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 3183 results

Advanced search

Search

Advanced

Search field

Filters

Type

People [3183]

Stories

Communities

Place of birth

Maidstone, Kent [141]

Ramsgate, Kent [65]

Ashford, Kent [14]

Boxley, Kent [11]

Dover, Kent [11]

Canterbury, Kent [9]

Loose, Kent [9]

Hollingbourne, Kent [8]

Thanet, Kent [8]

Folkestone [7]

Barming, Kent [6]

Deptford, Kent [6]

Margate, Kent [6]

Boughton Monchelsea, Kent [5]

East Farleigh, Kent [5]

Langley, Kent [5]

Lenham, Kent [5]

Bearsted, Kent [4]

Camberwell, Surrey [4]

Faversham, Kent [4]

Hythe, Kent [4]

Lambeth, London [4]

Ramsgate, Kent. [4]

Sandwich, Kent [4]

Tovil, Kent [4]

Bedford [3]

Bridge, Kent [3]

Brighton, Sussex [3]

Chatham, Kent [3]

East Malling, Kent [3]

Eccles, Kent [3]

Folkestone, Kent [3]

Hawkhurst, Kent [3]

Lydd, Kent [3]

Thanet, Kent. [3]

All Saints, Maidstone, Kent [2]

Battersea, Surrey [2]

Birling, Kent [2]

Burham Kent [2]

Charing, Kent [2]

Chart Sutton, Kent [2]

Chatham Kent [2]

Chislet, Kent [2]

Chorley, Lancashire [2]

Colchester, Essex [2]

Desborough, Northants [2]

Detling, Kent [2]

East Sutton, Kent [2]

Eastry, Kent [2]

Edmonton, Middlesex [2]

Rank

Private [2881]

Lance Corporal [225]

Corporal [180]

Serjeant [159]

Second Lieutenant [49]

Lieutenant [42]

Captain [29]

Acting Corporal [25]

Acting Serjeant [23]

Lance Serjeant [18]

Sergeant [14]

Driver [13]

Sapper [12]

Drummer [10]

Company Serjeant Major [9]

Gunner [8]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [7]

Pioneer [6]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

2nd Lieutenant [5]

Major [5]

Acting Lance Corporal [4]

Colour Serjeant [4]

Bandsman [3]

Boy [3]

Colour Sergeant [3]

L/Cpl [3]

Private. [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Temporary Lieutenant [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Bombardier [2]

Corporal 2nd [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Lance-Corporal [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

2/LT [1]

2nd Captain [1]

2nd Corporal [1]

ALIAS 2nd Lieutenant [1]

ALIAS Private [1]

AM II (Ch) [1]

Act M I [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Bombardier (Paid) [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Unit

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [3040]

East Kent Regiment [2569]

Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [74]

Labour Corps [59]

Royal Fusiliers [43]

The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [35]

Royal Engineers [30]

London Regiment [29]

Royal West Kent Regiment [26]

The Queen's Regiment [26]

Middlesex Regiment [23]

Royal East Kent Yeomanry [23]

West Kent Yeomanry (Queen's Own) [23]

East Kent Regiment (The Buffs) [20]

Royal Defence Corps [19]

West Kent Yeomanry [19]

Army Service Corps [15]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [15]

East Surrey Regiment [13]

Royal Sussex Regiment [13]

Yorkshire Regiment [13]

The Buffs (East Kent) Regiment [12]

Royal Army Medical Corps [11]

Royal Army Service Corps [10]

Training Reserve [10]

East Kent Regiment (Buffs) [9]

Essex Regiment [9]

Kent Regiment [9]

Royal Air Force [9]

Machine Gun Corps [8]

Worcestershire Regiment [8]

North Staffordshire Regiment [7]

Royal Field Artillery [7]

Bedfordshire Regiment [6]

Durham Light Infantry [6]

National Reserve Guard [6]

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [6]

Kent Cyclist Battalion [5]

Royal Flying Corps [5]

Royal Garrison Artillery [5]

South Staffordshire Regiment [5]

The Buffs East Kent Regiment [5]

Army Reserve [4]

Gloucestershire Regiment [4]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [4]

Royal Naval Reserve [4]

Army Cyclist Corps [3]

Buffs East Kent Regiment [3]

Royal East Kent Regiment (The Buffs) [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [3183]

Royal Navy [19]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [11]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [4]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

Indian Army [2]

Last name first letter

B [389]

S [314]

C [289]

H [275]

W [261]

M [212]

P [182]

R [160]

G [152]

T [152]

D [126]

L [113]

F [107]

A [101]

J [88]

E [77]

K [65]

N [45]

V [19]

O [16]

I [15]

Y [14]

Q [6]

U [5]

Contribution

Military Service [3105]

Country

United Kingdom [688]

Singapore [19]

India [9]

Ireland [5]

Canada [4]

Malta [3]

South Africa [2]

United States [2]

Australia [1]

Gibraltar [1]

Greece [1]

Iran, Islamic Republic of [1]

Malaysia [1]

Page 4 of 160

Pagination

Previous
1
2
3
4
5
6
160
Next

Type

People [3183] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Maidstone, Kent [141] Ramsgate, Kent [65] Ashford, Kent [14] Boxley, Kent [11] Dover, Kent [11] Canterbury, Kent [9] Loose, Kent [9] Hollingbourne, Kent [8] Thanet, Kent [8] Folkestone [7] Barming, Kent [6] Deptford, Kent [6] Margate, Kent [6] Boughton Monchelsea, Kent [5] East Farleigh, Kent [5] Langley, Kent [5] Lenham, Kent [5] Bearsted, Kent [4] Camberwell, Surrey [4] Faversham, Kent [4] Hythe, Kent [4] Lambeth, London [4] Ramsgate, Kent. [4] Sandwich, Kent [4] Tovil, Kent [4] Bedford [3] Bridge, Kent [3] Brighton, Sussex [3] Chatham, Kent [3] East Malling, Kent [3] Eccles, Kent [3] Folkestone, Kent [3] Hawkhurst, Kent [3] Lydd, Kent [3] Thanet, Kent. [3] All Saints, Maidstone, Kent [2] Battersea, Surrey [2] Birling, Kent [2] Burham Kent [2] Charing, Kent [2] Chart Sutton, Kent [2] Chatham Kent [2] Chislet, Kent [2] Chorley, Lancashire [2] Colchester, Essex [2] Desborough, Northants [2] Detling, Kent [2] East Sutton, Kent [2] Eastry, Kent [2] Edmonton, Middlesex [2]

Rank

Private [2881] Lance Corporal [225] Corporal [180] Serjeant [159] Second Lieutenant [49] Lieutenant [42] Captain [29] Acting Corporal [25] Acting Serjeant [23] Lance Serjeant [18] Sergeant [14] Driver [13] Sapper [12] Drummer [10] Company Serjeant Major [9] Gunner [8] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [7] Pioneer [6] Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] 2nd Lieutenant [5] Major [5] Acting Lance Corporal [4] Colour Serjeant [4] Bandsman [3] Boy [3] Colour Sergeant [3] L/Cpl [3] Private. [3] Temporary Captain [3] Temporary Lieutenant [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Bombardier [2] Corporal 2nd [2] Deck Hand [2] Lance-Corporal [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] 2/LT [1] 2nd Captain [1] 2nd Corporal [1] ALIAS 2nd Lieutenant [1] ALIAS Private [1] AM II (Ch) [1] Act M I [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Bombardier (Paid) [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Unit

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [3040] East Kent Regiment [2569] Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [74] Labour Corps [59] Royal Fusiliers [43] The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [35] Royal Engineers [30] London Regiment [29] Royal West Kent Regiment [26] The Queen's Regiment [26] Middlesex Regiment [23] Royal East Kent Yeomanry [23] West Kent Yeomanry (Queen's Own) [23] East Kent Regiment (The Buffs) [20] Royal Defence Corps [19] West Kent Yeomanry [19] Army Service Corps [15] Royal Berkshire Regiment [15] East Surrey Regiment [13] Royal Sussex Regiment [13] Yorkshire Regiment [13] The Buffs (East Kent) Regiment [12] Royal Army Medical Corps [11] Royal Army Service Corps [10] Training Reserve [10] East Kent Regiment (Buffs) [9] Essex Regiment [9] Kent Regiment [9] Royal Air Force [9] Machine Gun Corps [8] Worcestershire Regiment [8] North Staffordshire Regiment [7] Royal Field Artillery [7] Bedfordshire Regiment [6] Durham Light Infantry [6] National Reserve Guard [6] The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [6] Kent Cyclist Battalion [5] Royal Flying Corps [5] Royal Garrison Artillery [5] South Staffordshire Regiment [5] The Buffs East Kent Regiment [5] Army Reserve [4] Gloucestershire Regiment [4] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [4] Royal Naval Reserve [4] Army Cyclist Corps [3] Buffs East Kent Regiment [3] Royal East Kent Regiment (The Buffs) [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [3183] Royal Navy [19] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [11] Canadian Expeditionary Force [4] Australian Imperial Force [2] Indian Army [2]

Last name first letter

B [389] S [314] C [289] H [275] W [261] M [212] P [182] R [160] G [152] T [152] D [126] L [113] F [107] A [101] J [88] E [77] K [65] N [45] V [19] O [16] I [15] Y [14] Q [6] U [5]

Contribution

Military Service [3105]

Country

United Kingdom [688] Singapore [19] India [9] Ireland [5] Canada [4] Malta [3] South Africa [2] United States [2] Australia [1] Gibraltar [1] Greece [1] Iran, Islamic Republic of [1] Malaysia [1]

Ambrose Rossiter

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army G/4282 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 6th Battalion

British Army G/4282 Private Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 6th Battalion

More about Ambrose Rossiter
William James Bryant

Born 1887

British Army 270994 Private Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 10th (East and West Kent Yeomanry) Battalion

British Army 2398 Private Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 10th (West Kent Yeomanry) Battalion

More about William James Bryant
William Farrant

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army G/11095 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 8th Battalion

British Army G/11095 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

More about William Farrant
Arthur George Tyler

Born 1884

Died 1920

British Army G/6007 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 2nd Battallion

British Army G/6007 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) Depot East Kent

More about Arthur George Tyler
Albert Hopkins

Born 1878

Died 1918

British Army T/201128 Sergeant The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 4th Battalion

British Army 201128 Serjeant The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

More about Albert Hopkins
Frederick Cornwell

Born 1868

Died 1915

British Army SR/562 Colour Sergeant The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

British Army SR/562 Colour Serjeant The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 7 Battalion

More about Frederick Cornwell
Henry Stephen Whenham

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army L/10209 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 6th Battalion

British Army L/10209 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 3rd Battalion

More about Henry Stephen Whenham
Frederick William Claringbold

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army SR/10428 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 2nd Battlion

More about Frederick William Claringbold
William Hobbs

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army G/2268 Lance Corporal East Kent Regiment (The Buffs) 7th Bn

More about William Hobbs
Frederick Arthur Terry

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army L/10361 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 1st Battalion, "B" Company

More about Frederick Arthur Terry
Frederick Alfred Honey

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army G/20245 Sergeant The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 8th Battalion

More about Frederick Alfred Honey
Robert Johnathan Dixon

Born 1889

Died 1961

British Army G/8613 Serjeant The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 2nd Battalion

More about Robert Johnathan Dixon
Ernest Court

Born 1866

Died 1916

British Army T/20213 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 4th Battalion

More about Ernest Court
Albert Dowsett

Born 1868

Died 1916

British Army T/20216 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 4th Battalion

More about Albert Dowsett
Walter John Prebble

Born 1884

Died 1948

British Army G/4869 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

More about Walter John Prebble
Fred Vivians Reeves

Born 1879

Died 1918

British Army G/5117 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 8th

More about Fred Vivians Reeves
Edward Samuel Thurstin

Born 1887

Died 1938

Royal Navy 362236

British Army 316 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

More about Edward Samuel Thurstin
Wilfred Griffin Butler

Born 1894

Died 1985

British Army 1341 Private East Kent Regiment (Buffs) 4th Battalion

British Army L/10146 Private Kent Regiment 1st Battalion

More about Wilfred Griffin Butler
Norris Orms Woodcock

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army T/1132 Private Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 5th Battalion

More about Norris Orms Woodcock
Bertram Edward Worley

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army G/20033 Private Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 7th Battalion

More about Bertram Edward Worley

Page 4 of 160

Pagination

Previous
1
2
3
4
5
6
160
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