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 1078 results

Advanced search

Search

Advanced

Search field

Filters

Type

People [1078]

Stories

Communities

Place of birth

Hull [3]

London [3]

Marylebone, London [3]

Burnley [2]

Camberwell [2]

Cardiff [2]

Devonport [2]

Hereford [2]

Kensington [2]

Kensington, London [2]

Leeds [2]

Leeds, Yorkshire [2]

Liverpool [2]

Paddington, London [2]

5 Merrion Square South, Dublin [1]

Acton [1]

Addlestone [1]

Aintree, Lancashire [1]

Aldsworth [1]

Armagh [1]

Ashby, Lincolnshire [1]

Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [1]

Aston, Birmingham [1]

Bacup [1]

Ballarat [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Bampton, Oxfordshire [1]

Barnet, Middlesex [1]

Barnfield House, Exeter, Devon [1]

Basford, Nottinghamshire [1]

Bath, Somerset [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Beaford [1]

Bermondsey London [1]

Berryhead, Brixham, Devon [1]

Beverley, Western Australia [1]

Biggar, Lanarkshire. [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Birmingham, Warks [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Bletchingley, Surrey [1]

Boldon Colliery, County Durham [1]

Bolton, Lancashire [1]

Bottesford, Leicestershire [1]

Bradford, Yorkshire [1]

Brenchley, Kent [1]

Bridstow, Northlew, Devon [1]

Brighton South Australia [1]

Brisbane Queensland [1]

Broughty Ferry, Forfarshire [1]

Rank

Reverend [594]

Chaplain [170]

Captain [67]

Chaplain 4th Class [65]

Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class [56]

Chaplain to the Forces [45]

Temporary Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class [27]

4th Class Chaplain [20]

Private [20]

Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class (Captain) [18]

The Reverend [14]

Chaplain to the Forces 3rd Class [13]

Second Lieutenant [12]

Honorary Chaplain to the Forces [11]

Temporary Chaplain [11]

Captain Reverend [9]

Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class [9]

Chaplain 3rd Class [8]

Lieutenant [8]

Temporary Chaplain 4th Class [8]

Major [7]

3rd Class Chaplain [6]

Captain Chaplain 4th Class [6]

Chaplain to the Forces (4th Class) [6]

Honorary Chaplain [6]

Reverend Chaplain [6]

Temporary Captain [6]

Captain 4th Class [5]

Captain Chaplain [5]

Chaplain to the Forces 2nd Class [5]

Temporary Chaplain to the Forces [5]

Temporary Chaplain to the Forces 3rd Class [5]

4th Class Chaplain to the Forces [4]

Acting Chaplain [4]

Captain Chaplain to the Forces [4]

Chaplain 1st Class [4]

Chaplain Reverend [4]

Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class (Captain) [4]

Chaplain to the Forces, 3rd Class [4]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Chaplain 2nd Class [3]

Chaplain Captain [3]

Chaplain The Reverend [3]

Chaplain to the Force [3]

Chaplain to the Force 4th Class [3]

Reverend Chaplain 4th Class [3]

2nd Class Chaplain [2]

4th Chaplain to the Forces [2]

4th Class [2]

Acting Corporal [2]

Unit

Royal Army Chaplains Department [671]

Army Chaplains Department [143]

Royal Army Chaplains' Department [80]

Army Chaplains' Department [63]

Chaplains Department [32]

Royal Army Chaplain's Department [21]

Royal Army Medical Corps [17]

Young Mens Christian Association [14]

New Zealand Chaplains Department [13]

Army Chaplain's Department [11]

East African Chaplains Department [10]

Chaplain to the Forces [7]

Royal Army Chaplin's Department [7]

Royal Air Force [6]

Australian Army Chaplains Department [5]

Chaplains to the Force [5]

East African Forces [5]

Royal Army Chaplain Department [5]

Royal Field Artillery [4]

Border Regiment [3]

Church Army [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Attached Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Church Army Royal Army Chaplains Department [2]

East African Ecclesiastical Department [2]

Gordon Highlanders [2]

London Regiment [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [2]

Royal Engineers [2]

Somerset Light Infantry [2]

1/2nd Egyptian Army Field Ambulance [1]

10th Corps Heavy Artillery [1]

11th General Hospital Unit [1]

16th Irish Division Army Chaplains Department [1]

16th Stationary Hospital Royal Army Chaplains Department [1]

19th Field Ambulance [1]

1st Brigade M F Company [1]

1st Division [1]

2/1st East Anglian Field Ambulance [1]

204th District [1]

20th Divisional Army Chaplains Department [1]

23rd Division Army Chaplains Department [1]

29th Casualty Clearing Station [1]

2nd Cameron Highlanders [1]

2nd Infantry Brigade [1]

2nd Mounted Division attached Derbyshire Yeomanry [1]

Service

British Army [1028]

Other Empire Force [28]

Australian Imperial Force [15]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [15]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Indian Army [2]

Royal Navy [2]

South African Services [2]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [259]

C [197]

G [144]

H [101]

D [77]

F [59]

A [49]

M [28]

S [28]

W [26]

E [20]

R [18]

J [14]

L [13]

P [10]

T [10]

O [8]

K [5]

N [5]

V [3]

I [1]

U [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1053]

Country

United Kingdom [119]

Ireland [4]

Egypt [2]

Australia [1]

Barbados [1]

Canada [1]

Germany [1]

Gibraltar [1]

South Africa [1]

Page 3 of 54

Pagination

Previous
1
2
3
4
5
54
Next

Type

People [1078] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Hull [3] London [3] Marylebone, London [3] Burnley [2] Camberwell [2] Cardiff [2] Devonport [2] Hereford [2] Kensington [2] Kensington, London [2] Leeds [2] Leeds, Yorkshire [2] Liverpool [2] Paddington, London [2] 5 Merrion Square South, Dublin [1] Acton [1] Addlestone [1] Aintree, Lancashire [1] Aldsworth [1] Armagh [1] Ashby, Lincolnshire [1] Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [1] Aston, Birmingham [1] Bacup [1] Ballarat [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Bampton, Oxfordshire [1] Barnet, Middlesex [1] Barnfield House, Exeter, Devon [1] Basford, Nottinghamshire [1] Bath, Somerset [1] Battersea, London [1] Beaford [1] Bermondsey London [1] Berryhead, Brixham, Devon [1] Beverley, Western Australia [1] Biggar, Lanarkshire. [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Birmingham, Warks [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Bletchingley, Surrey [1] Boldon Colliery, County Durham [1] Bolton, Lancashire [1] Bottesford, Leicestershire [1] Bradford, Yorkshire [1] Brenchley, Kent [1] Bridstow, Northlew, Devon [1] Brighton South Australia [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Broughty Ferry, Forfarshire [1]

Rank

Reverend [594] Chaplain [170] Captain [67] Chaplain 4th Class [65] Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class [56] Chaplain to the Forces [45] Temporary Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class [27] 4th Class Chaplain [20] Private [20] Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class (Captain) [18] The Reverend [14] Chaplain to the Forces 3rd Class [13] Second Lieutenant [12] Honorary Chaplain to the Forces [11] Temporary Chaplain [11] Captain Reverend [9] Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class [9] Chaplain 3rd Class [8] Lieutenant [8] Temporary Chaplain 4th Class [8] Major [7] 3rd Class Chaplain [6] Captain Chaplain 4th Class [6] Chaplain to the Forces (4th Class) [6] Honorary Chaplain [6] Reverend Chaplain [6] Temporary Captain [6] Captain 4th Class [5] Captain Chaplain [5] Chaplain to the Forces 2nd Class [5] Temporary Chaplain to the Forces [5] Temporary Chaplain to the Forces 3rd Class [5] 4th Class Chaplain to the Forces [4] Acting Chaplain [4] Captain Chaplain to the Forces [4] Chaplain 1st Class [4] Chaplain Reverend [4] Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class (Captain) [4] Chaplain to the Forces, 3rd Class [4] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Chaplain 2nd Class [3] Chaplain Captain [3] Chaplain The Reverend [3] Chaplain to the Force [3] Chaplain to the Force 4th Class [3] Reverend Chaplain 4th Class [3] 2nd Class Chaplain [2] 4th Chaplain to the Forces [2] 4th Class [2] Acting Corporal [2]

Unit

Royal Army Chaplains Department [671] Army Chaplains Department [143] Royal Army Chaplains' Department [80] Army Chaplains' Department [63] Chaplains Department [32] Royal Army Chaplain's Department [21] Royal Army Medical Corps [17] Young Mens Christian Association [14] New Zealand Chaplains Department [13] Army Chaplain's Department [11] East African Chaplains Department [10] Chaplain to the Forces [7] Royal Army Chaplin's Department [7] Royal Air Force [6] Australian Army Chaplains Department [5] Chaplains to the Force [5] East African Forces [5] Royal Army Chaplain Department [5] Royal Field Artillery [4] Border Regiment [3] Church Army [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Attached Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Church Army Royal Army Chaplains Department [2] East African Ecclesiastical Department [2] Gordon Highlanders [2] London Regiment [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [2] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [2] Royal Engineers [2] Somerset Light Infantry [2] 1/2nd Egyptian Army Field Ambulance [1] 10th Corps Heavy Artillery [1] 11th General Hospital Unit [1] 16th Irish Division Army Chaplains Department [1] 16th Stationary Hospital Royal Army Chaplains Department [1] 19th Field Ambulance [1] 1st Brigade M F Company [1] 1st Division [1] 2/1st East Anglian Field Ambulance [1] 204th District [1] 20th Divisional Army Chaplains Department [1] 23rd Division Army Chaplains Department [1] 29th Casualty Clearing Station [1] 2nd Cameron Highlanders [1] 2nd Infantry Brigade [1] 2nd Mounted Division attached Derbyshire Yeomanry [1]

Service

British Army [1028] Other Empire Force [28] Australian Imperial Force [15] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [15] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2] Indian Army [2] Royal Navy [2] South African Services [2] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [259] C [197] G [144] H [101] D [77] F [59] A [49] M [28] S [28] W [26] E [20] R [18] J [14] L [13] P [10] T [10] O [8] K [5] N [5] V [3] I [1] U [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1053]

Country

United Kingdom [119] Ireland [4] Egypt [2] Australia [1] Barbados [1] Canada [1] Germany [1] Gibraltar [1] South Africa [1]

Herbert Butler Cowl

Born 1886

Died 1971

British Army The Reverend (Chaplain, 4th Class) Royal Army Chaplains Department

More about Herbert Butler Cowl
William David Abbott

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army The Reverend Royal Army Chaplains Department

More about William David Abbott
Charles Frederick Baines

Born 1862

Died 1945

Other Empire Force Reverend Royal Army Chaplains Department

Other Empire Force Chaplain to the Forces, 1st Class Army Chaplains Department

More about Charles Frederick Baines
Hugh James Bernard Green

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army Reverend Royal Army Chaplains Department

British Army Chaplain 4th Class Army Chaplains' Department

More about Hugh James Bernard Green
Edward O'sullivan Goidanich

Born 1867

Australian Imperial Force Captain Chaplain 4th Class Chaplains Department

More about Edward O'sullivan Goidanich
Edward Humbert Fernie

Born 1882

Died 1963

Australian Imperial Force Chaplain 4th Class Chaplains Department

More about Edward Humbert Fernie
William Joseph Mcclemans

Born 1875

Australian Imperial Force Captain Chaplain 4th Class Chaplains Department

More about William Joseph Mcclemans
Alfred Thomas Arthur Naylor, O.b.e., M.a.

Born 1889

Died 1966

British Army Reverend Acting Colonel Royal Army Chaplains' Department

Other Empire Force Reverend Royal Army Chaplains' Department

Other Empire Force Chaplain to the Forces, Reverend Royal Army Chaplains' Department

More about Alfred Thomas Arthur Naylor, O.b.e., M.a.
Cyril James Horsley-Smith

Born 1875

Died 1954

British Army Chaplain 4th Class Royal Army Chaplains' Department

British Army Chaplain 3rd Class Royal Army Chaplains' Department

British Army Royal Army Chaplains' Department

More about Cyril James Horsley-Smith
Charles H Turner

British Army Chaplain Chaplains Department

British Army Reverend Chaplains Department

More about Charles H Turner
Charles Henry Bell

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 4th Class Chaplain Royal Army Chaplains Department

British Army The Reverend Royal Army Chaplains Department 1st Royal Berkshire

More about Charles Henry Bell
Rev. John Kenneth Best

Born 1887

Died 1981

British Army Chaplain to the Forces Royal Army Chaplains Department

British Army Chaplain to the Forces (4th Class) Royal Army Chaplains Department

More about Rev. John Kenneth Best
Cecil Norman De Vine

Born 1882

Died 1960

British Army Captain Royal Army Chaplains' Department

British Army Royal Army Chaplains' Department

More about Cecil Norman De Vine
Francis Patrick Mary Browne

Born 1880

Died 1960

British Army Temporary Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class Army Chaplain's Department

British Army Reverend (Chaplain) Army Chaplains' Department

British Army Chaplain Royal Dublin Fusiliers 9th Battalion

…

More about Francis Patrick Mary Browne
Hubert Vavasor Griffiths

Born 1885

Died 1965

British Army Reverend Royal Army Chaplains Department

More about Hubert Vavasor Griffiths
James Henry Martin

Born 1886

Died 1965

British Army Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class Army Chaplains' Department 19th Casualty Clearing Station

More about James Henry Martin
Donal Vincent O'sullivan

Born 1890

Died 1916

Other Empire Force Chaplain 4th Class Royal Army Chaplains' Department

More about Donal Vincent O'sullivan
William Grant

Born 1859

Died 1915

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 11/86 Chaplain Major New Zealand Chaplains Department

More about William Grant
James Rashleigh Hale

Born 1874

Died 1944

British Army Reverend Royal Army Chaplains Department

More about James Rashleigh Hale
Jacob Blackbourne

Born 1863

Died 1936

British Army Chaplain 1st Class to the Forces Army Chaplains' Department

More about Jacob Blackbourne

Page 3 of 54

Pagination

Previous
1
2
3
4
5
54
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