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 6 of 410

Pagination

Previous
1
4
5
6
7
8
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]

Sydney Grant

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 59431

More about Sydney Grant
Thomas Gibson Grant

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 310986

More about Thomas Gibson Grant
Andrew Beattie Grant

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 71179

More about Andrew Beattie Grant
Henry William Grant

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 35038

More about Henry William Grant
Frederick Grant

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 99241

More about Frederick Grant
John Grant

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 2420

Australian Imperial Force 2420 Gunner Australian Heavy Artillery

More about John Grant
Gerald Grant

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 10486

More about Gerald Grant
James B Grant

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 2179 Private Royal Newfoundland Regiment

More about James B Grant
Llewelyn Grant

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 4788

More about Llewelyn Grant
Duncan Grant

Born 1881

Australian Imperial Force 6520 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. 21st Reinforcements

Australian Imperial Force 6520 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

More about Duncan Grant
Peter George Grant

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 213971

More about Peter George Grant
James Gilbert Grant

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 283266

More about James Gilbert Grant
Robert Alexander Grant

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 99508

More about Robert Alexander Grant
Joseph Henry Grant

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 191786

More about Joseph Henry Grant
William Grant

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 162748

More about William Grant
William James Grant

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 73788

More about William James Grant
William Henry Grant

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 15086 Serjeant King's Own Scottish Borderers 8th king's own scottish bord Battalion

British Army 15086 Warrant Officer Class 2 King's Own Scottish Borderers 8th king's own scottish bord Battalion

British Army 15086 Company Sergeant Major King's Own Scottish Borderers 2nd Battalion

More about William Henry Grant
Albert James Grant

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army L/7382 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army Royal Sussex Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army L/7382 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 2nd Battalion

More about Albert James Grant
Joseph Grant

Died 1918

British Army 9289 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 1st Battalion

More about Joseph Grant
Neil Grant

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 4902 Corporal Royal Fusiliers 20th Battalion

More about Neil Grant

Page 6 of 410

Pagination

Previous
1
4
5
6
7
8
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