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 1809 results

Advanced search

Search

Advanced

Search field

Filters

Type

People [1809]

Stories

Communities

Place of birth

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [11]

Melbourne Victoria [10]

London England [6]

London, Middlesex, England [6]

Sydney New South Wales [6]

Wicklow [6]

Adelaide South Australia [3]

Ballarat Victoria [3]

Berry New South Wales [3]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [3]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [3]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [3]

Launceston Tasmania [3]

Maidstone, Kent [3]

Queenstown, Cork [3]

Richmond Victoria [3]

Toowoomba Queensland [3]

Adelong New South Wales [2]

Aghada, Cork [2]

Albany Western Australia [2]

Avoca Tasmania [2]

Ayr, Ayrshire [2]

Belfast, Antrim [2]

Blackburn England [2]

Blackburn, Lancashire [2]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

Bury, Lancashire [2]

Camperdown New South Wales [2]

Cork [2]

Derby [2]

Eaglehawk Victoria [2]

Exeter, Devon [2]

Hamilton Victoria [2]

Kilrush, Clare [2]

Limerick [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

Manchester [2]

Manchester, Lancashire [2]

Mitta Mitta Victoria [2]

Newcastle, Northumberland [2]

Paddington, London [2]

Port Augusta South Australia [2]

Queenstown, Lancashire, England [2]

Tottenham, London [2]

Wigan, Lancashire [2]

Accrington, Lancashire [1]

Albany, Western Australia [1]

Arklow, County Wicklow [1]

Ashford, Kent [1]

Auckland NZ [1]

Rank

Private [924]

Gunner [77]

Driver [71]

Corporal [65]

Serjeant [48]

Sapper [38]

Lance Corporal [32]

Second Lieutenant [20]

Acting Corporal [19]

Pioneer [13]

Major [10]

Captain [9]

Lieutenant [9]

Bombardier [8]

Sister [6]

Acting Bombardier [4]

Company Serjeant Major [4]

Lance Serjeant [4]

Worker [4]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Battery Serjeant Major [3]

Rifleman [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Fusilier [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Private Acting Serjeant [2]

Quarter Master and Honorary Lieutenant [2]

Sergeant [2]

Serjeant Acting Company Serjeant Major [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

2nd Class Acting Serjeant Major [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Gunner [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Acting Major and Quarter Master [1]

Acting Sister [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Captain and Adjutant [1]

Colonel [1]

Commissioned Gunner [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Doctor [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [125]

Royal Field Artillery [103]

Royal Engineers [82]

Army Service Corps [75]

Royal Army Medical Corps [57]

Royal Garrison Artillery [43]

Machine Gun Corps [38]

Royal Irish Regiment [35]

Lancashire Fusiliers [32]

Manchester Regiment [32]

Northumberland Fusiliers [31]

Royal Fusiliers [31]

Liverpool Regiment [30]

London Regiment [29]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [29]

Durham Light Infantry [26]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [26]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [25]

Yorkshire Regiment [25]

Cheshire Regiment [22]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [22]

Highland Light Infantry [19]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [18]

Royal Scots [18]

East Lancashire Regiment [17]

Connaught Rangers [16]

Royal Irish Rifles [16]

Middlesex Regiment [15]

South Lancashire Regiment [15]

York and Lancaster Regiment [14]

Irish Guards [13]

Scottish Rifles [13]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [11]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [11]

Leinster Regiment [11]

Rifle Brigade [11]

Royal Army Service Corps [11]

Royal Naval Division [11]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [11]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [11]

Tank Corps [11]

Canadian Infantry [10]

Hampshire Regiment [10]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [10]

Lincolnshire Regiment [10]

Royal Defence Corps [10]

Royal Highlanders [10]

Border Regiment [9]

Cameron Highlanders [9]

Essex Regiment [9]

Service

British Army [1292]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [143]

Royal Navy [121]

Australian Imperial Force [103]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [68]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [22]

Other Empire Force [5]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

C [1804]

J [2]

D [1]

O [1]

W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1747]

Merchant Navy [54]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [28]

Page 2 of 91

Pagination

Previous
1
2
3
4
91
Next

Type

People [1809] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [11] Melbourne Victoria [10] London England [6] London, Middlesex, England [6] Sydney New South Wales [6] Wicklow [6] Adelaide South Australia [3] Ballarat Victoria [3] Berry New South Wales [3] Birkenhead, Cheshire [3] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [3] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [3] Launceston Tasmania [3] Maidstone, Kent [3] Queenstown, Cork [3] Richmond Victoria [3] Toowoomba Queensland [3] Adelong New South Wales [2] Aghada, Cork [2] Albany Western Australia [2] Avoca Tasmania [2] Ayr, Ayrshire [2] Belfast, Antrim [2] Blackburn England [2] Blackburn, Lancashire [2] Brisbane Queensland [2] Bury, Lancashire [2] Camperdown New South Wales [2] Cork [2] Derby [2] Eaglehawk Victoria [2] Exeter, Devon [2] Hamilton Victoria [2] Kilrush, Clare [2] Limerick [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] Manchester [2] Manchester, Lancashire [2] Mitta Mitta Victoria [2] Newcastle, Northumberland [2] Paddington, London [2] Port Augusta South Australia [2] Queenstown, Lancashire, England [2] Tottenham, London [2] Wigan, Lancashire [2] Accrington, Lancashire [1] Albany, Western Australia [1] Arklow, County Wicklow [1] Ashford, Kent [1] Auckland NZ [1]

Rank

Private [924] Gunner [77] Driver [71] Corporal [65] Serjeant [48] Sapper [38] Lance Corporal [32] Second Lieutenant [20] Acting Corporal [19] Pioneer [13] Major [10] Captain [9] Lieutenant [9] Bombardier [8] Sister [6] Acting Bombardier [4] Company Serjeant Major [4] Lance Serjeant [4] Worker [4] Acting Serjeant [3] Battery Serjeant Major [3] Rifleman [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Boy 1st Class [2] Fusilier [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Private Acting Lance Corporal [2] Private Acting Serjeant [2] Quarter Master and Honorary Lieutenant [2] Sergeant [2] Serjeant Acting Company Serjeant Major [2] Temporary Captain [2] 2nd Class Acting Serjeant Major [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Gunner [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Acting Major and Quarter Master [1] Acting Sister [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Captain and Adjutant [1] Colonel [1] Commissioned Gunner [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Doctor [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [125] Royal Field Artillery [103] Royal Engineers [82] Army Service Corps [75] Royal Army Medical Corps [57] Royal Garrison Artillery [43] Machine Gun Corps [38] Royal Irish Regiment [35] Lancashire Fusiliers [32] Manchester Regiment [32] Northumberland Fusiliers [31] Royal Fusiliers [31] Liverpool Regiment [30] London Regiment [29] Royal Irish Fusiliers [29] Durham Light Infantry [26] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [26] Royal Munster Fusiliers [25] Yorkshire Regiment [25] Cheshire Regiment [22] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [22] Highland Light Infantry [19] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [18] Royal Scots [18] East Lancashire Regiment [17] Connaught Rangers [16] Royal Irish Rifles [16] Middlesex Regiment [15] South Lancashire Regiment [15] York and Lancaster Regiment [14] Irish Guards [13] Scottish Rifles [13] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [11] King's Royal Rifle Corps [11] Leinster Regiment [11] Rifle Brigade [11] Royal Army Service Corps [11] Royal Naval Division [11] Royal Scots Fusiliers [11] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [11] Tank Corps [11] Canadian Infantry [10] Hampshire Regiment [10] King's Own Scottish Borderers [10] Lincolnshire Regiment [10] Royal Defence Corps [10] Royal Highlanders [10] Border Regiment [9] Cameron Highlanders [9] Essex Regiment [9]

Service

British Army [1292] Canadian Expeditionary Force [143] Royal Navy [121] Australian Imperial Force [103] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [68] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [22] Other Empire Force [5] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

C [1804] J [2] D [1] O [1] W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1747] Merchant Navy [54] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [28]

John Steele Conway

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 253557

More about John Steele Conway
John Henry Conway

Born 1876

Died 1915

British Army 4069 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 9th Battalion

More about John Henry Conway
Thomas Conway

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 73288

More about Thomas Conway
Patrick Conway

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 294473

More about Patrick Conway
James Conway

Died 1915

British Army 10001 Corporal Royal Irish Regiment

British Army 10001 Serjeant Royal Irish Regiment

More about James Conway
Arthur Gibson Conway

Born 1898

Died 1962

British Army 35620 Private Border Regiment

British Army 91660 Private Royal Defence Corps

More about Arthur Gibson Conway
James Conway

Died 1917

British Army 5964 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

British Army 303164 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

More about James Conway
William Conway

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 60405 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 60405 Acting Bombardier Royal Garrison Artillery

More about William Conway
Tom Conway

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 268630

More about Tom Conway
Edward Conway

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 8241 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 49399 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 49399 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

More about Edward Conway
George Conway

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 221272

More about George Conway
James Conway

Died 1915

British Army 713 Fusilier Royal Welsh Fusiliers 1/5th Battalion

More about James Conway
Frankish Vincent Conway

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 202226

More about Frankish Vincent Conway
Arthur Conway

British Army 290756 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

British Army 2714 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 7th (Fife) Battalion (Territorial Force)

British Army 2714 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 1/7th (Fife) Battalion (Territorial Force)

More about Arthur Conway
Percy Claude Conway

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 312433

More about Percy Claude Conway
Jesse Edward Conway

Born 1890

Died 1960

British Army G/12716 Private The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 9th Battalion

British Army 33121 Private Yorkshire Regiment 4th Reserve Battalion

British Army 58354 Private York and Lancaster Regiment 2/4th Battalion

…

More about Jesse Edward Conway
Edward Conway

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 113503

More about Edward Conway
Francis James Conway

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 10520 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

More about Francis James Conway
Peter Conway

Died 1916

British Army 12219 Private Cheshire Regiment

More about Peter Conway
Andrew Conway

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 30457 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 50587 Private Cheshire Regiment

More about Andrew Conway

Page 2 of 91

Pagination

Previous
1
2
3
4
91
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