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 35 results

Advanced search

Search

Advanced

Search field

Filters

Type

People [35]

Stories

Communities

Place of birth

Dunfermline, Fifeshire [2]

Melbourne, Australia [2]

Alton, Hampshire [1]

Camborne, Cornwall [1]

Carlisle, Cumberland [1]

Catsfield, Sussex [1]

Crossgates, Fifeshire [1]

Dublin [1]

Durham, South Africa [1]

Elie, Fifeshire [1]

Forest Gate, London [1]

Hanover Square, London [1]

Kennington, London [1]

Kinghorn, Fifeshire [1]

Ladybank, Fifeshire [1]

Lambeth, London [1]

Leeds Town, Cornwall [1]

Leeds, Kent [1]

Lewisham, London [1]

Lochgelly, Fifeshire [1]

Maidstone, Kent [1]

Melbourne [1]

Newport Pagnall, Buckinghamshire [1]

Pimlico, London [1]

Pittenweem, Fife [1]

Ramsgate, Kent [1]

Saint Pancras, London [1]

Salisbury, Rhodesia [1]

Salisbury, Wiltshire [1]

South Shields, Durham [1]

Wimbledon, Surrey [1]

Windygates, Fife [1]

Rank

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [15]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [12]

Leading Mechanic [6]

Petty Officer Mechanic [6]

Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [4]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [3]

Petty Officer [3]

Acting Air Mechanic 1st Class [2]

Acting Corporal [2]

Air Mechanic [2]

Aircraftman 1st Class [2]

Captain [2]

Engineer (Temporary) [2]

Flight Lieutenant [2]

Flight Sergeant [2]

Private [2]

Second Lieutenant [2]

2nd Corporal [1]

ACM 1st Class [1]

ACM II [1]

AIr Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting A M E [1]

Acting AME [1]

Acting Air Marshall [1]

Acting Squadron Leader [1]

Air Commodore [1]

Air Marshall [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class (Carpenter) [1]

Air Mechanic I [1]

Air Vice Marshal [1]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [1]

Assistant Engineer (Temporary) [1]

Boy [1]

Boy ... [1]

Boy Mechanic [1]

Chief Petty Officer Mechanic [1]

Corporal [1]

Corporal Mechanic [1]

Cyclist [1]

First Class Air Machanic [1]

Flight Commander [1]

Flight Sergeant Mechanic [1]

Flight Sub Lieutenant [1]

Group Captain [1]

IOM [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Lieutenant (Temporary) [1]

Mechanic (Engineer) [1]

Unit

Royal Naval Air Service [28]

HMS President II [15]

Royal Air Force [13]

HMS President II (Crystal Palace) [8]

Royal Naval Reserve [8]

Royal Naval Air Service: HMS President II [6]

HMS President II (Tregantle) [4]

East Kent Regiment [2]

HMS "Daedalus" [2]

HMS "President II" [2]

HMS Pembroke III [2]

HMS President II (Eastchurch) [2]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2]

1st Fifeshire Battalion, Volunteer Training Corps [1]

Air Service HMS President II [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Blandford [1]

Cranwell Airfield [1]

Crystal Palace [1]

Dover [1]

Grain [1]

H.M.S. President II [1]

HM Air Ship P2 [1]

HMS Campania [1]

HMS Daedalus (Cranwell) [1]

HMS Daedalus (Dover) [1]

HMS Daedalus (Portsmouth) [1]

HMS Daedelas (Polegate) [1]

HMS Daedelus (Cranwell) [1]

HMS Daedelus (Dunkirk) [1]

HMS Daedelus (Eastchurch) [1]

HMS Hyacinth (Zanzibar) [1]

HMS Manica [1]

HMS President II (Chingford) [1]

HMS President II (Cranwell) [1]

HMS President II (Excellent) [1]

HMS President II (Polegate) [1]

HMS President II (Roehampton) [1]

HMS President II (Staff) [1]

HMS President II (Turnhouse) [1]

HMS President II (Wormwood Scrubs) [1]

HMS Tregantle [1]

Kent Cyclist Battalion [1]

Ministry of Munitions [1]

Polegate [1]

RAF Reserve [1]

RNAS HMS Daedalus [1]

Royal Flying Corps [1]

Royal Naval Air Service - HMS "President II" [1]

Royal Naval Air Service /RAF [1]

Service

Royal Navy [35]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [17]

British Army [6]

Last name first letter

A [10]

H [4]

S [4]

B [3]

W [3]

C [2]

D [2]

J [2]

R [2]

K [1]

L [1]

P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [35]

Country

United Kingdom [10]

Page 2 of 2

Pagination

Previous
1
2

Type

People [35] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Dunfermline, Fifeshire [2] Melbourne, Australia [2] Alton, Hampshire [1] Camborne, Cornwall [1] Carlisle, Cumberland [1] Catsfield, Sussex [1] Crossgates, Fifeshire [1] Dublin [1] Durham, South Africa [1] Elie, Fifeshire [1] Forest Gate, London [1] Hanover Square, London [1] Kennington, London [1] Kinghorn, Fifeshire [1] Ladybank, Fifeshire [1] Lambeth, London [1] Leeds Town, Cornwall [1] Leeds, Kent [1] Lewisham, London [1] Lochgelly, Fifeshire [1] Maidstone, Kent [1] Melbourne [1] Newport Pagnall, Buckinghamshire [1] Pimlico, London [1] Pittenweem, Fife [1] Ramsgate, Kent [1] Saint Pancras, London [1] Salisbury, Rhodesia [1] Salisbury, Wiltshire [1] South Shields, Durham [1] Wimbledon, Surrey [1] Windygates, Fife [1]

Rank

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [15] Air Mechanic 1st Class [12] Leading Mechanic [6] Petty Officer Mechanic [6] Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [4] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [3] Petty Officer [3] Acting Air Mechanic 1st Class [2] Acting Corporal [2] Air Mechanic [2] Aircraftman 1st Class [2] Captain [2] Engineer (Temporary) [2] Flight Lieutenant [2] Flight Sergeant [2] Private [2] Second Lieutenant [2] 2nd Corporal [1] ACM 1st Class [1] ACM II [1] AIr Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting A M E [1] Acting AME [1] Acting Air Marshall [1] Acting Squadron Leader [1] Air Commodore [1] Air Marshall [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class (Carpenter) [1] Air Mechanic I [1] Air Vice Marshal [1] Aircraftman 2nd Class [1] Assistant Engineer (Temporary) [1] Boy [1] Boy ... [1] Boy Mechanic [1] Chief Petty Officer Mechanic [1] Corporal [1] Corporal Mechanic [1] Cyclist [1] First Class Air Machanic [1] Flight Commander [1] Flight Sergeant Mechanic [1] Flight Sub Lieutenant [1] Group Captain [1] IOM [1] Leading Seaman [1] Lieutenant [1] Lieutenant (Temporary) [1] Mechanic (Engineer) [1]

Unit

Royal Naval Air Service [28] HMS President II [15] Royal Air Force [13] HMS President II (Crystal Palace) [8] Royal Naval Reserve [8] Royal Naval Air Service: HMS President II [6] HMS President II (Tregantle) [4] East Kent Regiment [2] HMS "Daedalus" [2] HMS "President II" [2] HMS Pembroke III [2] HMS President II (Eastchurch) [2] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2] 1st Fifeshire Battalion, Volunteer Training Corps [1] Air Service HMS President II [1] Army Service Corps [1] Blandford [1] Cranwell Airfield [1] Crystal Palace [1] Dover [1] Grain [1] H.M.S. President II [1] HM Air Ship P2 [1] HMS Campania [1] HMS Daedalus (Cranwell) [1] HMS Daedalus (Dover) [1] HMS Daedalus (Portsmouth) [1] HMS Daedelas (Polegate) [1] HMS Daedelus (Cranwell) [1] HMS Daedelus (Dunkirk) [1] HMS Daedelus (Eastchurch) [1] HMS Hyacinth (Zanzibar) [1] HMS Manica [1] HMS President II (Chingford) [1] HMS President II (Cranwell) [1] HMS President II (Excellent) [1] HMS President II (Polegate) [1] HMS President II (Roehampton) [1] HMS President II (Staff) [1] HMS President II (Turnhouse) [1] HMS President II (Wormwood Scrubs) [1] HMS Tregantle [1] Kent Cyclist Battalion [1] Ministry of Munitions [1] Polegate [1] RAF Reserve [1] RNAS HMS Daedalus [1] Royal Flying Corps [1] Royal Naval Air Service - HMS "President II" [1] Royal Naval Air Service /RAF [1]

Service

Royal Navy [35] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [17] British Army [6]

Last name first letter

A [10] H [4] S [4] B [3] W [3] C [2] D [2] J [2] R [2] K [1] L [1] P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [35]

Country

United Kingdom [10]

Leonard Horatio Slatter

Born 1894

Died 1961

Royal Navy 1840 Mechanic (Engineer) HMS President II

Royal Navy 1840 Mechanic (Engineer) HMS Pembroke III

Royal Navy Temporary Sub Lieutenant Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

…

More about Leonard Horatio Slatter
Edgar James Wilson

Born 1895

Died 1917

Royal Navy F4131 Air Mechanic 2nd Class HMS President II

Royal Navy F4131 Leading Mechanic Royal Naval Air Service

Royal Navy F4131 Leading Mechanic HM Air Ship P2

More about Edgar James Wilson
John Joseph Kenny

Born 1891

Died 1916

Royal Navy F/1424 Air Mechanic 1st Class Royal Naval Air Service: HMS President II

Royal Navy F1424 Air Mechanic 1st Class Royal Naval Air Service

More about John Joseph Kenny
Andrew Somerville Aird

Born 1898

Royal Navy F24129 Air Mechanic 2nd Class HMS President II (Crystal Palace)

Royal Navy F24129 Air Mechanic 2nd Class Royal Naval Air Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 224129 Air Mechanic 3rd Class Royal Air Force Eastchurch

…

More about Andrew Somerville Aird
Arnold Pollard

Born 1893

Royal Navy F6599 Air Mechanic 2nd Class HMS President II

Royal Navy F6599 Acting Air Mechanic 1st Class HMS Campania

Royal Navy F6599 Air Mechanic 1st Class Royal Naval Air Service

…

More about Arnold Pollard
Alfred Ernest Beck

Born 1878

Royal Navy F9811 Royal Naval Air Service

Royal Navy F9811 Air Mechanic 1st Class HMS President II

Royal Navy F9811 Air Mechanic 1st Class HMS Daedelus (Cranwell)

…

More about Alfred Ernest Beck
Edward Charles Avery

Born 1896

Died 1972

Royal Navy F15956 Royal Naval Air Service

British Army 935 Cyclist Kent Cyclist Battalion

British Army MT 247 2nd Corporal Army Service Corps No 3 Kent Brigade Coy

…

More about Edward Charles Avery
John Lumsden Annan

Born 1896

Royal Navy F41466 Air Mechanic 2nd Class HMS President II (Crystal Palace)

Royal Navy F41466 Air Mechanic 2nd Class HMS President II (Tregantle)

Royal Navy F41466 Air Mechanic 2nd Class HMS Daedelus (Dunkirk)

…

More about John Lumsden Annan
Sydney Charles Henderson

Born 1884

F18494 ACM II HMS President II (Staff)

Royal Navy F18494 Royal Naval Air Service

Royal Navy Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) Royal Naval Reserve

More about Sydney Charles Henderson
Lawrence Ernest Lawrence

Born 1888

Royal Navy Engineer (Temporary) Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy F5669 Petty Officer Mechanic Royal Naval Air Service

British Army Second Lieutenant East Kent Regiment 3/4th Battalion

…

More about Lawrence Ernest Lawrence
Lawrence Ernest Shaw-Lawrence

Born 1888

British Army East Kent Regiment 4th Battalion. Seconded to RFC

Royal Navy Engineer (Temporary) Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy F5669 Petty Officer Mechanic Royal Naval Air Service

…

More about Lawrence Ernest Shaw-Lawrence
Cecil John William Anderson

Born 1899

Royal Navy F51587 Air Mechanic 2nd Class HMS President II

Royal Navy F51587 Air Mechanic 2nd Class HMS Tregantle

Royal Navy F51587 Air Mechanic 2nd Class Blandford

…

More about Cecil John William Anderson
Thomas Anderson Hughes Adamson

Born 1900

Royal Navy F45537 Boy Mechanic HMS President II (Tregantle)

Royal Navy F45537 Boy Mechanic HMS President II (Crystal Palace)

Royal Navy F45537 Boy Mechanic HMS President II (Cranwell)

…

More about Thomas Anderson Hughes Adamson
James Adger

Born 1894

Royal Navy F14205 Petty Officer Mechanic HMS President II (Crystal Palace)

Royal Navy F14205 Chief Petty Officer Mechanic HMS President II (Crystal Palace)

Royal Navy F14205 Chief Petty Officer Mechanic HMS President II (Tregantle)

…

More about James Adger
George Alan Holdsworth

Born 1879

Royal Navy F28962 Royal Naval Air Service

Royal Navy F28962 Air Mechanic 2nd Class HMS President II

Royal Navy F28962 Petty Officer Crystal Palace

…

More about George Alan Holdsworth

Page 2 of 2

Pagination

Previous
1
2

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