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 1567 results

Advanced search

Search

Advanced

Search field

Filters

Type

People [1567]

Stories

Communities

Place of birth

Ipswich, Suffolk [7]

Sydney New South Wales [6]

London, Middlesex, England [4]

Hackney, London [3]

London England [3]

Oxford, Oxfordshire [3]

Port Lincoln South Australia [3]

Southampton, Hampshire [3]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [3]

Tottenham, London [3]

Balmain New South Wales [2]

Battersea, London [2]

Bermondsey, London [2]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Corsham, Wiltshire [2]

Croydon, Surrey [2]

Essex [2]

Horsham Victoria [2]

Hoxton, London [2]

Hull, Yorkshire [2]

Islington, London [2]

Kalgoorlie Western Australia [2]

Kennington [2]

Kennington, London [2]

Kent England [2]

Lawford, Essex [2]

Leeds, Yorkshire [2]

Maidstone, Kent [2]

Neerim South Victoria [2]

Paddington, London [2]

Romford, Essex [2]

Rotherhithe, London [2]

Saint Sepulchre, London [2]

Shalfleet, Isle of Wight [2]

Sidcup, Kent [2]

Wandsworth, London [2]

West Maitland New South Wales [2]

Woodbridge, Suffolk [2]

Accrington, Lancashire [1]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Alexandra Victoria [1]

Ayr Queensland [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Barnsbury, London [1]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Battersea, [1]

Battersea, Surrey [1]

Beechworth Victoria [1]

Beeston, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [1]

Bendigo Victoria [1]

Rank

Private [726]

Gunner [85]

Driver [72]

Corporal [55]

Serjeant [49]

Sapper [38]

Lieutenant [25]

Lance Corporal [23]

Second Lieutenant [20]

Acting Corporal [19]

Pioneer [15]

Bombardier [14]

Acting Serjeant [13]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [11]

Captain [9]

Company Serjeant Major [8]

Acting Bombardier [5]

Lieutenant Colonel [5]

Major [5]

Rifleman [5]

Staff Serjeant [5]

Able Seaman [4]

Colonel [4]

Boy 1st Class [3]

Leading Seaman [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Serjeant Gunner [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Battery Serjeant Major [2]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [2]

Lance Bombardier [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Shoeing and Carriage Smith [2]

Sister [2]

Stoker [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Temporary Major [2]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Assistant Nurse [1]

Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Captain and Adjutant [1]

Chief Stoker [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [101]

Army Service Corps [94]

Royal Engineers [93]

Labour Corps [91]

London Regiment [52]

Royal Garrison Artillery [51]

Machine Gun Corps [34]

Suffolk Regiment [31]

Royal Fusiliers [30]

Royal Army Medical Corps [28]

Wiltshire Regiment [27]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [26]

Liverpool Regiment [25]

Royal Army Service Corps [22]

West Yorkshire Regiment [22]

Hampshire Regiment [20]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [20]

Middlesex Regiment [20]

Rifle Brigade [19]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [18]

East Surrey Regiment [17]

Essex Regiment [17]

Royal Sussex Regiment [17]

Bedfordshire Regiment [15]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [15]

Gloucestershire Regiment [14]

Worcestershire Regiment [14]

York and Lancaster Regiment [14]

Durham Light Infantry [13]

Royal Naval Division [13]

Devonshire Regiment [12]

Lincolnshire Regiment [12]

Northumberland Fusiliers [12]

Royal West Kent Regiment [12]

North Staffordshire Regiment [11]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [11]

Army Ordnance Corps [10]

Dorsetshire Regiment [10]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [10]

Somerset Light Infantry [10]

The Queen's Regiment [10]

East Kent Regiment [9]

Northamptonshire Regiment [9]

South Wales Borderers [9]

Yorkshire Regiment [9]

Canadian Infantry [8]

East Yorkshire Regiment [8]

Royal Horse Artillery [8]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [8]

Welsh Regiment [8]

Service

British Army [1132]

Royal Navy [145]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [104]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [76]

Australian Imperial Force [70]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [13]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

S [1565]

K [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1529]

Merchant Navy [28]

Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [29]

Egypt [1]

United States [1]

Page 6 of 79

Pagination

Previous
1
4
5
6
7
8
79
Next

Type

People [1567] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Ipswich, Suffolk [7] Sydney New South Wales [6] London, Middlesex, England [4] Hackney, London [3] London England [3] Oxford, Oxfordshire [3] Port Lincoln South Australia [3] Southampton, Hampshire [3] Southampton, Hampshire, England [3] Tottenham, London [3] Balmain New South Wales [2] Battersea, London [2] Bermondsey, London [2] Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Corsham, Wiltshire [2] Croydon, Surrey [2] Essex [2] Horsham Victoria [2] Hoxton, London [2] Hull, Yorkshire [2] Islington, London [2] Kalgoorlie Western Australia [2] Kennington [2] Kennington, London [2] Kent England [2] Lawford, Essex [2] Leeds, Yorkshire [2] Maidstone, Kent [2] Neerim South Victoria [2] Paddington, London [2] Romford, Essex [2] Rotherhithe, London [2] Saint Sepulchre, London [2] Shalfleet, Isle of Wight [2] Sidcup, Kent [2] Wandsworth, London [2] West Maitland New South Wales [2] Woodbridge, Suffolk [2] Accrington, Lancashire [1] Adelaide South Australia [1] Alexandra Victoria [1] Ayr Queensland [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Barnsbury, London [1] Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Battersea, [1] Battersea, Surrey [1] Beechworth Victoria [1] Beeston, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [1] Bendigo Victoria [1]

Rank

Private [726] Gunner [85] Driver [72] Corporal [55] Serjeant [49] Sapper [38] Lieutenant [25] Lance Corporal [23] Second Lieutenant [20] Acting Corporal [19] Pioneer [15] Bombardier [14] Acting Serjeant [13] Warrant Officer Class 2 [11] Captain [9] Company Serjeant Major [8] Acting Bombardier [5] Lieutenant Colonel [5] Major [5] Rifleman [5] Staff Serjeant [5] Able Seaman [4] Colonel [4] Boy 1st Class [3] Leading Seaman [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Serjeant Gunner [3] Temporary Captain [3] Battery Serjeant Major [2] Boy 2nd Class [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [2] Lance Bombardier [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Shoeing and Carriage Smith [2] Sister [2] Stoker [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Temporary Major [2] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Assistant Nurse [1] Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1] Captain and Adjutant [1] Chief Stoker [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [101] Army Service Corps [94] Royal Engineers [93] Labour Corps [91] London Regiment [52] Royal Garrison Artillery [51] Machine Gun Corps [34] Suffolk Regiment [31] Royal Fusiliers [30] Royal Army Medical Corps [28] Wiltshire Regiment [27] Royal Berkshire Regiment [26] Liverpool Regiment [25] Royal Army Service Corps [22] West Yorkshire Regiment [22] Hampshire Regiment [20] King's Royal Rifle Corps [20] Middlesex Regiment [20] Rifle Brigade [19] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [18] East Surrey Regiment [17] Essex Regiment [17] Royal Sussex Regiment [17] Bedfordshire Regiment [15] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [15] Gloucestershire Regiment [14] Worcestershire Regiment [14] York and Lancaster Regiment [14] Durham Light Infantry [13] Royal Naval Division [13] Devonshire Regiment [12] Lincolnshire Regiment [12] Northumberland Fusiliers [12] Royal West Kent Regiment [12] North Staffordshire Regiment [11] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [11] Army Ordnance Corps [10] Dorsetshire Regiment [10] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [10] Somerset Light Infantry [10] The Queen's Regiment [10] East Kent Regiment [9] Northamptonshire Regiment [9] South Wales Borderers [9] Yorkshire Regiment [9] Canadian Infantry [8] East Yorkshire Regiment [8] Royal Horse Artillery [8] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [8] Welsh Regiment [8]

Service

British Army [1132] Royal Navy [145] Canadian Expeditionary Force [104] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [76] Australian Imperial Force [70] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [13] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

S [1565] K [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1529] Merchant Navy [28] Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [29] Egypt [1] United States [1]

Edward James Sawyer

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 173203

More about Edward James Sawyer
John Sawyer

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 2864

More about John Sawyer
John Sawyer

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 40583

More about John Sawyer
Frank Charles Sawyer

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 69002

More about Frank Charles Sawyer
Albert Henry Sawyer

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 70742

More about Albert Henry Sawyer
William Henry Sawyer

Born 1894

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 514639

Canadian Expeditionary Force 514639 Private Canadian Infantry

More about William Henry Sawyer
John Sawyer

Born 1897

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 444645

Canadian Expeditionary Force 444645 Private Royal Canadian Regiment

More about John Sawyer
Herman Sawyer

Born 1897

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 151220

Canadian Expeditionary Force 151220 Private Canadian Infantry

More about Herman Sawyer
Frederick Henry Sawyer

Born 1885

Died 1915

Canadian Expeditionary Force 198001

Canadian Expeditionary Force 198001 Private Canadian Infantry

More about Frederick Henry Sawyer
Alfred Robert Sawyer

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 437032 Private Labour Corps

More about Alfred Robert Sawyer
Edwin B. Sawyer

Died 1917

British Army 45210 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army 40656 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

More about Edwin B. Sawyer
William James Sawyer

Died 1915

British Army 29436 Private London Regiment 24th (County of London) Battalion (The Queen's)

More about William James Sawyer
C Q Sawyer

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant/Temporary Captain Special Reserve/East Yorkshire Regiment

British Army Captain East Yorkshire Regiment 8th Bn. attd. Trench Mortar Bty.

More about C Q Sawyer
Harold Robert Woodrow Sawyer

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 234629

More about Harold Robert Woodrow Sawyer
William Richard Sawyer

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 243912

More about William Richard Sawyer
John William Sawyer

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 20921

More about John William Sawyer
Ronald Farrington Sawyer

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 296910

More about Ronald Farrington Sawyer
John Sawyer

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 307635

More about John Sawyer
Arthur Sawyer

Born 1881

Died 1921

Canadian Expeditionary Force 174406

Canadian Expeditionary Force 174406 Private 86th Bttln Canadian Infantry

More about Arthur Sawyer
Samuel Albert Sawyer

Australian Imperial Force

More about Samuel Albert Sawyer

Page 6 of 79

Pagination

Previous
1
4
5
6
7
8
79
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