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 8199 results

Advanced search

Search

Advanced

Search field

Filters

Type

People [8199]

Stories

Communities

Place of birth

Sydney New South Wales [34]

Melbourne Victoria [29]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [17]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [15]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [15]

Brisbane Queensland [14]

London, Middlesex, England [13]

Liverpool, Lancashire [11]

London England [11]

Ballarat Victoria [9]

Edinburgh [9]

Southampton, Hampshire [9]

Aberdeen [8]

Adelaide South Australia [8]

Edinburgh, Midlothian [8]

Waterford [8]

Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [7]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [7]

Goulburn New South Wales [7]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [7]

Glasgow Scotland [6]

London, Middlesex [6]

Bendigo Victoria [5]

Wyndham New South Wales [5]

Fareham, Hampshire [4]

Oxford, Oxfordshire [4]

Armagh [3]

Banff, Banffshire, Scotland [3]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [3]

Chelsea, London [3]

Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, England [3]

Geelong Victoria [3]

Govan, Glasgow, Lanarkshire [3]

Hobart Tasmania [3]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [3]

Inverness Scotland [3]

Liverpool England [3]

Longwood Victoria [3]

Newcastle, Northumberland [3]

Perth Western Australia [3]

Plymouth, Devon [3]

Portsea, Hampshire [3]

Scotland [3]

Skye Scotland [3]

Wellington [3]

York [3]

Aberdeenshire [2]

Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [2]

Auckland [2]

Bacchus Marsh Victoria [2]

Rank

Private [3411]

Gunner [357]

Serjeant [297]

Corporal [280]

Driver [232]

Second Lieutenant [197]

Sapper [189]

Lieutenant [169]

Captain [166]

Lance Corporal [156]

Acting Corporal [69]

Major [53]

Acting Serjeant [46]

Pioneer [46]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [34]

Lieutenant Colonel [30]

Bombardier [29]

Lance Serjeant [29]

Staff Serjeant [25]

Company Serjeant Major [22]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [20]

Colour Serjeant [17]

Temporary Captain [14]

Rifleman [13]

Battery Serjeant Major [12]

Able Seaman [11]

Worker [11]

Temporary Lieutenant [10]

Commander [9]

Sister [9]

Trooper [9]

Acting Bombardier [8]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [8]

Nurse [8]

Private /Lance Corporal [8]

Staff Nurse [8]

Drummer [7]

Guardsman [7]

Lieutenant Commander [7]

Nursing Sister [7]

Ordinary Seaman [7]

Reverend [7]

Shoeing Smith [6]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [6]

Deck Hand [5]

Sergeant [5]

Stoker 1st Class [5]

Acting Colour Serjeant [4]

Acting Lance Corporal [4]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Unit

Royal Engineers [402]

Royal Field Artillery [375]

Labour Corps [340]

Army Service Corps [320]

Seaforth Highlanders [277]

Royal Garrison Artillery [206]

Gordon Highlanders [200]

Cameron Highlanders [186]

Royal Army Medical Corps [178]

Royal Scots [162]

London Regiment [154]

Machine Gun Corps [151]

Highland Light Infantry [127]

Royal Highlanders [112]

British West Indies Regiment [110]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [100]

Royal Fusiliers [86]

Canadian Infantry [77]

Northumberland Fusiliers [77]

Scottish Rifles [74]

Hampshire Regiment [71]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [69]

The Gordon Highlanders [68]

Royal Army Service Corps [66]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [63]

Royal Naval Division [62]

Devonshire Regiment [60]

Durham Light Infantry [57]

Middlesex Regiment [51]

West Yorkshire Regiment [47]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [45]

Rifle Brigade [45]

Somerset Light Infantry [45]

Essex Regiment [43]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [42]

Welsh Regiment [41]

Yorkshire Regiment [40]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [39]

East Surrey Regiment [38]

The Queen's Regiment [38]

Manchester Regiment [37]

Army Ordnance Corps [36]

Leicestershire Regiment [36]

Royal Horse Artillery [36]

Royal Sussex Regiment [36]

Wiltshire Regiment [36]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [32]

Lincolnshire Regiment [31]

Liverpool Regiment [31]

Scots Guards [31]

Service

British Army [5499]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [918]

Royal Navy [500]

Australian Imperial Force [472]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [386]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [159]

Other Empire Force [22]

Indian Army [8]

South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

G [8179]

M [4]

F [3]

S [3]

H [2]

L [2]

W [2]

A [1]

C [1]

O [1]

T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [7945]

Merchant Navy [193]

Conscientious Objector [18]

Country

United Kingdom [165]

Canada [7]

Australia [3]

France [3]

India [2]

Ireland [2]

Jamaica [2]

New Zealand [2]

Trinidad and Tobago [2]

Yemen [2]

Barbados [1]

Cuba [1]

Jersey [1]

Page 3 of 410

Pagination

Previous
1
2
3
4
5
410
Next

Type

People [8199] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Sydney New South Wales [34] Melbourne Victoria [29] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [17] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [15] Portsmouth, Hampshire [15] Brisbane Queensland [14] London, Middlesex, England [13] Liverpool, Lancashire [11] London England [11] Ballarat Victoria [9] Edinburgh [9] Southampton, Hampshire [9] Aberdeen [8] Adelaide South Australia [8] Edinburgh, Midlothian [8] Waterford [8] Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [7] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [7] Goulburn New South Wales [7] Southampton, Hampshire, England [7] Glasgow Scotland [6] London, Middlesex [6] Bendigo Victoria [5] Wyndham New South Wales [5] Fareham, Hampshire [4] Oxford, Oxfordshire [4] Armagh [3] Banff, Banffshire, Scotland [3] Bristol, Gloucestershire [3] Chelsea, London [3] Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, England [3] Geelong Victoria [3] Govan, Glasgow, Lanarkshire [3] Hobart Tasmania [3] Hull, Yorkshire, England [3] Inverness Scotland [3] Liverpool England [3] Longwood Victoria [3] Newcastle, Northumberland [3] Perth Western Australia [3] Plymouth, Devon [3] Portsea, Hampshire [3] Scotland [3] Skye Scotland [3] Wellington [3] York [3] Aberdeenshire [2] Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [2] Auckland [2] Bacchus Marsh Victoria [2]

Rank

Private [3411] Gunner [357] Serjeant [297] Corporal [280] Driver [232] Second Lieutenant [197] Sapper [189] Lieutenant [169] Captain [166] Lance Corporal [156] Acting Corporal [69] Major [53] Acting Serjeant [46] Pioneer [46] Warrant Officer Class 2 [34] Lieutenant Colonel [30] Bombardier [29] Lance Serjeant [29] Staff Serjeant [25] Company Serjeant Major [22] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [20] Colour Serjeant [17] Temporary Captain [14] Rifleman [13] Battery Serjeant Major [12] Able Seaman [11] Worker [11] Temporary Lieutenant [10] Commander [9] Sister [9] Trooper [9] Acting Bombardier [8] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [8] Nurse [8] Private /Lance Corporal [8] Staff Nurse [8] Drummer [7] Guardsman [7] Lieutenant Commander [7] Nursing Sister [7] Ordinary Seaman [7] Reverend [7] Shoeing Smith [6] Temporary Second Lieutenant [6] Deck Hand [5] Sergeant [5] Stoker 1st Class [5] Acting Colour Serjeant [4] Acting Lance Corporal [4] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Unit

Royal Engineers [402] Royal Field Artillery [375] Labour Corps [340] Army Service Corps [320] Seaforth Highlanders [277] Royal Garrison Artillery [206] Gordon Highlanders [200] Cameron Highlanders [186] Royal Army Medical Corps [178] Royal Scots [162] London Regiment [154] Machine Gun Corps [151] Highland Light Infantry [127] Royal Highlanders [112] British West Indies Regiment [110] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [100] Royal Fusiliers [86] Canadian Infantry [77] Northumberland Fusiliers [77] Scottish Rifles [74] Hampshire Regiment [71] Royal Scots Fusiliers [69] The Gordon Highlanders [68] Royal Army Service Corps [66] King's Own Scottish Borderers [63] Royal Naval Division [62] Devonshire Regiment [60] Durham Light Infantry [57] Middlesex Regiment [51] West Yorkshire Regiment [47] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [45] Rifle Brigade [45] Somerset Light Infantry [45] Essex Regiment [43] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [42] Welsh Regiment [41] Yorkshire Regiment [40] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [39] East Surrey Regiment [38] The Queen's Regiment [38] Manchester Regiment [37] Army Ordnance Corps [36] Leicestershire Regiment [36] Royal Horse Artillery [36] Royal Sussex Regiment [36] Wiltshire Regiment [36] Royal Berkshire Regiment [32] Lincolnshire Regiment [31] Liverpool Regiment [31] Scots Guards [31]

Service

British Army [5499] Canadian Expeditionary Force [918] Royal Navy [500] Australian Imperial Force [472] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [386] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [159] Other Empire Force [22] Indian Army [8] South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

G [8179] M [4] F [3] S [3] H [2] L [2] W [2] A [1] C [1] O [1] T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [7945] Merchant Navy [193] Conscientious Objector [18]

Country

United Kingdom [165] Canada [7] Australia [3] France [3] India [2] Ireland [2] Jamaica [2] New Zealand [2] Trinidad and Tobago [2] Yemen [2] Barbados [1] Cuba [1] Jersey [1]

John Alexander Grant

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 1735A Lance-Corporal 45th Battalion

More about John Alexander Grant
David George Grant

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 448 Lance Corporal Cameron Highlanders 4th Bn

British Army 448 Private Cameron Highlanders 4th Bn

More about David George Grant
William Henry Smith Grant

Born 1896

Died 1975

British Army Second Lieutenant Gordon Highlanders

British Army Captain Gordon Highlanders 1st Battalion

More about William Henry Smith Grant
George Ferguson Grant

Born 1894

Died 1919

Australian Imperial Force 21748 Private Australian Army Medical Corps

More about George Ferguson Grant
James Grant

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 372513 Private London Regiment 8th lond Battalion

British Army 372513 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 2nd/8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 5159 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

More about James Grant
Lionel Edwin Grant

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 786

More about Lionel Edwin Grant
Joseph Grant

Born 1874

Died 1917

British Army 5796 Private British West Indies Regiment 4th Battalion

British Army 5796 Private British West Indies Regiment 5th Battalion

More about Joseph Grant
Locksley Grant

Born 1897

Other Empire Force 8153 Private Jamaica War Contingent

British Army 10053 Private British West Indies Regiment 7th Battalion

More about Locksley Grant
Hedley Alexander Grant

Born 1895

Died 1918

Royal Navy J13016 Able Seaman HM Submarine "L.10"

More about Hedley Alexander Grant
Owen Lionel Grant

Born 1878

Died 1957

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 197456

More about Owen Lionel Grant
John Charles Grant

Born 1889

Died 1959

British Army Second Lieutenant (on probation) Rifle Brigade 6th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Rifle Brigade 6th Battalion

British Army Captain Rifle Brigade 6th Battalion

More about John Charles Grant
John Grant

Born 1894

Died 1982

British Army 5217 Private Seaforth Highlanders

British Army 161171 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

More about John Grant
Victor Donald Grant

Born 1898

Died 1967

Royal Navy PI 39398 Probationary Flight Officer Royal Naval Air Service Crystal Palace-Vendome-Cranwell

Royal Navy PI 39398 Flight Sub-Lieutenant Royal Naval Air Service Cranwell-Calshot-Dundee-Slough (Compass Observatory course?)

Royal Navy Z/9940 Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Bristol Division

…

More about Victor Donald Grant
Charles Henry Grant

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army 13056 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

More about Charles Henry Grant
Charles Alfred Grant

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army 5010 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 5010 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st/8th Battalion

British Army 5010 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2/8th Battalion

More about Charles Alfred Grant
James Grant

Died 1917

British Army 4336 Private The Gordon Highlanders

British Army 291344 Private The Gordon Highlanders

British Army 291344 Private Gordon Highlanders 7th Battalion

More about James Grant
John Grant

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 6855 Private Scots Guards

British Army 6855 Lance Corporal Scots Guards 1st Battalion

More about John Grant
Robert Luke Grant

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 159217 Gunner Royal Field Artillery "D" Battery. 156th Brigade.

More about Robert Luke Grant
Harold Grant

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 12343 Private Manchester Regiment 19th Battalion

More about Harold Grant
Jeannie Mckerral Grant

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 31918 Worker Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps

More about Jeannie Mckerral Grant

Page 3 of 410

Pagination

Previous
1
2
3
4
5
410
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