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 2166 results

Advanced search

Search

Advanced

Search field

Filters

Type

People [2166]

Stories

Communities

Place of birth

Sydney New South Wales [24]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [16]

Melbourne Victoria [9]

Ballarat Victoria [8]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [8]

Brisbane Queensland [7]

Glasgow Scotland [7]

Bendigo Victoria [5]

Adelaide South Australia [4]

Belfast, Antrim [4]

Geelong Victoria [4]

Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland [4]

Beaufort Victoria [3]

Gisborne Victoria [3]

Gympie Queensland [3]

Airdrie Scotland [2]

Arva, Cavan [2]

Battersea, London [2]

Boness Linlithgow [2]

Brenish, Uig [2]

Callander, Perthshire [2]

Clare South Australia [2]

Dublin [2]

Dunfermline, Fifeshire [2]

Dungarvan, Waterford [2]

Edinburgh Scotland [2]

Glasgow [2]

Grafton New South Wales [2]

Greenock, Renfrewshire [2]

Haggs, Stirlingshire [2]

Horsham Victoria [2]

Invercargill [2]

Kensington Victoria [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Milford [2]

Newcastle New South Wales [2]

Newcastle, Northumberland [2]

Ramsgate, Kent [2]

Walhalla Victoria [2]

Yarrawonga Victoria [2]

Abbottabad, Bengal [1]

Addiwell Scotland [1]

Albion Queensland [1]

Albury New South Wales [1]

Aldershot [1]

Alexandria, Dumbartonshire [1]

Alexandria, Dunbartonshire [1]

Allansford Victoria [1]

Altrincham, Cheshire [1]

Rank

Private [773]

Serjeant [90]

Second Lieutenant [88]

Corporal [74]

Gunner [66]

Captain [64]

Driver [53]

Sapper [49]

Lieutenant [35]

Lance Corporal [34]

Major [19]

Acting Corporal [12]

Acting Serjeant [12]

Pioneer [12]

Lieutenant Colonel [11]

Bombardier [8]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [8]

Staff Nurse [7]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [6]

Lance Serjeant [5]

Lieutenant Commander [5]

Seaman [5]

Temporary Lieutenant [5]

Able Seaman [4]

Acting Bombardier [4]

Brigadier General [4]

Colour Serjeant [4]

Commander [4]

Nursing Sister [4]

Staff Serjeant [4]

Temporary Captain [4]

Acting Lance Corporal [3]

Company Sergeant Major [3]

Nurse [3]

Rifleman [3]

Sister [3]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [3]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [2]

Acting Major [2]

Captain /Temporary Major [2]

Captain Acting Major [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Private Acting Corporal [2]

Private Lance Corporal [2]

Unit

Highland Light Infantry [98]

Royal Engineers [93]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [87]

Royal Field Artillery [83]

Labour Corps [73]

Army Service Corps [67]

Scottish Rifles [64]

Royal Army Medical Corps [63]

Royal Scots [49]

Seaforth Highlanders [45]

Royal Garrison Artillery [44]

Royal Highlanders [44]

Cameron Highlanders [41]

Machine Gun Corps [41]

Gordon Highlanders [36]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [36]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [33]

London Regiment [26]

Royal Naval Division [26]

Canadian Infantry [25]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [22]

Royal Irish Rifles [21]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [20]

British West Indies Regiment [16]

Royal Fusiliers [16]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [15]

Border Regiment [11]

Royal West Kent Regiment [11]

Scots Guards [11]

Army Ordnance Corps [10]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [10]

Royal Naval Reserve [10]

Cheshire Regiment [8]

Northumberland Fusiliers [8]

Royal Army Service Corps [8]

Tank Corps [8]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [7]

Durham Light Infantry [7]

Royal Flying Corps [7]

York and Lancaster Regiment [7]

Indian Army Reserve of Officers [6]

Lancashire Fusiliers [6]

Middlesex Regiment [6]

North Irish Horse [6]

Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [6]

East Surrey Regiment [5]

French Red Cross [5]

Manchester Regiment [5]

Staff [5]

Young Mens Christian Association [5]

Service

British Army [1330]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [298]

Australian Imperial Force [191]

Royal Navy [121]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [95]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [61]

Other Empire Force [4]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [2163]

C [1]

F [1]

P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2099]

Merchant Navy [52]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [41]

Page 1 of 109

Pagination

1
2
3
109
Next

Type

People [2166] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Sydney New South Wales [24] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [16] Melbourne Victoria [9] Ballarat Victoria [8] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [8] Brisbane Queensland [7] Glasgow Scotland [7] Bendigo Victoria [5] Adelaide South Australia [4] Belfast, Antrim [4] Geelong Victoria [4] Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland [4] Beaufort Victoria [3] Gisborne Victoria [3] Gympie Queensland [3] Airdrie Scotland [2] Arva, Cavan [2] Battersea, London [2] Boness Linlithgow [2] Brenish, Uig [2] Callander, Perthshire [2] Clare South Australia [2] Dublin [2] Dunfermline, Fifeshire [2] Dungarvan, Waterford [2] Edinburgh Scotland [2] Glasgow [2] Grafton New South Wales [2] Greenock, Renfrewshire [2] Haggs, Stirlingshire [2] Horsham Victoria [2] Invercargill [2] Kensington Victoria [2] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Milford [2] Newcastle New South Wales [2] Newcastle, Northumberland [2] Ramsgate, Kent [2] Walhalla Victoria [2] Yarrawonga Victoria [2] Abbottabad, Bengal [1] Addiwell Scotland [1] Albion Queensland [1] Albury New South Wales [1] Aldershot [1] Alexandria, Dumbartonshire [1] Alexandria, Dunbartonshire [1] Allansford Victoria [1] Altrincham, Cheshire [1]

Rank

Private [773] Serjeant [90] Second Lieutenant [88] Corporal [74] Gunner [66] Captain [64] Driver [53] Sapper [49] Lieutenant [35] Lance Corporal [34] Major [19] Acting Corporal [12] Acting Serjeant [12] Pioneer [12] Lieutenant Colonel [11] Bombardier [8] Warrant Officer Class 2 [8] Staff Nurse [7] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [6] Lance Serjeant [5] Lieutenant Commander [5] Seaman [5] Temporary Lieutenant [5] Able Seaman [4] Acting Bombardier [4] Brigadier General [4] Colour Serjeant [4] Commander [4] Nursing Sister [4] Staff Serjeant [4] Temporary Captain [4] Acting Lance Corporal [3] Company Sergeant Major [3] Nurse [3] Rifleman [3] Sister [3] Temporary Second Lieutenant [3] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Acting Company Serjeant Major [2] Acting Major [2] Captain /Temporary Major [2] Captain Acting Major [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Corporal Acting Serjeant [2] Deck Hand [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Private Acting Corporal [2] Private Lance Corporal [2]

Unit

Highland Light Infantry [98] Royal Engineers [93] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [87] Royal Field Artillery [83] Labour Corps [73] Army Service Corps [67] Scottish Rifles [64] Royal Army Medical Corps [63] Royal Scots [49] Seaforth Highlanders [45] Royal Garrison Artillery [44] Royal Highlanders [44] Cameron Highlanders [41] Machine Gun Corps [41] Gordon Highlanders [36] Royal Scots Fusiliers [36] King's Own Scottish Borderers [33] London Regiment [26] Royal Naval Division [26] Canadian Infantry [25] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [22] Royal Irish Rifles [21] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [20] British West Indies Regiment [16] Royal Fusiliers [16] King's Royal Rifle Corps [15] Border Regiment [11] Royal West Kent Regiment [11] Scots Guards [11] Army Ordnance Corps [10] Royal Irish Fusiliers [10] Royal Naval Reserve [10] Cheshire Regiment [8] Northumberland Fusiliers [8] Royal Army Service Corps [8] Tank Corps [8] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [7] Durham Light Infantry [7] Royal Flying Corps [7] York and Lancaster Regiment [7] Indian Army Reserve of Officers [6] Lancashire Fusiliers [6] Middlesex Regiment [6] North Irish Horse [6] Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [6] East Surrey Regiment [5] French Red Cross [5] Manchester Regiment [5] Staff [5] Young Mens Christian Association [5]

Service

British Army [1330] Canadian Expeditionary Force [298] Australian Imperial Force [191] Royal Navy [121] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [95] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [61] Other Empire Force [4] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [2163] C [1] F [1] P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2099] Merchant Navy [52] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [41]

George Buchanan

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 16357 Private 2nd Cameron Highlanders

British Army 16357 Private Cameron Highlanders 8th Battalion

British Army 16357 Private Cameron Highlanders 3rd Battalion

…

More about George Buchanan
Claude Gray Buchanan

Born 1878

Died 1914

British Army Second Lieutenant Hampshire Regiment

Indian Army Captain 35th Sikhs, attached 2/8th Gurkha Rifles

More about Claude Gray Buchanan
Robert Buchanan

Born 1880

Died 1918

British Army S/6395 Private Seaforth Highlanders 1st Battalion

More about Robert Buchanan
James Nathaniel Buchanan

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army 6797 Guardsman Scots Guards

British Army 6797 Private Scots Guards 1st Battalion

More about James Nathaniel Buchanan
James Buchanan

Born 1891

Died 1954

British Army 124583 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

More about James Buchanan
Robert Buchanan

Born 1879

Died 1918

British Army 203581 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army 260010 Private Hampshire Regiment 2nd/5th Battalion

More about Robert Buchanan
Herbert Ronald Vivian Buchanan

Born 1895

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 910937

Canadian Expeditionary Force 910937 Private Canadian Infantry

More about Herbert Ronald Vivian Buchanan
Alan Buchanan

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army 3186 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 10th Battalion

British Army 3186 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

More about Alan Buchanan
William Archibald Buchanan

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Connaught Rangers 1st Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Connaught Rangers

British Army Lieutenant Connaught Rangers attd. Royal Flying Corps

…

More about William Archibald Buchanan
Alfred Henry Buchanan

Born 1889

Died 1927

British Army 44425 Private Royal Fusiliers 5th Battalion

British Army 580875 Private Labour Corps

More about Alfred Henry Buchanan
George Buchanan

Died 1915

British Army 7106 Private Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

More about George Buchanan
Duncan Allan Buchanan

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 1837 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

More about Duncan Allan Buchanan
James Buchanan

Died 1918

British Army 240751 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 6th Battalion

British Army 3423 Private Scottish Rifles 6th Battalion

British Army 3423 Private Scottish Rifles 6th Battalion

…

More about James Buchanan
James Herbert Buchanan

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Irish Fusiliers

British Army Second Lieutenant Attached Leinster Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Royal Irish Fusiliers

More about James Herbert Buchanan
Gavin Buchanan

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army S/7265 Private Gordon Highlanders

More about Gavin Buchanan
Aaron Buchanan

Died 1917

British Army 5890 Private West India Regiment 2nd Battalion

More about Aaron Buchanan
William Moore Buchanan

Born 1865

Died 1919

Royal Navy Lieutenant (Temporary) Royal Naval Reserve

Other Empire Force Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy)

Royal Navy Lieutenant Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "President"

More about William Moore Buchanan
John Buchanan

Born 1872

Died 1917

British Army TS/6418 Acting Corporal Army Service Corps

British Army TS/6418 Corporal Army Service Corps

More about John Buchanan
Thomas Buchanan

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 92041

More about Thomas Buchanan
James Buchanan

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 305914

More about James Buchanan

Page 1 of 109

Pagination

1
2
3
109
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