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 175 results

Advanced search

Search

Advanced

Search field

Filters

Type

People [175]

Stories

Communities

Place of birth

Liverpool, Lancashire [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3]

Manchester, Lancashire [2]

Portland, Dorset [2]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Birmingham [1]

Bow, London [1]

Broken Hill New South Wales [1]

Callington, Cornwall [1]

Charlbury, Oxfordshire [1]

Enstone [1]

Enstone, Oxfordshire [1]

Forbes New South Wales [1]

Junee New South Wales [1]

Lancashire [1]

Liverpool [1]

Mynora New South Wales [1]

Neath South Wales New South Wales [1]

Oxford [1]

Sefton, Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

Stanlake, Oxfordshire [1]

Watford England [1]

West Bromwich [1]

Rank

Private [79]

Gunner [15]

Corporal [10]

Driver [9]

Lance Corporal [7]

Sapper [7]

Acting Corporal [4]

Captain [4]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Serjeant [3]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Bombardier [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Lieutenant /Acting Captain [1]

Private /Lance Corporal [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [13]

Labour Corps [10]

Royal Field Artillery [10]

Royal Garrison Artillery [9]

Liverpool Regiment [8]

Army Service Corps [7]

Royal Army Medical Corps [6]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [6]

Machine Gun Corps [5]

Hampshire Regiment [4]

Royal Irish Rifles [4]

Cheshire Regiment [3]

Lancashire Fusiliers [3]

London Regiment [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

West Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Wiltshire Regiment [3]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Royal Engineers Inland Waterways and Docks [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

South Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Tank Corps [2]

Training Reserve Battalion [2]

Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Army Pay Corps [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Berkshire Yeomanry [1]

Border Regiment [1]

Corps of Dragoons [1]

Corps of Hussars [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

Dragoon Guards [1]

East African Mounted Rifles [1]

General List [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

Gloucestershire Yeomanry [1]

Gordon Highlanders [1]

Honourable Artillery Company [1]

Hussars [1]

Indian Army [1]

Service

British Army [133]

Royal Navy [16]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [10]

Australian Imperial Force [6]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [5]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

W [175]

Contribution

Military Service [171]

Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [4]

Page 1 of 9

Pagination

1
2
3
9
Next

Type

People [175] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Liverpool, Lancashire [3] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3] Manchester, Lancashire [2] Portland, Dorset [2] Bethnal Green, London [1] Birmingham [1] Bow, London [1] Broken Hill New South Wales [1] Callington, Cornwall [1] Charlbury, Oxfordshire [1] Enstone [1] Enstone, Oxfordshire [1] Forbes New South Wales [1] Junee New South Wales [1] Lancashire [1] Liverpool [1] Mynora New South Wales [1] Neath South Wales New South Wales [1] Oxford [1] Sefton, Liverpool, Lancashire [1] Stanlake, Oxfordshire [1] Watford England [1] West Bromwich [1]

Rank

Private [79] Gunner [15] Corporal [10] Driver [9] Lance Corporal [7] Sapper [7] Acting Corporal [4] Captain [4] Second Lieutenant [4] Serjeant [3] Staff Serjeant [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Captain [1] Bombardier [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Lieutenant [1] Lieutenant /Acting Captain [1] Private /Lance Corporal [1] Shoeing Smith [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [13] Labour Corps [10] Royal Field Artillery [10] Royal Garrison Artillery [9] Liverpool Regiment [8] Army Service Corps [7] Royal Army Medical Corps [6] Royal Lancaster Regiment [6] Machine Gun Corps [5] Hampshire Regiment [4] Royal Irish Rifles [4] Cheshire Regiment [3] Lancashire Fusiliers [3] London Regiment [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3] West Yorkshire Regiment [3] Wiltshire Regiment [3] East Lancashire Regiment [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] King's Own Scottish Borderers [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2] Royal Engineers Inland Waterways and Docks [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] South Staffordshire Regiment [2] Tank Corps [2] Training Reserve Battalion [2] Yorkshire Regiment [2] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Army Pay Corps [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Berkshire Yeomanry [1] Border Regiment [1] Corps of Dragoons [1] Corps of Hussars [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] Dragoon Guards [1] East African Mounted Rifles [1] General List [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] Gloucestershire Yeomanry [1] Gordon Highlanders [1] Honourable Artillery Company [1] Hussars [1] Indian Army [1]

Service

British Army [133] Royal Navy [16] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [10] Australian Imperial Force [6] Canadian Expeditionary Force [5] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

W [175]

Contribution

Military Service [171] Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [4]

Arthur Wearing

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army 51387 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 51387 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 9460 Private Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry A Battery 92 Brigade

More about Arthur Wearing
Douglas George Wearing

Died 1918

British Army Captain General List

More about Douglas George Wearing
Vernon Viking Wearing

Died 1918

British Army 479 Driver Honourable Artillery Company

British Army 624058 Acting Bombardier Honourable Artillery Company

British Army 624058 Bombardier Honourable Artillery Company "A" Battery (Artillery Section) (Territorial Force)

More about Vernon Viking Wearing
Thomas George Wearing

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 51282

More about Thomas George Wearing
James Wearing

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 122975

More about James Wearing
William Wearing

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 195774

More about William Wearing
John Barron Wearing

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 140691 Sapper Royal Engineers

More about John Barron Wearing
Henry Wearing

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 25215

More about Henry Wearing
Alfred John Wearing

Born 1896

Died 1978

British Army 4/2856 Private Hampshire Regiment 4th Battalion

British Army 200781 Private Hampshire Regiment 4th Battalion

More about Alfred John Wearing
Richard Wearing

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 14399 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army S/43996 Private Gordon Highlanders

More about Richard Wearing
Walter William Wearing

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 181592

More about Walter William Wearing
George Wearing

British Army 240198 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 1460 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment

More about George Wearing
William Wearing

Died 1917

British Army 7944 Private Yorkshire Regiment

More about William Wearing
Robert Wearing

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 4045 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 241559 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 241559 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

More about Robert Wearing
Albert V Wearing

Died 1916

British Army 15604 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

More about Albert V Wearing
George Wearing

Died 1918

British Army 134753 Sapper Royal Engineers

More about George Wearing
Harry Douglas Wearing

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 50988 Private Manchester Regiment

More about Harry Douglas Wearing
William Wearing

Australian Imperial Force 19205

More about William Wearing
William Hurtle Wearing

Australian Imperial Force 3137

More about William Hurtle Wearing
James Wearing

Australian Imperial Force 7551

More about James Wearing

Page 1 of 9

Pagination

1
2
3
9
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