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 280 results

Advanced search

Search

Advanced

Search field

Filters

Type

People [280]

Stories

Communities

Place of birth

Bromley, Kent [4]

Leicester, Leicestershire [2]

Ballina, Co. Mayo [1]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Bethnal Green, Middlesex [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Brisbane, Queensland [1]

Crookhorn, Hampshire, England [1]

Featherstone Yorkshire [1]

Guilsborough, Northamptonshire [1]

Guilsborough, Northants [1]

Irchester, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [1]

Lancaster, Lancashire, England [1]

Leicester [1]

Loftes, Yorkshire [1]

London [1]

Manchester, Lancashire, England [1]

Market Harborough, Leics [1]

Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire [1]

Middlesborough England [1]

Naseby, Northamptonshire [1]

Norwich, Norfolk [1]

Nottingham England [1]

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [1]

Rotherham, Yorkshire [1]

Ruddington, Nottingham [1]

Stepney, London [1]

Stepney, Middlesex [1]

Sunderland, Durham [1]

Waltham [1]

West Ham, Essex [1]

Wigan, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [135]

Corporal [15]

Driver [14]

Gunner [13]

Second Lieutenant [9]

Serjeant [9]

Lance Corporal [7]

Sapper [7]

Lieutenant [6]

Able Seaman [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Battery Serjeant Major [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Pioneer [2]

Sister [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Corporal/Corporal [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Battery Sergeant Major [1]

Bombardier/Acting Corporal [1]

Bombardier/Acting Serjeant [1]

Canteen Worker [1]

Captain [1]

Captain/Temporary Major [1]

Colour Serjeant/Company Serjeant Major [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Driver/Shoeing Smith [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Major [1]

Private (Acting Corporal) [1]

Serjeant/Trumpeter [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Trooper [1]

Waggoner [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [22]

Army Service Corps [16]

Labour Corps [16]

Leicestershire Regiment [16]

Northamptonshire Regiment [15]

Royal Engineers [15]

Royal Garrison Artillery [10]

Lincolnshire Regiment [7]

Machine Gun Corps [7]

Northumberland Fusiliers [7]

West Yorkshire Regiment [7]

York and Lancaster Regiment [7]

Durham Light Infantry [6]

Royal Army Medical Corps [6]

Corps of Hussars [5]

London Regiment [5]

Bedfordshire Regiment [4]

East Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Leicestershire Yeomanry [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

South Staffordshire Regiment [4]

Cheshire Regiment [3]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

Hussars [3]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

Royal Naval Division [3]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Northamptonshire Yeomanry [2]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

Welsh Regiment [2]

West Riding Regiment [2]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

Yorkshire Regiment [2]

13th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment [1]

20th Hussars [1]

5th Light Infantry [1]

94th Brigade Machine Gun Company [1]

Army Pay Corps [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Australian Army Nursing Service [1]

Belgian Agents [1]

British West Indies Regiment [1]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [1]

Service

British Army [215]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [22]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [17]

Royal Navy [15]

Australian Imperial Force [3]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Indian Army [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

W [280]

Contribution

Military Service [275]

Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [8]

Page 1 of 14

Pagination

1
2
3
14
Next

Type

People [280] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Bromley, Kent [4] Leicester, Leicestershire [2] Ballina, Co. Mayo [1] Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Bethnal Green, Middlesex [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Brisbane, Queensland [1] Crookhorn, Hampshire, England [1] Featherstone Yorkshire [1] Guilsborough, Northamptonshire [1] Guilsborough, Northants [1] Irchester, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [1] Lancaster, Lancashire, England [1] Leicester [1] Loftes, Yorkshire [1] London [1] Manchester, Lancashire, England [1] Market Harborough, Leics [1] Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire [1] Middlesborough England [1] Naseby, Northamptonshire [1] Norwich, Norfolk [1] Nottingham England [1] Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [1] Rotherham, Yorkshire [1] Ruddington, Nottingham [1] Stepney, London [1] Stepney, Middlesex [1] Sunderland, Durham [1] Waltham [1] West Ham, Essex [1] Wigan, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [135] Corporal [15] Driver [14] Gunner [13] Second Lieutenant [9] Serjeant [9] Lance Corporal [7] Sapper [7] Lieutenant [6] Able Seaman [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Battery Serjeant Major [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Pioneer [2] Sister [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Corporal/Corporal [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Battery Sergeant Major [1] Bombardier/Acting Corporal [1] Bombardier/Acting Serjeant [1] Canteen Worker [1] Captain [1] Captain/Temporary Major [1] Colour Serjeant/Company Serjeant Major [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Driver/Shoeing Smith [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Major [1] Private (Acting Corporal) [1] Serjeant/Trumpeter [1] Staff Nurse [1] Trooper [1] Waggoner [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [22] Army Service Corps [16] Labour Corps [16] Leicestershire Regiment [16] Northamptonshire Regiment [15] Royal Engineers [15] Royal Garrison Artillery [10] Lincolnshire Regiment [7] Machine Gun Corps [7] Northumberland Fusiliers [7] West Yorkshire Regiment [7] York and Lancaster Regiment [7] Durham Light Infantry [6] Royal Army Medical Corps [6] Corps of Hussars [5] London Regiment [5] Bedfordshire Regiment [4] East Yorkshire Regiment [4] Leicestershire Yeomanry [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] South Staffordshire Regiment [4] Cheshire Regiment [3] Devonshire Regiment [3] Hussars [3] King's Own Scottish Borderers [3] Manchester Regiment [3] Royal Naval Division [3] Canadian Infantry [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Northamptonshire Yeomanry [2] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] Welsh Regiment [2] West Riding Regiment [2] Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] Yorkshire Regiment [2] 13th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment [1] 20th Hussars [1] 5th Light Infantry [1] 94th Brigade Machine Gun Company [1] Army Pay Corps [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Australian Army Nursing Service [1] Belgian Agents [1] British West Indies Regiment [1] Canadian Army Medical Corps [1]

Service

British Army [215] Canadian Expeditionary Force [22] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [17] Royal Navy [15] Australian Imperial Force [3] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3] Indian Army [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

W [280]

Contribution

Military Service [275] Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [8]

John Wilford

Born 1869

Died 1918

British Army 1075 West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 2888 Private York and Lancaster Regiment 4th Battalion

British Army 179 Private Royal Defence Corps

More about John Wilford
John William Wilford

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 66284 Acting Bombardier Royal Field Artillery 82nd Bty

More about John William Wilford
Cecil Frank Wilford

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 9652 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 9652 Corporal Leicestershire Regiment 1st Battalion

More about Cecil Frank Wilford
George Ernest Harris Wilford

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 1278 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 40372 Private Leicestershire Regiment 6th Bn.

More about George Ernest Harris Wilford
Thomas Leslie Wilford

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 89598

More about Thomas Leslie Wilford
Frank Wilford

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 280027

More about Frank Wilford
George T Wilford

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 33943 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

More about George T Wilford
William Frederick Shirley Wilford

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 27075 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Bedfordshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

More about William Frederick Shirley Wilford
Herbert Wilford

Born 1885

Died 1914

British Army 3755 Warrant Officer Class 2 Scots Guards

British Army 3755 Colour Serjeant/Company Serjeant Major Scots Guards

British Army 3755 Company Serjeant Major Scots Guards

More about Herbert Wilford
Arthur Frederick Wilford

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 1677 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 240235 Private Leicestershire Regiment "C" Coy. 7th Bn

More about Arthur Frederick Wilford
Isabel Anne Wilford

Born 1889

Died 1921

Australian Imperial Force Staff Nurse Australian Army Nursing Service

More about Isabel Anne Wilford
Alfred George Wilford

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 313294

More about Alfred George Wilford
Frank Charles Wilford

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 118238

More about Frank Charles Wilford
Arthur Wilford

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 207909

More about Arthur Wilford
Robert Wilford

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 5358 Private Yorkshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Yorkshire Regiment

More about Robert Wilford
Joseph Wilford

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 48140 Private Yorkshire Regiment

More about Joseph Wilford
John A Wilford

Died 1917

British Army 32818 Private Leicestershire Regiment

More about John A Wilford
Albert Edwin Wilford

Born 1884

Died 1919

British Army 208973 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army WR/208973 Sapper Royal Engineers Railway Operating Div.

More about Albert Edwin Wilford
Samuel Wilford

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 10502 Private Leicestershire Regiment

More about Samuel Wilford
Charles Frank Wilford

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 852 Bombardier/Acting Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

British Army 852 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

More about Charles Frank Wilford

Page 1 of 14

Pagination

1
2
3
14
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