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 3459 results

Advanced search

Search

Advanced

Search field

Filters

Type

People [3459]

Stories

Communities

Place of birth

Sydney New South Wales [17]

Newcastle New South Wales [8]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [7]

Warrnambool Victoria [7]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [6]

Liverpool, Lancashire [6]

London England [6]

Melbourne Victoria [6]

Bendigo Victoria [5]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [5]

London, Middlesex [5]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [5]

Beaconsfield Tasmania [4]

Llanelly, Carmarthenshire [4]

Nottingham [4]

South Melbourne Victoria [4]

Swansea, Glamorgan [4]

Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [4]

Adelaide South Australia [3]

Ararat Victoria [3]

Balmain New South Wales [3]

Casino New South Wales [3]

Fitzroy Victoria [3]

Hobart Tasmania [3]

Port Melbourne Victoria [3]

Auckland [2]

Balham, London [2]

Ballarat Victoria [2]

Bath, Somerset [2]

Battersea, London [2]

Breconshire [2]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

Bristol [2]

Camberwell, London [2]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [2]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [2]

Carmarthenshire [2]

Chepstow, Monmouthshire [2]

Dalston, London, Middlesex [2]

Devonport, Devon [2]

Gosport, Hampshire [2]

Grafton New South Wales [2]

Hampstead, London [2]

Hertfordshire [2]

Hull, Yorkshire [2]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [2]

Kangaroo Valley New South Wales [2]

Kidderminster, Worcestershire [2]

Leichhardt New South Wales [2]

Llanelli, Carmarthenshire [2]

Rank

Private [1641]

Gunner [177]

Driver [161]

Serjeant [115]

Corporal [108]

Sapper [108]

Lance Corporal [55]

Second Lieutenant [41]

Lieutenant [34]

Pioneer [29]

Acting Corporal [24]

Acting Serjeant [24]

Bombardier [22]

Captain [21]

Staff Serjeant [10]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [9]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [8]

Rifleman [8]

Colour Serjeant [7]

Guardsman [7]

Able Seaman [6]

Major [6]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [5]

Lance Serjeant [5]

Private Acting Corporal [5]

Sergeant [5]

Worker [5]

Company Serjeant Major [4]

Ordinary Seaman [4]

Trooper [4]

Acting Colour Serjeant [3]

Acting Staff Serjeant [3]

Lance Bombardier [3]

Shoeing Smith [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2]

Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Bugler [2]

Chaplain to the Forces [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Corporal of Horse [2]

Dresser [2]

Electrical Artificer 3rd Class [2]

Fitter [2]

Honorary Captain [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [211]

Royal Engineers [192]

Labour Corps [189]

Army Service Corps [151]

Royal Garrison Artillery [114]

Welsh Regiment [108]

Royal Army Medical Corps [83]

Machine Gun Corps [75]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [74]

South Staffordshire Regiment [60]

Worcestershire Regiment [60]

London Regiment [56]

South Wales Borderers [55]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [54]

Royal Fusiliers [49]

Middlesex Regiment [48]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [48]

Devonshire Regiment [44]

Gloucestershire Regiment [41]

Durham Light Infantry [40]

British West Indies Regiment [37]

Liverpool Regiment [34]

Monmouthshire Regiment [33]

Rifle Brigade [32]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [32]

North Staffordshire Regiment [28]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [28]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [27]

Northumberland Fusiliers [27]

Royal Sussex Regiment [27]

Hampshire Regiment [26]

Royal Naval Division [26]

Leicestershire Regiment [25]

Manchester Regiment [25]

Army Ordnance Corps [24]

Royal Defence Corps [23]

Cheshire Regiment [22]

Lancashire Fusiliers [22]

Royal Army Service Corps [22]

Royal Scots [20]

Somerset Light Infantry [20]

East Surrey Regiment [19]

Essex Regiment [19]

Royal Flying Corps [19]

The Queen's Regiment [19]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [18]

Royal Horse Artillery [18]

Scottish Rifles [18]

York and Lancaster Regiment [18]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [17]

Service

British Army [2498]

Royal Navy [281]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [201]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [199]

Australian Imperial Force [198]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [25]

Other Empire Force [7]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

W [3457]

J [1]

L [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3383]

Merchant Navy [55]

Conscientious Objector [6]

Country

United Kingdom [60]

Canada [3]

Cuba [1]

Isle of Man [1]

United States [1]

Page 1 of 173

Pagination

1
2
3
173
Next

Type

People [3459] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Sydney New South Wales [17] Newcastle New South Wales [8] Bristol, Gloucestershire [7] Warrnambool Victoria [7] Birmingham, Warwickshire [6] Liverpool, Lancashire [6] London England [6] Melbourne Victoria [6] Bendigo Victoria [5] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [5] London, Middlesex [5] Portsmouth, Hampshire [5] Beaconsfield Tasmania [4] Llanelly, Carmarthenshire [4] Nottingham [4] South Melbourne Victoria [4] Swansea, Glamorgan [4] Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [4] Adelaide South Australia [3] Ararat Victoria [3] Balmain New South Wales [3] Casino New South Wales [3] Fitzroy Victoria [3] Hobart Tasmania [3] Port Melbourne Victoria [3] Auckland [2] Balham, London [2] Ballarat Victoria [2] Bath, Somerset [2] Battersea, London [2] Breconshire [2] Brisbane Queensland [2] Bristol [2] Camberwell, London [2] Cardiff, Glamorgan [2] Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [2] Carmarthenshire [2] Chepstow, Monmouthshire [2] Dalston, London, Middlesex [2] Devonport, Devon [2] Gosport, Hampshire [2] Grafton New South Wales [2] Hampstead, London [2] Hertfordshire [2] Hull, Yorkshire [2] Hull, Yorkshire, England [2] Kangaroo Valley New South Wales [2] Kidderminster, Worcestershire [2] Leichhardt New South Wales [2] Llanelli, Carmarthenshire [2]

Rank

Private [1641] Gunner [177] Driver [161] Serjeant [115] Corporal [108] Sapper [108] Lance Corporal [55] Second Lieutenant [41] Lieutenant [34] Pioneer [29] Acting Corporal [24] Acting Serjeant [24] Bombardier [22] Captain [21] Staff Serjeant [10] Warrant Officer Class 2 [9] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [8] Rifleman [8] Colour Serjeant [7] Guardsman [7] Able Seaman [6] Major [6] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [5] Lance Serjeant [5] Private Acting Corporal [5] Sergeant [5] Worker [5] Company Serjeant Major [4] Ordinary Seaman [4] Trooper [4] Acting Colour Serjeant [3] Acting Staff Serjeant [3] Lance Bombardier [3] Shoeing Smith [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2] Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Bugler [2] Chaplain to the Forces [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Corporal of Horse [2] Dresser [2] Electrical Artificer 3rd Class [2] Fitter [2] Honorary Captain [2] Leading Seaman [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [211] Royal Engineers [192] Labour Corps [189] Army Service Corps [151] Royal Garrison Artillery [114] Welsh Regiment [108] Royal Army Medical Corps [83] Machine Gun Corps [75] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [74] South Staffordshire Regiment [60] Worcestershire Regiment [60] London Regiment [56] South Wales Borderers [55] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [54] Royal Fusiliers [49] Middlesex Regiment [48] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [48] Devonshire Regiment [44] Gloucestershire Regiment [41] Durham Light Infantry [40] British West Indies Regiment [37] Liverpool Regiment [34] Monmouthshire Regiment [33] Rifle Brigade [32] Royal Berkshire Regiment [32] North Staffordshire Regiment [28] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [28] King's Royal Rifle Corps [27] Northumberland Fusiliers [27] Royal Sussex Regiment [27] Hampshire Regiment [26] Royal Naval Division [26] Leicestershire Regiment [25] Manchester Regiment [25] Army Ordnance Corps [24] Royal Defence Corps [23] Cheshire Regiment [22] Lancashire Fusiliers [22] Royal Army Service Corps [22] Royal Scots [20] Somerset Light Infantry [20] East Surrey Regiment [19] Essex Regiment [19] Royal Flying Corps [19] The Queen's Regiment [19] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [18] Royal Horse Artillery [18] Scottish Rifles [18] York and Lancaster Regiment [18] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [17]

Service

British Army [2498] Royal Navy [281] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [201] Canadian Expeditionary Force [199] Australian Imperial Force [198] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [25] Other Empire Force [7] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

W [3457] J [1] L [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3383] Merchant Navy [55] Conscientious Objector [6]

Country

United Kingdom [60] Canada [3] Cuba [1] Isle of Man [1] United States [1]

Ernest Walters

Born 1884

Died 1971

British Army 33467 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 33467 Gunner RFA 126 Battery 29th Brigade

British Army 33467 Gunner RFA D Battery 123 Brigade

…

More about Ernest Walters
Thomas H Walters

Born 1878

Died 1947

British Army M2/101060 Private Army Service Corps

More about Thomas H Walters
Richard James Walters

Born 1884

Died 1951

British Army 627 Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant Royal Scots

British Army Lance Sergeant Royal Scots

British Army Corporal Royal Scots

…

More about Richard James Walters
William Henry Walters

Born 1870

Australian Imperial Force 3168 Sergeant 6th Field Ambulance "A" Section

More about William Henry Walters
George Herbert Walters

Born 1884

Died 1960

British Army 8898 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army Private Nottingham/Derbyshire Sherwood Foresters

British Army 8898 Private Nottingham/Sherwood Foresters

More about George Herbert Walters
Herbert Walters

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 1938 Private Yorkshire Regiment

More about Herbert Walters
John Harold Walters

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 4307 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

More about John Harold Walters
Thomas Francis Walters

Died 1915

British Army 1673 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

More about Thomas Francis Walters
Albert Ernest Walters

Born 1895

Died 1987

British Army 63622 Fitter Royal Field Artillery 87th Battery

British Army Fitter/Sergeant Royal Field Artillery 66th Brigade

British Army 63622 Acting Staff Sergeant Royal Field Artillery 11th Brigade

…

More about Albert Ernest Walters
Frederick C Walters

Born 1889

Died 1979

British Army 26159 Warrant Officer Class 2 Royal Garrison Artillery

More about Frederick C Walters
Moralis Walters

Born 1896

Other Empire Force 3518 Private Jamaica War Contingent

British Army 4818 Private British West Indies Regiment 4th Battalion

British Army 15560 Private British West Indies Regiment 11th Battalion

More about Moralis Walters
Edward John Walters

Died 1914

British Army 51629 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 67th Battery

British Army 51629 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 48th Battery

More about Edward John Walters
Henry Walters

Born 1877

Died 1916

British Army 9659 Corporal Machine Gun Corps

British Army 19066 Corporal South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 9659 Corporal Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

More about Henry Walters
Arthur Walters

Born 1885

Died 1914

British Army 7678 Private East Surrey Regiment

British Army L/8108 Private East Surrey Regiment 1st Battalion

More about Arthur Walters
Harry George Walters

Born 1892

Died 1944

Royal Navy M586 Leading Cook HMS Castor

Royal Navy M586 Leading Cook's Mate HMS Castor

More about Harry George Walters
Percy James Walters

Born 1899

Died 1917

British Army 18898 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

More about Percy James Walters
Griffith Walters

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 11876 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

More about Griffith Walters
Arthur Robert Walters

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 264094

More about Arthur Robert Walters
Mark Walters

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 79418

More about Mark Walters
George Walters

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 52489

More about George Walters

Page 1 of 173

Pagination

1
2
3
173
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