] Acting Serjeant [20] Major [19] Pioneer [18] Acting Bombardier [13] Ordinary Seaman [12] Warrant Officer Class 2 [12] Bombardier [11] Worker [10] Rifleman [9] Staff Serjeant [9] Able Seaman [7] Colour Serjeant [7] Sister [7] Deck Hand [6] Lance Serjeant [6] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Lieutenant Colonel [5] Nursing Sister [5] Company Serjeant Major [4] Orderly [4] Skipper [4] Staff Nurse [4] Acting Captain [3] Acting Corporal 2nd [3] Battery Serjeant Major [3] Captain Temporary Major [3] Drummer [3] Engineer Sub Lieutenant (Temporary) [3] Nurse [3] Temporary Lieutenant [3] 1st Lieutenant [2] A/Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Boy 2nd Class [2] Colonel [2]

Unit

Royal Engineers [260] Labour Corps [204] Army Service Corps [195] Royal Field Artillery [182] Gordon Highlanders [172] Highland Light Infantry [166] Seaforth Highlanders [141] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [139] Royal Scots [132] Royal Highlanders [131] Royal Army Medical Corps [119] Royal Garrison Artillery [107] Scottish Rifles [95] Royal Scots Fusiliers [87] Northumberland Fusiliers [85] King's Own Scottish Borderers [81] Machine Gun Corps [81] Cameron Highlanders [74] London Regiment [63] Durham Light Infantry [51] Royal Naval Division [48] Canadian Infantry [38] Royal Naval Reserve [36] Royal Fusiliers [34] Royal Army Service Corps [33] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [30] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [30] Border Regiment [26] West Yorkshire Regiment [26] Scots Guards [25] Manchester Regiment [23] Royal Air Force [21] York and Lancaster Regiment [19] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [18] Rifle Brigade [17] Scottish Horse [17] Tank Corps [17] East Yorkshire Regiment [15] King's Royal Rifle Corps [15] Liverpool Regiment [15] Lincolnshire Regiment [14] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [14] Yorkshire Regiment [14] Army Veterinary Corps [12] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [12] Army Ordnance Corps [11] Hampshire Regiment [11] Royal Flying Corps [11] West Riding Regiment [11] Worcestershire Regiment [11]

Service

British Army [3004] Canadian Expeditionary Force [434] Australian Imperial Force [294] Royal Navy [246] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [236] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [102] Other Empire Force [10] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

A [4460] H [2] B [1] C [1] E [1] F [1] L [1] S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [4284] Merchant Navy [128] Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [193] Canada [3] Australia [1] France [1] South Africa [1] Yemen [1]

William Frederick Allan Ridler

Born 1896

Royal Navy Engineer Lieutenant Commander

More about William Frederick Allan Ridler
No War Service Leonard Wilton Allan

Born 1887

Royal Navy 222528

More about No War Service Leonard Wilton Allan
A D Allan Duplicate

British Army Nursing Sister Canadian Nursing Service

More about A D Allan Duplicate
W Allan-May

British Army Colonel Royal Army Medical Corps Retired

More about W Allan-May
Annabelle Allan-Grant

British Army Nursing Sister British Red Cross Society

British Army Staff Nurse Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve

More about Annabelle Allan-Grant
Julia Echlin

British Army Sister Territorial Force Nursing Service

More about Julia Echlin
Muriel Fincham (mrs Allan)

British Army Voluntary Aid Detachment

More about Muriel Fincham (mrs Allan)
Awudu Katsina-Allan

British Army Nigeria Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 7502 Private Nigeria Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 1271 Private Nigeria Regiment 1st Battalion

More about Awudu Katsina-Allan

Page 224 of 224

Pagination

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