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 503 results

Advanced search

Search

Advanced

Search field

Filters

Type

People [503]

Stories

Communities

Place of birth

Adelaide South Australia [5]

Bendigo Victoria [3]

Bromley, Kent [3]

Echuca Victoria [3]

Sydney New South Wales [3]

Victor Harbor South Australia [3]

Aldershot, Hampshire [2]

Ballarat Victoria [2]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

Devonport, Devon [2]

Folkestone, Kent [2]

Germansweek, Devon [2]

Glanville South Australia [2]

Margate, Kent [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

Reading, Berkshire [2]

South South Australia [2]

Tunbridge, Kent [2]

Wadebridge, Cornwall [2]

West Ham, Essex [2]

Ashton Under Lyne district [1]

Bacton, Norfolk [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Battersea, Surrey [1]

Bethnal Green, Middlesex [1]

Blackheath, Kent [1]

Bredbury, Cheshire [1]

Bristol [1]

Bromley, Hampshire [1]

Bromley, London [1]

Calstock, Cornwall [1]

Castlemaine Victoria [1]

Charles, Plymouth, Devon [1]

Chester, Cheshire [1]

Chewton Victoria [1]

Clapham, London [1]

Clitheroe, Lancashire [1]

Colac Victoria [1]

Colchester, Essex [1]

Cornwall England [1]

Dunham, Cheshire [1]

Ealing, Middlesex [1]

Falmouth, Cornwall [1]

Fulham, London [1]

Gloucester England [1]

Hause [1]

Henley, Oxfordshire [1]

Hockley, Nottinghamshire [1]

Horsham Victoria [1]

Hyde, Cheshire [1]

Rank

Private [195]

Serjeant [20]

Gunner [19]

Second Lieutenant [19]

Sapper [18]

Driver [17]

Corporal [13]

Lance Corporal [12]

Gunner Gunner [10]

Captain [7]

Lieutenant [7]

Acting Corporal [4]

Pioneer [4]

Rifleman [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Bombardier [2]

Sergeant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Chief Stoker [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Army Schoolmaster [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Bearer [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer, 1st Class [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Company Serjeant Major/Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1]

Corporal Serjeant [1]

Driver/Wheeler [1]

Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Engineer Commander [1]

Farrier Serjeant [1]

Forewoman [1]

Gunner Gunner Gunner [1]

Leading Aircraftsman [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Major [1]

Ordinary Signalman [1]

Petty Officer 1st Class [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Saddler [1]

Signalman [1]

Staff Serjeant Wheeler [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [33]

Royal Engineers [31]

London Regiment [29]

Army Service Corps [28]

Labour Corps [25]

Royal Garrison Artillery [15]

Middlesex Regiment [13]

Royal Army Medical Corps [12]

Machine Gun Corps [11]

Royal Fusiliers [10]

Devonshire Regiment [9]

Essex Regiment [9]

East Surrey Regiment [8]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [6]

Dorsetshire Regiment [5]

Gloucestershire Regiment [5]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [5]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [5]

Somerset Light Infantry [5]

Welsh Regiment [5]

Hampshire Regiment [4]

Honourable Artillery Company [4]

Lincolnshire Regiment [4]

Royal Army Service Corps [4]

Royal Naval Division [4]

Royal West Kent Regiment [4]

The Queen's Regiment [4]

East Kent Regiment [3]

East Lancashire Regiment [3]

Lancashire Fusiliers [3]

Liverpool Regiment [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

Suffolk Regiment [3]

Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Border Regiment [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Coldstream Guards [2]

Corps of Army Schoolmasters [2]

Corps of Hussars [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

Hertfordshire Regiment [2]

London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [2]

Service

British Army [336]

Royal Navy [53]

Australian Imperial Force [47]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [35]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [14]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6]

Last name first letter

C [500]

S [3]

Contribution

Military Service [491]

Merchant Navy [5]

Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [16]

Australia [1]

Page 1 of 26

Pagination

1
2
3
26
Next

Type

People [503] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Adelaide South Australia [5] Bendigo Victoria [3] Bromley, Kent [3] Echuca Victoria [3] Sydney New South Wales [3] Victor Harbor South Australia [3] Aldershot, Hampshire [2] Ballarat Victoria [2] Brisbane Queensland [2] Devonport, Devon [2] Folkestone, Kent [2] Germansweek, Devon [2] Glanville South Australia [2] Margate, Kent [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] Reading, Berkshire [2] South South Australia [2] Tunbridge, Kent [2] Wadebridge, Cornwall [2] West Ham, Essex [2] Ashton Under Lyne district [1] Bacton, Norfolk [1] Battersea, London [1] Battersea, Surrey [1] Bethnal Green, Middlesex [1] Blackheath, Kent [1] Bredbury, Cheshire [1] Bristol [1] Bromley, Hampshire [1] Bromley, London [1] Calstock, Cornwall [1] Castlemaine Victoria [1] Charles, Plymouth, Devon [1] Chester, Cheshire [1] Chewton Victoria [1] Clapham, London [1] Clitheroe, Lancashire [1] Colac Victoria [1] Colchester, Essex [1] Cornwall England [1] Dunham, Cheshire [1] Ealing, Middlesex [1] Falmouth, Cornwall [1] Fulham, London [1] Gloucester England [1] Hause [1] Henley, Oxfordshire [1] Hockley, Nottinghamshire [1] Horsham Victoria [1] Hyde, Cheshire [1]

Rank

Private [195] Serjeant [20] Gunner [19] Second Lieutenant [19] Sapper [18] Driver [17] Corporal [13] Lance Corporal [12] Gunner Gunner [10] Captain [7] Lieutenant [7] Acting Corporal [4] Pioneer [4] Rifleman [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Able Seaman [2] Bombardier [2] Sergeant [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Acting Captain [1] Acting Chief Stoker [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Army Schoolmaster [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Bearer [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer, 1st Class [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Company Serjeant Major/Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1] Corporal Serjeant [1] Driver/Wheeler [1] Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Engineer Commander [1] Farrier Serjeant [1] Forewoman [1] Gunner Gunner Gunner [1] Leading Aircraftsman [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Major [1] Ordinary Signalman [1] Petty Officer 1st Class [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Saddler [1] Signalman [1] Staff Serjeant Wheeler [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [33] Royal Engineers [31] London Regiment [29] Army Service Corps [28] Labour Corps [25] Royal Garrison Artillery [15] Middlesex Regiment [13] Royal Army Medical Corps [12] Machine Gun Corps [11] Royal Fusiliers [10] Devonshire Regiment [9] Essex Regiment [9] East Surrey Regiment [8] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [6] Dorsetshire Regiment [5] Gloucestershire Regiment [5] King's Royal Rifle Corps [5] Royal Berkshire Regiment [5] Somerset Light Infantry [5] Welsh Regiment [5] Hampshire Regiment [4] Honourable Artillery Company [4] Lincolnshire Regiment [4] Royal Army Service Corps [4] Royal Naval Division [4] Royal West Kent Regiment [4] The Queen's Regiment [4] East Kent Regiment [3] East Lancashire Regiment [3] Lancashire Fusiliers [3] Liverpool Regiment [3] Manchester Regiment [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3] Suffolk Regiment [3] Yorkshire Regiment [3] Army Cyclist Corps [2] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Army Veterinary Corps [2] Australian Imperial Force [2] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Border Regiment [2] Canadian Infantry [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] Coldstream Guards [2] Corps of Army Schoolmasters [2] Corps of Hussars [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] Hertfordshire Regiment [2] London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [2]

Service

British Army [336] Royal Navy [53] Australian Imperial Force [47] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [35] Canadian Expeditionary Force [14] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6]

Last name first letter

C [500] S [3]

Contribution

Military Service [491] Merchant Navy [5] Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [16] Australia [1]

Harold Reginald Cocks

Born 1895

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 3281 Corporal 11th Brigade 42nd Battalion

Australian Imperial Force 3281 Sergeant 11th Brigade 42nd Battalion

More about Harold Reginald Cocks
Claude Augustus Cocks

Born 1885

Australian Imperial Force 2785 Private Australian Infantry 42nd Battalion

Australian Imperial Force 2785 Private Machine Gun Corps 3rd Battalion

More about Claude Augustus Cocks
Reginald Somers Cocks

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 938 Private West Somerset Yeomanry

British Army 1214 Private West Somerset Yeomanry

British Army Second Lieutenant General List

…

More about Reginald Somers Cocks
Harry Goliath Cocks

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 20245

More about Harry Goliath Cocks
Sidney William Cocks

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 253300

More about Sidney William Cocks
William Henry Cocks

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 297357

More about William Henry Cocks
Ernest Alfred Cocks

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 58816

More about Ernest Alfred Cocks
James Cocks

British Army 149109 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

More about James Cocks
Leonard Henry Cocks

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 536625 Private London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

British Army 50513 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 10th Battalion

More about Leonard Henry Cocks
George Cocks

Born 1875

Died 1918

British Army 6281 Warrant Officer Class 2 Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 50500 Warrant Officer Class 2 Essex Regiment

British Army 50500 Company Serjeant Major Essex Regiment

More about George Cocks
William Cocks

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army M/320161 Private Royal Army Service Corps

British Army M/320161 Private Army Service Corps

More about William Cocks
John Cocks

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 81273

More about John Cocks
Ernest Cocks

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 51959

More about Ernest Cocks
George Henry Cocks

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 121674

More about George Henry Cocks
Harold Hornsby Cocks

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 391150 Private London Regiment 9th lond Battalion

British Army 391150 Rifleman London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles)

British Army 3848 Rifleman London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifes) 9th Battalion

More about Harold Hornsby Cocks
Albert Cocks

Born 1877

Died 1915

Canadian Expeditionary Force 75 Private Canadian Engineers 75 Signal Coy.

More about Albert Cocks
Hugh John Cocks

Born 1894

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 57163

Canadian Expeditionary Force 57163 Sergeant Canadian Infantry

More about Hugh John Cocks
John William Cocks

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 87228

More about John William Cocks
Edward Louis Cocks

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 519 Lance Corporal Army Cyclist Corps

British Army 519 Private Army Cyclist Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Duke Of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) 17th Battalion

More about Edward Louis Cocks
John Cocks

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 120030 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 120030 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

More about John Cocks

Page 1 of 26

Pagination

1
2
3
26
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