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 510 results

Advanced search

Search

Advanced

Search field

Filters

Type

People [510]

Stories

Communities

Place of birth

Sydney New South Wales [9]

Melbourne Victoria [6]

Mile End, London [4]

Charters Towers Queensland [3]

St Helena, Warwickshire, England [3]

Adelaide South Australia [2]

Greenwich, Kent [2]

London [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

Melbourne, Victoria [2]

Napier [2]

Napier, New Zealand [2]

Southport Queensland [2]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1]

Bombay [1]

Bowen Queensland [1]

Bridgewater NS [1]

Brisbane Queensland [1]

Burham, Kent [1]

Deptford, London [1]

Earsham , Norfolk [1]

Emsbury, Dorset [1]

Essex [1]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1]

Greenwich London, Kent [1]

Haggerston, East London [1]

Hammersmith, London [1]

Hobart Tasmania [1]

Horndon, Essex [1]

Ince Wigan, Lancashire [1]

Jarrow, Durham, England [1]

Kilburn, London, Middlesex [1]

Kilburn, Middlesex [1]

Leicester [1]

London, Middlesex, England [1]

Mile End, London, Middlesex [1]

Mountain Ash, Glamorgan [1]

Old Ford, London [1]

Paddington London [1]

Roma Queensland [1]

South Kensington, London [1]

Stockton-on-Tees, Durham [1]

Suva [1]

Sydney [1]

Tonypandy, Glamorganshire [1]

Toronto [1]

Townsville Queensland [1]

Warsaw [1]

Welton, Northamptonshire [1]

Rank

Private [236]

Gunner [24]

Second Lieutenant [18]

Driver [15]

Corporal [9]

Captain [6]

Serjeant [6]

Lance Corporal [5]

Sapper [5]

Lieutenant [4]

Bombardier [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Bearer [2]

Clerk [2]

Rifleman [2]

Stretcher Bearer [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Sub Lieutenant [1]

Acting Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Bugler [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Cook [1]

Corporal/Acting Serjeant [1]

Dresser [1]

Labourer [1]

Lance Corporal Bombardier [1]

Lance Naik [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Major [1]

Motor Driver [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Sepoy [1]

Sergeant [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Sister [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Transport Officer and Orderly [1]

Trooper [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [24]

Royal Fusiliers [20]

British West Indies Regiment [19]

London Regiment [17]

Army Service Corps [16]

Royal Garrison Artillery [16]

Royal Field Artillery [15]

Indian Defence Force [13]

Welsh Regiment [13]

Machine Gun Corps [12]

Royal Army Medical Corps [12]

Royal Engineers [11]

Gloucestershire Regiment [7]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [7]

Royal Army Service Corps [7]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7]

South Wales Borderers [7]

Cape Coloured Labour Regiment [5]

Devonshire Regiment [5]

Essex Regiment [5]

Rifle Brigade [5]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5]

West Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Lancashire Fusiliers [4]

Northamptonshire Regiment [4]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [4]

Worcestershire Regiment [4]

Canadian Mounted Rifles [3]

Hampshire Regiment [3]

Liverpool Regiment [3]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Defence Corps [3]

9th Army Bearer Corps [2]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Dorsetshire Regiment [2]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Nigerian Motor Transport Corps [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Royal Irish Regiment [2]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [2]

Tank Corps [2]

West India Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [342]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [44]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [36]

Australian Imperial Force [34]

Royal Navy [28]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [9]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [504]

C [1]

D [1]

J [1]

P [1]

S [1]

T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [493]

Merchant Navy [14]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

Page 2 of 26

Pagination

Previous
1
2
3
4
26
Next

Type

People [510] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Sydney New South Wales [9] Melbourne Victoria [6] Mile End, London [4] Charters Towers Queensland [3] St Helena, Warwickshire, England [3] Adelaide South Australia [2] Greenwich, Kent [2] London [2] London, Middlesex [2] Melbourne, Victoria [2] Napier [2] Napier, New Zealand [2] Southport Queensland [2] Ballarat Victoria [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1] Bombay [1] Bowen Queensland [1] Bridgewater NS [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Burham, Kent [1] Deptford, London [1] Earsham , Norfolk [1] Emsbury, Dorset [1] Essex [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1] Greenwich London, Kent [1] Haggerston, East London [1] Hammersmith, London [1] Hobart Tasmania [1] Horndon, Essex [1] Ince Wigan, Lancashire [1] Jarrow, Durham, England [1] Kilburn, London, Middlesex [1] Kilburn, Middlesex [1] Leicester [1] London, Middlesex, England [1] Mile End, London, Middlesex [1] Mountain Ash, Glamorgan [1] Old Ford, London [1] Paddington London [1] Roma Queensland [1] South Kensington, London [1] Stockton-on-Tees, Durham [1] Suva [1] Sydney [1] Tonypandy, Glamorganshire [1] Toronto [1] Townsville Queensland [1] Warsaw [1] Welton, Northamptonshire [1]

Rank

Private [236] Gunner [24] Second Lieutenant [18] Driver [15] Corporal [9] Captain [6] Serjeant [6] Lance Corporal [5] Sapper [5] Lieutenant [4] Bombardier [3] Temporary Captain [3] Acting Corporal [2] Bearer [2] Clerk [2] Rifleman [2] Stretcher Bearer [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Sub Lieutenant [1] Acting Sub-Lieutenant [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Bugler [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Cook [1] Corporal/Acting Serjeant [1] Dresser [1] Labourer [1] Lance Corporal Bombardier [1] Lance Naik [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Major [1] Motor Driver [1] Nursing Sister [1] Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Sepoy [1] Sergeant [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Sister [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1] Transport Officer and Orderly [1] Trooper [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [24] Royal Fusiliers [20] British West Indies Regiment [19] London Regiment [17] Army Service Corps [16] Royal Garrison Artillery [16] Royal Field Artillery [15] Indian Defence Force [13] Welsh Regiment [13] Machine Gun Corps [12] Royal Army Medical Corps [12] Royal Engineers [11] Gloucestershire Regiment [7] King's Royal Rifle Corps [7] Royal Army Service Corps [7] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7] South Wales Borderers [7] Cape Coloured Labour Regiment [5] Devonshire Regiment [5] Essex Regiment [5] Rifle Brigade [5] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5] West Yorkshire Regiment [5] Lancashire Fusiliers [4] Northamptonshire Regiment [4] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [4] Worcestershire Regiment [4] Canadian Mounted Rifles [3] Hampshire Regiment [3] Liverpool Regiment [3] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Defence Corps [3] 9th Army Bearer Corps [2] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Army Veterinary Corps [2] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Canadian Infantry [2] Dorsetshire Regiment [2] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] Grenadier Guards [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Nigerian Motor Transport Corps [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Royal Irish Regiment [2] Royal Lancaster Regiment [2] Tank Corps [2] West India Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [342] Canadian Expeditionary Force [44] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [36] Australian Imperial Force [34] Royal Navy [28] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [9] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [504] C [1] D [1] J [1] P [1] S [1] T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [493] Merchant Navy [14] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

Nathan Herbert William Benjamin

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 26063 Private East Surrey Regiment

More about Nathan Herbert William Benjamin
Charles David Benjamin

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 14541 Private South Lancashire Regiment 8th Battalion

British Army 14541 Private South Lancashire Regiment

More about Charles David Benjamin
Harry William Benjamin

Died 1917

British Army 29042 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

More about Harry William Benjamin
Frederick Benjamin

Died 1917

British Army 34795 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

More about Frederick Benjamin
Henry Benjamin

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 26532 Private Welsh Regiment 13th Battalion

British Army 26532 Private Welsh Regiment

More about Henry Benjamin
Philip Daniel Benjamin

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 5177 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 202444 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

More about Philip Daniel Benjamin
George Benjamin

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 29118 Private South Wales Borderers

More about George Benjamin
Alfred Benjamin

Died 1917

British Army 27537 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

More about Alfred Benjamin
Abraham Benjamin

Born 1892

Died 1914

British Army 5/9466 Private Rifle Brigade 1st Battalion

British Army 5/9466 Rifleman Rifle Brigade

More about Abraham Benjamin
Harry Simon Benjamin

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 12029 Private Norfolk Regiment

British Army 12029 Private Norfolk Regiment 7th Battalion

More about Harry Simon Benjamin
Pizer Benjamin

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 2002 Private London Regiment 17th lond Battalion

British Army 2002 Rifleman London Regiment

More about Pizer Benjamin
Walter J Benjamin

Died 1916

British Army 3234 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

More about Walter J Benjamin
James Thomas Benjamin

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army 37139 Private Somerset Light Infantry

More about James Thomas Benjamin
William W Benjamin

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 1960 Private Welsh Regiment

British Army 57210 Private Welsh Regiment

More about William W Benjamin
Percy Earle Benjamin

Born 1891

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 415679

Canadian Expeditionary Force 415679 Sergeant Canadian Mounted Rifles 5th Battalion

More about Percy Earle Benjamin
Albert Benjamin

Born 1894

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 733824

Canadian Expeditionary Force 733824 Private Canadian Infantry

More about Albert Benjamin
Harold Esty Benjamin

Born 1896

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 111031

Canadian Expeditionary Force 111031 Private Canadian Mounted Rifles 5th Battalion

More about Harold Esty Benjamin
Tobias Benjamin

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 59156

More about Tobias Benjamin
Harry Benjamin

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 93623

More about Harry Benjamin
Aubrey Benjamin

Australian Imperial Force 8819A

More about Aubrey Benjamin

Page 2 of 26

Pagination

Previous
1
2
3
4
26
Next

0 null

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