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 331 results

Advanced search

Search

Advanced

Search field

Filters

Type

People [331]

Stories

Communities

Place of birth

Kingsbridge, Devon [5]

Dublin, Ireland [2]

Gundagai New South Wales [2]

Hurstpierpoint [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

Muswellbrook New South Wales [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Tunbridge Wells [2]

Wingham New South Wales [2]

Alfriston [1]

Auburn New South Wales [1]

Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland [1]

Balgownie New South Wales [1]

Bathurst New South Wales [1]

Birmingham England [1]

Booligal New South Wales [1]

Burroway New South Wales [1]

Burwash, Sussex [1]

Caulfield Victoria [1]

Chelsea, Middlesex [1]

Cumbart England [1]

Darlinghurst New South Wales [1]

Dawlish, Devon, England [1]

Dublin [1]

Eastbourne [1]

Eastbourne, Sussex [1]

Erith, Kent [1]

Essex [1]

Fullerton New South Wales [1]

Goulburn New South Wales [1]

Holyhead, Anglesey [1]

Inverell New South Wales [1]

Islington, London, Middlesex [1]

Leyton, Essex [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1]

Locksleigh New South Wales [1]

Madeley, Shropshire [1]

Manchester Lancashire [1]

Marengo New South Wales [1]

Mayfield England [1]

Moss Vale New South Wales [1]

Nunhead, London [1]

Okehampton, Devon [1]

Paddington, London [1]

Paddington, London, Middlesex [1]

Paul, Cornwall [1]

Penzance, Cornwall [1]

Plumstead, Kent [1]

Rochester, Kent [1]

Rank

Private [133]

Gunner [18]

Serjeant [14]

Corporal [12]

Lieutenant [9]

Sapper [9]

Captain [7]

Lance Corporal [7]

Driver [6]

Second Lieutenant [5]

Major [4]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Bombardier [2]

Corporal 2nd [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Pioneer [2]

Worker [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Commander [1]

Drummer [1]

Forewoman [1]

Guardsman [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Lieutenant /Acting Major [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Paymaster Commander [1]

Paymaster Rear Admiral [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Second Lieutenant Captain [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Temporary Staff Serjeant Major [1]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [22]

Royal Field Artillery [19]

Labour Corps [17]

Devonshire Regiment [15]

Army Service Corps [12]

Royal Army Medical Corps [11]

London Regiment [10]

Machine Gun Corps [10]

Royal Sussex Regiment [10]

Rifle Brigade [9]

Royal Garrison Artillery [8]

British West Indies Regiment [7]

Royal Fusiliers [7]

Royal West Kent Regiment [6]

Essex Regiment [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Manchester Regiment [4]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [4]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [4]

Royal Army Service Corps [4]

Royal Horse Artillery [4]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Cheshire Regiment [3]

East Kent Regiment [3]

Grenadier Guards [3]

Hampshire Regiment [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [3]

Suffolk Regiment [3]

The Queen's Regiment [3]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

HMS IRON DUKE [2]

Highland Light Infantry [2]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Monmouthshire Regiment [2]

Norfolk Regiment [2]

Northamptonshire Regiment [2]

Royal Engineers Transport [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

York and Lancaster Regiment [2]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

2/10th Gurkhas [1]

20th Hussars [1]

Attached Royal Field Artillery [1]

Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [227]

Australian Imperial Force [30]

Royal Navy [28]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [24]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [8]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

W [331]

Contribution

Military Service [322]

Merchant Navy [8]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

Page 1 of 17

Pagination

1
2
3
17
Next

Type

People [331] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Kingsbridge, Devon [5] Dublin, Ireland [2] Gundagai New South Wales [2] Hurstpierpoint [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] Muswellbrook New South Wales [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Tunbridge Wells [2] Wingham New South Wales [2] Alfriston [1] Auburn New South Wales [1] Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland [1] Balgownie New South Wales [1] Bathurst New South Wales [1] Birmingham England [1] Booligal New South Wales [1] Burroway New South Wales [1] Burwash, Sussex [1] Caulfield Victoria [1] Chelsea, Middlesex [1] Cumbart England [1] Darlinghurst New South Wales [1] Dawlish, Devon, England [1] Dublin [1] Eastbourne [1] Eastbourne, Sussex [1] Erith, Kent [1] Essex [1] Fullerton New South Wales [1] Goulburn New South Wales [1] Holyhead, Anglesey [1] Inverell New South Wales [1] Islington, London, Middlesex [1] Leyton, Essex [1] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1] Locksleigh New South Wales [1] Madeley, Shropshire [1] Manchester Lancashire [1] Marengo New South Wales [1] Mayfield England [1] Moss Vale New South Wales [1] Nunhead, London [1] Okehampton, Devon [1] Paddington, London [1] Paddington, London, Middlesex [1] Paul, Cornwall [1] Penzance, Cornwall [1] Plumstead, Kent [1] Rochester, Kent [1]

Rank

Private [133] Gunner [18] Serjeant [14] Corporal [12] Lieutenant [9] Sapper [9] Captain [7] Lance Corporal [7] Driver [6] Second Lieutenant [5] Major [4] Acting Serjeant [3] Acting Corporal [2] Bombardier [2] Corporal 2nd [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Pioneer [2] Worker [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Captain [1] Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Commander [1] Drummer [1] Forewoman [1] Guardsman [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Seaman [1] Lieutenant /Acting Major [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Paymaster Commander [1] Paymaster Rear Admiral [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Second Lieutenant Captain [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Temporary Staff Serjeant Major [1] Voluntary Aid Detachment [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [22] Royal Field Artillery [19] Labour Corps [17] Devonshire Regiment [15] Army Service Corps [12] Royal Army Medical Corps [11] London Regiment [10] Machine Gun Corps [10] Royal Sussex Regiment [10] Rifle Brigade [9] Royal Garrison Artillery [8] British West Indies Regiment [7] Royal Fusiliers [7] Royal West Kent Regiment [6] Essex Regiment [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Manchester Regiment [4] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [4] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [4] Royal Army Service Corps [4] Royal Horse Artillery [4] Army Ordnance Corps [3] Cheshire Regiment [3] East Kent Regiment [3] Grenadier Guards [3] Hampshire Regiment [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Berkshire Regiment [3] Suffolk Regiment [3] The Queen's Regiment [3] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] HMS IRON DUKE [2] Highland Light Infantry [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Monmouthshire Regiment [2] Norfolk Regiment [2] Northamptonshire Regiment [2] Royal Engineers Transport [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Naval Division [2] York and Lancaster Regiment [2] Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] 2/10th Gurkhas [1] 20th Hussars [1] Attached Royal Field Artillery [1] Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [227] Australian Imperial Force [30] Royal Navy [28] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [24] Canadian Expeditionary Force [8] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

W [331]

Contribution

Military Service [322] Merchant Navy [8]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

Thomas Weekes

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 20133 Serjeant Manchester Regiment 22nd Battalion

More about Thomas Weekes
Arthur Nelson Hampton Weekes

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army Captain Royal Sussex Regiment

More about Arthur Nelson Hampton Weekes
Aubrey Samuel Weekes

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 209025

More about Aubrey Samuel Weekes
Harry Weekes

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 59949

More about Harry Weekes
Harry Weekes

Died 1916

British Army S/8252 Lance Corporal Rifle Brigade

British Army S/8252 Private Acting Corporal Rifle Brigade

More about Harry Weekes
Edward Weekes

Died 1917

British Army MS/4056 Private Army Service Corps

More about Edward Weekes
John Henry Ernest Weekes

Born 1883

Died 1957

British Army 65039 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 65039 Lance Corporal Royal Army Medical Corps

More about John Henry Ernest Weekes
Frederick Weekes

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 102577

More about Frederick Weekes
Henry John Weekes

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 237762

More about Henry John Weekes
John Wiston Weekes

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 4157 Private Monmouthshire Regiment

British Army 39954 Private South Wales Borderers

More about John Wiston Weekes
John Ferdinand Weekes

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 235438

More about John Ferdinand Weekes
Norman Reginald Weekes

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 290417 Private Devonshire Regiment

British Army 140553 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 140553 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

…

More about Norman Reginald Weekes
Herbert George Weekes

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 54905 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 35798 Private Yorkshire Regiment

More about Herbert George Weekes
William Robert Weekes

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 19541 Private Grenadier Guards

More about William Robert Weekes
Harold Weekes

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 266066 Private Somerset Light Infantry

More about Harold Weekes
Ernest Edward Weekes

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 147308

More about Ernest Edward Weekes
James Howard Weekes

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 150526

More about James Howard Weekes
Malcolm Burt Weekes

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 182831

More about Malcolm Burt Weekes
Archibald Victor Weekes

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 189633

More about Archibald Victor Weekes
Thomas George Weekes

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 85091

More about Thomas George Weekes

Page 1 of 17

Pagination

1
2
3
17
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