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 590 results

Advanced search

Search

Advanced

Search field

Filters

Type

People [590]

Stories

Communities

Place of birth

Cupar, Fife [3]

Dunfermline [2]

Alexander Palace, Saint Petersburg, [1]

Ballymena, Co Antrim [1]

Barking, Essex [1]

Bonhill, Dunbartonshire [1]

Borrowash, Derbyshire [1]

Bothkinna, Falkirk, Stirlingshire [1]

Buckie, Banffshire [1]

Chelsea [1]

Co. Kildare [1]

Coxheath,Kent [1]

Darwen, Lancs [1]

Edinburgh, Scotland [1]

Forfar [1]

Gilston Park, Hertfordshire [1]

Glenmorangie, Tain, Ross-shire [1]

Hollingbourne, Kent [1]

Hunton, Kent [1]

Inverness [1]

Jedburgh [1]

Kilbride, Isle of Arran [1]

Lasswade, Midlothian [1]

London [1]

Portsea, Hampshire [1]

Renton [1]

Rhynd, Leuchars, Scotland [1]

St. Saviour Southwark London [1]

Vienna [1]

Wigan, Lancashire [1]

Windsor, Berkshire [1]

Rank

Private [447]

Corporal [39]

Serjeant [38]

Second Lieutenant [32]

Lance Corporal [22]

Captain [18]

Lieutenant [17]

Acting Corporal [9]

Major [9]

Sapper [6]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Acting Serjeant [5]

Staff Serjeant Major [5]

Lance Serjeant [4]

Sergeant [4]

Shoeing Smith [4]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Trooper [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Brigadier General [2]

Driver [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Regimental Serjeant Major [2]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Acting Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Warrant Officer 2nd Class [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy [1]

Captain Bt Major [1]

Captain and Adjutant [1]

Corporal Saddler [1]

Corporal Shoeing Smith [1]

Corporal and Adjutant [1]

Cpl [1]

Farrier Serjeant [1]

Gunner [1]

Honorary Colonel-in-Chief [1]

Honorary Lieutenant [1]

L/Cpl [1]

Lance Corporal (Unpaid) [1]

Major Quarter Master [1]

Private (In the Field) [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Private and Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

2nd Dragoons [362]

Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) [125]

Corps of Dragoons [120]

2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys) [84]

Company of Dragoons [51]

Royal Dragoon Guards [26]

Royal Dragoons [21]

Dragoons [20]

Royal Engineers [17]

Labour Corps [15]

Royal Scots [15]

General Service Dragoons [13]

Machine Gun Corps [13]

6th Dragoons [9]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [9]

2nd Dragoons Guards [8]

4th Dragoon Guards [7]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [7]

Corps Of Dragoons [7]

Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [7]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7]

Military Mounted Police [6]

Army Service Corps [5]

Army Veterinary Corps [5]

Dragoon Guards [5]

1st Dragoon Guards [4]

Highland Light Infantry [4]

London Regiment [4]

Royal Field Artillery [4]

Seaforth Highlanders [4]

1st Dragoons [3]

2nd Dragoons (Scots Greys) [3]

2nd Reserve Cavalry Regiment [3]

6th Dragoon Guards [3]

Company Of Dragoons [3]

Corps of Hussars [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [3]

South Lancashire Regiment [3]

2nd Life Guards [2]

3rd Dragoon Guards [2]

7th Dragoon Guards [2]

Essex Yeomanry [2]

Leicestershire Yeomanry [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Royal Scots Greys 2nd Dragoons [2]

Yorkshire Dragoons [2]

12th Lancers [1]

13th Reserve Cavalry Unit [1]

Service

British Army [590]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Indian Army [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [158]

C [101]

G [90]

A [49]

D [36]

F [32]

H [25]

M [24]

S [14]

R [12]

W [12]

T [11]

P [8]

E [6]

Y [3]

L [2]

N [2]

O [2]

I [1]

J [1]

K [1]

Contribution

Military Service [585]

Country

United Kingdom [22]

India [1]

Page 30 of 30

Pagination

Previous
1
28
29
30

Type

People [590] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Cupar, Fife [3] Dunfermline [2] Alexander Palace, Saint Petersburg, [1] Ballymena, Co Antrim [1] Barking, Essex [1] Bonhill, Dunbartonshire [1] Borrowash, Derbyshire [1] Bothkinna, Falkirk, Stirlingshire [1] Buckie, Banffshire [1] Chelsea [1] Co. Kildare [1] Coxheath,Kent [1] Darwen, Lancs [1] Edinburgh, Scotland [1] Forfar [1] Gilston Park, Hertfordshire [1] Glenmorangie, Tain, Ross-shire [1] Hollingbourne, Kent [1] Hunton, Kent [1] Inverness [1] Jedburgh [1] Kilbride, Isle of Arran [1] Lasswade, Midlothian [1] London [1] Portsea, Hampshire [1] Renton [1] Rhynd, Leuchars, Scotland [1] St. Saviour Southwark London [1] Vienna [1] Wigan, Lancashire [1] Windsor, Berkshire [1]

Rank

Private [447] Corporal [39] Serjeant [38] Second Lieutenant [32] Lance Corporal [22] Captain [18] Lieutenant [17] Acting Corporal [9] Major [9] Sapper [6] Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Acting Serjeant [5] Staff Serjeant Major [5] Lance Serjeant [4] Sergeant [4] Shoeing Smith [4] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Trooper [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Brigadier General [2] Driver [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Regimental Serjeant Major [2] Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Acting Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Acting Serjeant Major [1] Acting Warrant Officer 2nd Class [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Bombardier [1] Boy [1] Captain Bt Major [1] Captain and Adjutant [1] Corporal Saddler [1] Corporal Shoeing Smith [1] Corporal and Adjutant [1] Cpl [1] Farrier Serjeant [1] Gunner [1] Honorary Colonel-in-Chief [1] Honorary Lieutenant [1] L/Cpl [1] Lance Corporal (Unpaid) [1] Major Quarter Master [1] Private (In the Field) [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Private Acting Lance Corporal [1] Private and Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

2nd Dragoons [362] Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) [125] Corps of Dragoons [120] 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys) [84] Company of Dragoons [51] Royal Dragoon Guards [26] Royal Dragoons [21] Dragoons [20] Royal Engineers [17] Labour Corps [15] Royal Scots [15] General Service Dragoons [13] Machine Gun Corps [13] 6th Dragoons [9] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [9] 2nd Dragoons Guards [8] 4th Dragoon Guards [7] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [7] Corps Of Dragoons [7] Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [7] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7] Military Mounted Police [6] Army Service Corps [5] Army Veterinary Corps [5] Dragoon Guards [5] 1st Dragoon Guards [4] Highland Light Infantry [4] London Regiment [4] Royal Field Artillery [4] Seaforth Highlanders [4] 1st Dragoons [3] 2nd Dragoons (Scots Greys) [3] 2nd Reserve Cavalry Regiment [3] 6th Dragoon Guards [3] Company Of Dragoons [3] Corps of Hussars [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Scots Fusiliers [3] South Lancashire Regiment [3] 2nd Life Guards [2] 3rd Dragoon Guards [2] 7th Dragoon Guards [2] Essex Yeomanry [2] Leicestershire Yeomanry [2] Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Royal Scots Greys 2nd Dragoons [2] Yorkshire Dragoons [2] 12th Lancers [1] 13th Reserve Cavalry Unit [1]

Service

British Army [590] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1] Indian Army [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [158] C [101] G [90] A [49] D [36] F [32] H [25] M [24] S [14] R [12] W [12] T [11] P [8] E [6] Y [3] L [2] N [2] O [2] I [1] J [1] K [1]

Contribution

Military Service [585]

Country

United Kingdom [22] India [1]

John Geddes

British Army 40939 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

British Army GS/9948 Private Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) 2nd Battalion

British Army D/13818 Private Company of Dragoons

More about John Geddes
Albert Gaymer

British Army 37222 Private South Lancashire Regiment

British Army GS/20367 Private Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) 2nd Battalion

British Army D/16276 Private Essex Yeomanry

…

More about Albert Gaymer
George Joseph Gillett

British Army P/1348 Lance Corporal Military Mounted Police

British Army D/14353 Lance Corporal Corps of Dragoons

British Army GS12832 Lance Corporal Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) 2nd Battalion

More about George Joseph Gillett
Samuel William Egerton

British Army Captain Indian Army Cavalry attached 2nd Dragoons France

Indian Army Major 18th Cavalry

Indian Army Major 7th Hariana Lancers

More about Samuel William Egerton
Eric Noel Lowson Raymond

British Army Lieutenant 2nd Dragoons

British Army Second Lieutenant 9th Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

British Army Second Lieutenant Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

…

More about Eric Noel Lowson Raymond
Samuel Cload

British Army D/17090 Private 4th Dragoon Guards

British Army D/17090 Private Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) 2nd Battalion

British Army D/17090 Private Corps of Dragoons

More about Samuel Cload
Albert W Freeman

British Army D/17041 Private 4th Dragoon Guards

British Army D/17041 Private Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) 2nd Battalion

British Army D/17041 Private Company of Dragoons

More about Albert W Freeman
James Alan Hamilton Aitken

British Army Captain 2nd Lowland Royal Army Medical Corps Field Ambulance

British Army Major 52nd Dragoons Citadel Military Hospital

British Army Major Royal Army Medical Corps

More about James Alan Hamilton Aitken
Maurice Brennan

British Army 10223 Private 6th Dragoons

British Army 143084 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 37237 Private South Lancashire Regiment

…

More about Maurice Brennan
William Darling

British Army GS/14150 Lance Corporal 4th Dragoon Guards

British Army GS/14150 Private 4th Dragoon Guards

British Army Lieutenant 2nd Dragoons

…

More about William Darling

Page 30 of 30

Pagination

Previous
1
28
29
30

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