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 154 results

Advanced search

Search

Advanced

Search field

Filters

Type

People [154]

Stories

Communities

Place of birth

Tavistock, Devon [3]

Blandford, Dorset [1]

Brompton South Australia [1]

Canning Town, Essex, England [1]

Devonport [1]

Devonshire England [1]

Exeter, Devon [1]

Greenwich, London [1]

Hastings [1]

Holloway, London [1]

Islington, London [1]

London England [1]

London, Middlesex [1]

Melbourne Victoria [1]

Middlesex [1]

Near Tawton, Devon [1]

North Tawton [1]

North Tawton, Devon [1]

Plymouth, Devon [1]

Selworthy, Somerset [1]

South Tawton, Devon [1]

Torquay, Devon [1]

Totnes, Devon [1]

West Kensington, London [1]

Rank

Private [62]

Gunner [13]

Corporal [9]

Driver [7]

Serjeant [4]

Sapper [3]

Lance Corporal [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Accountant [1]

Acting Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Army Chaplain and Lieutenant [1]

Captain [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Major [1]

Pioneer [1]

Rifleman [1]

Serjeant Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Serjeant Driver Acting Serjeant [1]

Serjeant/Temporary Sub Conductor [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Temporary Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

Devonshire Regiment [12]

Royal Field Artillery [10]

Royal Engineers [8]

Labour Corps [7]

Machine Gun Corps [6]

Tank Corps [6]

Gloucestershire Regiment [5]

London Regiment [5]

Royal Army Medical Corps [5]

Rifle Brigade [4]

Royal Garrison Artillery [4]

Somerset Light Infantry [4]

Welsh Regiment [4]

Worcestershire Regiment [4]

British West Indies Regiment [3]

Essex Regiment [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Naval Division [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Army Service Corps [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Military Foot Police [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Horse Artillery [2]

Royal Sussex Regiment [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

10th Hussars [1]

4th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment [1]

Army Chaplains Department [1]

Army Pay Corps [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

HMS TIGER [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

King's Royal Rifles [1]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

Northamptonshire Regiment [1]

Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [1]

Railway Department [1]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [1]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [1]

Royal Marine Artillery [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [1]

Royal Marines Band [1]

Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal [1]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1]

Shropshire Light Infantry [1]

Service

British Army [106]

Royal Navy [20]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [11]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [9]

Australian Imperial Force [4]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Last name first letter

A [154]

Contribution

Military Service [153]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [2]

Jamaica [1]

Page 1 of 8

Pagination

1
2
3
8
Next

Type

People [154] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Tavistock, Devon [3] Blandford, Dorset [1] Brompton South Australia [1] Canning Town, Essex, England [1] Devonport [1] Devonshire England [1] Exeter, Devon [1] Greenwich, London [1] Hastings [1] Holloway, London [1] Islington, London [1] London England [1] London, Middlesex [1] Melbourne Victoria [1] Middlesex [1] Near Tawton, Devon [1] North Tawton [1] North Tawton, Devon [1] Plymouth, Devon [1] Selworthy, Somerset [1] South Tawton, Devon [1] Torquay, Devon [1] Totnes, Devon [1] West Kensington, London [1]

Rank

Private [62] Gunner [13] Corporal [9] Driver [7] Serjeant [4] Sapper [3] Lance Corporal [2] Lieutenant [2] Accountant [1] Acting Battery Serjeant Major [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Army Chaplain and Lieutenant [1] Captain [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Leading Stoker [1] Major [1] Pioneer [1] Rifleman [1] Serjeant Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Serjeant Driver Acting Serjeant [1] Serjeant/Temporary Sub Conductor [1] Staff Nurse [1] Temporary Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

Devonshire Regiment [12] Royal Field Artillery [10] Royal Engineers [8] Labour Corps [7] Machine Gun Corps [6] Tank Corps [6] Gloucestershire Regiment [5] London Regiment [5] Royal Army Medical Corps [5] Rifle Brigade [4] Royal Garrison Artillery [4] Somerset Light Infantry [4] Welsh Regiment [4] Worcestershire Regiment [4] British West Indies Regiment [3] Essex Regiment [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Naval Division [3] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Army Service Corps [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Military Foot Police [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Horse Artillery [2] Royal Sussex Regiment [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] 10th Hussars [1] 4th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment [1] Army Chaplains Department [1] Army Pay Corps [1] Canadian Infantry [1] East Kent Regiment [1] HMS TIGER [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] King's Royal Rifles [1] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1] Northamptonshire Regiment [1] Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [1] Railway Department [1] Royal Berkshire Regiment [1] Royal Lancaster Regiment [1] Royal Marine Artillery [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [1] Royal Marines Band [1] Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal [1] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1] Shropshire Light Infantry [1]

Service

British Army [106] Royal Navy [20] Canadian Expeditionary Force [11] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [9] Australian Imperial Force [4] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Last name first letter

A [154]

Contribution

Military Service [153] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [2] Jamaica [1]

Robert Thomas Arscott

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 167222

More about Robert Thomas Arscott
John Frank Arscott

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 53741

More about John Frank Arscott
Bernard Arscott

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 237620

More about Bernard Arscott
Harold Walter Arscott

Born 1889

Died 1963

British Army 15083 Company Quarter Master Serjeant Somerset Light Infantry

More about Harold Walter Arscott
William Samuel Arscott

Born 1900

Died 1919

British Army 75555 Private Devonshire Regiment

More about William Samuel Arscott
Leonard Frederick Arscott

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 112517

More about Leonard Frederick Arscott
Francis George Arscott

Born 1896

Died 1953

British Army 13489 Lance Corporal Devonshire Regiment

British Army 13489 Corporal Devonshire Regiment

More about Francis George Arscott
Bernard John Arscott

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 15085 Private Somerset Light Infantry

British Army 15085 Private Somerset Light Infantry 8th Battalion

More about Bernard John Arscott
Harry Arscott

Died 1916

British Army 48778 Sapper Royal Engineers

More about Harry Arscott
William Charles Arscott

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 10514 Private Devonshire Regiment

More about William Charles Arscott
Henry James Arscott

Born 1878

Died 1917

British Army 92009 Driver Royal Field Artillery 2nd Reserve Brigade

More about Henry James Arscott
William George Arscott

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 11611 Private Devonshire Regiment

More about William George Arscott
Thomas Albert Arscott

Born 1897

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 724687

Canadian Expeditionary Force 724687 Private Canadian Infantry

More about Thomas Albert Arscott
Leslie Arthur Arscott

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 84562

More about Leslie Arthur Arscott
Frederick John Arscott

Died 1917

British Army R/29381 Private King's Royal Rifles

British Army 75930 Private Tank Corps

More about Frederick John Arscott
William Arscott

Born 1897

Died 1916

Royal Navy 993 S Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division

Royal Navy Z/4165 Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

More about William Arscott
E Arscott

British Army 5516 Rifleman Rifle Brigade 1 Battalion

More about E Arscott
Louis George Arscott

Australian Imperial Force 93

More about Louis George Arscott
William Arscott

Australian Imperial Force 150

More about William Arscott
Edith May Arscott

Royal Navy G4472

More about Edith May Arscott

Page 1 of 8

Pagination

1
2
3
8
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 policy Copyright Cookies