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 1011 results

Advanced search

Search

Advanced

Search field

Filters

Type

People [1011]

Stories

Communities

Place of birth

Bolton, Lancashire [5]

Blackburn, Lancashire [3]

Bolton Lancashire [3]

Bury, Lancashire [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3]

Manchester, Lancashire [3]

Wigan, Lancashire [3]

Grays, Essex [2]

Lancashire [2]

Launceston Tasmania [2]

Ormskirk, Lancashire [2]

Preston, Lancashire [2]

Salford, Lancashire [2]

Accrington, Lancashire [1]

Adelong New South Wales [1]

Aldgate South Australia [1]

Atherton, Lancashire [1]

Averley, Surrey [1]

Bacup, Lancashire [1]

Battersea, Surrey, England [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1]

Bolton, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Bromley Cross, Bolton, Lancashire [1]

Burnside South Australia [1]

Cheetham Hill, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Cherry Hinton, Cambridgeshire [1]

Chorlton Manchester Lancashire [1]

Christchurch, Hampshire [1]

Coventry, Warwickshire [1]

Deptford, London [1]

Devonport, Devon [1]

Dukinfield, Cheshire, district Ashton under Lyne [1]

Durham, Durham [1]

Ealing, London [1]

Farnworth Lancashire [1]

Farnworth, Lancashire [1]

Garstang, Lancashire [1]

Glossop, Derbyshire [1]

Halliwell, Daubhill, Lancashire [1]

Harborne, Staffordshire [1]

Hay-on-Wye [1]

Henley, Warwickshire [1]

Hereford [1]

Hereford, Herefordshire [1]

Herefordshire [1]

Higherardinck England [1]

Hindley,Wigan [1]

Hockley, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Hunnington England [1]

Kingston On Thames, Surrey [1]

Rank

Private [590]

Gunner [48]

Corporal [47]

Driver [43]

Serjeant [40]

Sapper [24]

Second Lieutenant [22]

Lance Corporal [18]

Acting Corporal [11]

Captain [10]

Pioneer [7]

Lieutenant [5]

Acting Bombardier [4]

Bombardier [4]

Rifleman [4]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Major [2]

Private /Lance Corporal [2]

Shoeing Corporal [2]

Signalman [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Armourer's Crew [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Canteener [1]

Chief Yeoman of Signals [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Farrier Serjeant [1]

Fitter Gunner [1]

Forewoman [1]

Guardsman [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Nurse [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Private Corporal [1]

Sergeant [1]

Sister [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Transport Serjeant [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Manchester Regiment [83]

Royal Field Artillery [71]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [67]

Labour Corps [65]

Royal Engineers [57]

Liverpool Regiment [43]

Army Service Corps [41]

Lancashire Fusiliers [40]

Machine Gun Corps [34]

Royal Army Medical Corps [32]

Royal Garrison Artillery [24]

South Lancashire Regiment [24]

Cheshire Regiment [19]

London Regiment [18]

Royal Fusiliers [18]

East Lancashire Regiment [16]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [16]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [13]

York and Lancaster Regiment [11]

Border Regiment [10]

Lincolnshire Regiment [10]

East Yorkshire Regiment [9]

Northumberland Fusiliers [9]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [9]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [9]

Welsh Regiment [9]

Army Ordnance Corps [8]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [8]

South Wales Borderers [8]

Durham Light Infantry [7]

Royal Army Service Corps [7]

Seaforth Highlanders [7]

Worcestershire Regiment [7]

Coldstream Guards [6]

Grenadier Guards [6]

Rifle Brigade [6]

West Riding Regiment [6]

Army Cyclist Corps [5]

East Surrey Regiment [5]

Gloucestershire Regiment [5]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [5]

Royal Air Force [5]

Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Middlesex Regiment [4]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [4]

South Staffordshire Regiment [4]

The Queen's Regiment [4]

Yorkshire Regiment [4]

1/5th Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [829]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [62]

Royal Navy [44]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [34]

Australian Imperial Force [20]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [10]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [1009]

D [2]

Contribution

Military Service [999]

Merchant Navy [5]

Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [16]

China [1]

South Africa [1]

Page 3 of 51

Pagination

Previous
1
2
3
4
5
51
Next

Type

People [1011] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Bolton, Lancashire [5] Blackburn, Lancashire [3] Bolton Lancashire [3] Bury, Lancashire [3] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3] Manchester, Lancashire [3] Wigan, Lancashire [3] Grays, Essex [2] Lancashire [2] Launceston Tasmania [2] Ormskirk, Lancashire [2] Preston, Lancashire [2] Salford, Lancashire [2] Accrington, Lancashire [1] Adelong New South Wales [1] Aldgate South Australia [1] Atherton, Lancashire [1] Averley, Surrey [1] Bacup, Lancashire [1] Battersea, Surrey, England [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1] Bolton, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Bromley Cross, Bolton, Lancashire [1] Burnside South Australia [1] Cheetham Hill, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Cherry Hinton, Cambridgeshire [1] Chorlton Manchester Lancashire [1] Christchurch, Hampshire [1] Coventry, Warwickshire [1] Deptford, London [1] Devonport, Devon [1] Dukinfield, Cheshire, district Ashton under Lyne [1] Durham, Durham [1] Ealing, London [1] Farnworth Lancashire [1] Farnworth, Lancashire [1] Garstang, Lancashire [1] Glossop, Derbyshire [1] Halliwell, Daubhill, Lancashire [1] Harborne, Staffordshire [1] Hay-on-Wye [1] Henley, Warwickshire [1] Hereford [1] Hereford, Herefordshire [1] Herefordshire [1] Higherardinck England [1] Hindley,Wigan [1] Hockley, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Hunnington England [1] Kingston On Thames, Surrey [1]

Rank

Private [590] Gunner [48] Corporal [47] Driver [43] Serjeant [40] Sapper [24] Second Lieutenant [22] Lance Corporal [18] Acting Corporal [11] Captain [10] Pioneer [7] Lieutenant [5] Acting Bombardier [4] Bombardier [4] Rifleman [4] Acting Serjeant [3] Major [2] Private /Lance Corporal [2] Shoeing Corporal [2] Signalman [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Armourer's Crew [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Canteener [1] Chief Yeoman of Signals [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Farrier Serjeant [1] Fitter Gunner [1] Forewoman [1] Guardsman [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Nurse [1] Nursing Sister [1] Private Corporal [1] Sergeant [1] Sister [1] Staff Nurse [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Temporary Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Transport Serjeant [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Manchester Regiment [83] Royal Field Artillery [71] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [67] Labour Corps [65] Royal Engineers [57] Liverpool Regiment [43] Army Service Corps [41] Lancashire Fusiliers [40] Machine Gun Corps [34] Royal Army Medical Corps [32] Royal Garrison Artillery [24] South Lancashire Regiment [24] Cheshire Regiment [19] London Regiment [18] Royal Fusiliers [18] East Lancashire Regiment [16] Royal Lancaster Regiment [16] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [13] York and Lancaster Regiment [11] Border Regiment [10] Lincolnshire Regiment [10] East Yorkshire Regiment [9] Northumberland Fusiliers [9] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [9] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [9] Welsh Regiment [9] Army Ordnance Corps [8] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [8] South Wales Borderers [8] Durham Light Infantry [7] Royal Army Service Corps [7] Seaforth Highlanders [7] Worcestershire Regiment [7] Coldstream Guards [6] Grenadier Guards [6] Rifle Brigade [6] West Riding Regiment [6] Army Cyclist Corps [5] East Surrey Regiment [5] Gloucestershire Regiment [5] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [5] Royal Air Force [5] Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Middlesex Regiment [4] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [4] South Staffordshire Regiment [4] The Queen's Regiment [4] Yorkshire Regiment [4] 1/5th Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [829] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [62] Royal Navy [44] Canadian Expeditionary Force [34] Australian Imperial Force [20] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [10] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [1009] D [2]

Contribution

Military Service [999] Merchant Navy [5] Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [16] China [1] South Africa [1]

Arthur Harold Crompton

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Border Regiment

More about Arthur Harold Crompton
Carlton J Crompton

Died 1918

British Army 15162 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 73394 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 73394 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

More about Carlton J Crompton
Herbert Crompton

Died 1917

British Army S/22235 Private Seaforth Highlanders

More about Herbert Crompton
Herbert Crompton

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 19324 Lance Corporal Liverpool Regiment

British Army 19324 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 19324 Lance Corporal The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

More about Herbert Crompton
Edward Crompton

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 45213 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

More about Edward Crompton
John H Crompton

Died 1918

British Army 265147 Private South Lancashire Regiment

British Army 28835 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

More about John H Crompton
Herbert Crompton

Born 1893

British Army 23904 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 244396 Private Labour Corps Western Command

More about Herbert Crompton
Charles Shufflebotham Crompton

Died 1917

British Army 9708 Private Honourable Artillery Company

More about Charles Shufflebotham Crompton
Fred Crompton

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 26218

More about Fred Crompton
James Crompton

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 33242

More about James Crompton
Charles Harold Crompton

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 127446

More about Charles Harold Crompton
Alfred Crompton

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 188774 Driver Royal Field Artillery

More about Alfred Crompton
Percy Charles Crompton

Died 1916

British Army 19224 Private Leicestershire Regiment

More about Percy Charles Crompton
George Crompton

Died 1918

British Army 2071 Private Royal Munster Fusiliers

More about George Crompton
Harold Crompton

Died 1916

British Army 17558 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 17558 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

More about Harold Crompton
Percival Crompton

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 652046 Private London Regiment 21st Battalion

British Army 652046 Rifleman London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles)

More about Percival Crompton
George Frederick Leonard Crompton

Born 1877

Died 1918

British Army 266094 Private South Lancashire Regiment

More about George Frederick Leonard Crompton
Harold Crompton

Died 1916

British Army 269593 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2nd/7th Bn.

More about Harold Crompton
John B Crompton

Died 1916

British Army 17326 Private Manchester Regiment 20th manchest Battalion

British Army 17326 Private Manchester Regiment

More about John B Crompton
George Wilfred Crompton

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army T4215123 Private Army Service Corps

British Army 38721 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

More about George Wilfred Crompton

Page 3 of 51

Pagination

Previous
1
2
3
4
5
51
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