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 1873 results

Advanced search

Search

Advanced

Search field

Filters

Type

People [1873]

Stories

Communities

Place of birth

Colchester, Essex [3]

Maidstone, Kent [2]

Aveley, Essex [1]

Bath, Somerset [1]

Battersea [1]

Bishops Stortford, Hertforshire [1]

Bolts Walls Farm, Rookhope, County Durham. [1]

Brantham, Tendring, Essex [1]

Brooksby, Leicestershire [1]

Burton End, Stansted [1]

Cambridge [1]

Castle Caereinion, Montgomeryshire [1]

Colne Engaine Essex [1]

Coopersale Common, Essex [1]

Cornish Hall End, Finchingfield, Essex [1]

Dublin [1]

Elmsted,Tendring, Essex. [1]

Fairstead, Essex [1]

Felsted, Essex [1]

Finchingfield [1]

Goole, Yorkshire [1]

Gorleston, Suffolk [1]

Hackney [1]

Halstead [1]

Henfield, Sussex [1]

Houghton St Giles, Norfolk [1]

Islington [1]

Little Horkesley, Essex [1]

London [1]

London S W Belgravia [1]

London, England [1]

Manningtree, Essex [1]

Margaret Roding, Essex. [1]

Marylebone London [1]

Mutford, Suffolk [1]

Orsett, Essex [1]

Pishiobury, Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire [1]

Prittlewell, Essex [1]

Rochford, Essex [1]

Roxwell, Essex [1]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [1]

St Andrews, Fife [1]

St Giles, London [1]

Stanford le Hope, Essex [1]

Stockport district Cheshire [1]

Sutton Scotney Winchester [1]

Ten Mile Bank, Hilgay [1]

Tendering,Essex [1]

Tendring, Essex [1]

Tufnell Park, Islington, London [1]

Rank

Private [1471]

Serjeant [140]

Second Lieutenant [133]

Corporal [128]

Lieutenant [113]

Lance Corporal [64]

Captain [49]

Major [19]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [16]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [15]

Trooper [12]

Sapper [9]

Staff Serjeant Major [9]

Shoeing Smith [8]

Acting Serjeant [7]

Gunner [7]

Driver [6]

Lance Serjeant [6]

Lieutenant Colonel [6]

Acting Captain [5]

Acting Corporal [5]

Farrier Serjeant [5]

Pioneer [4]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Saddler [4]

Squadron Serjeant Major [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Private Serjeant [3]

Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Trumpeter [3]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Bombardier [2]

Brigadier General [2]

Colonel [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Corporal 2nd [2]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [2]

Lieutenant Captain [2]

Private Acting Corporal [2]

Private Lance Corporal [2]

Regimental Serjeant Major [2]

Saddler Serjeant [2]

Sergeant [2]

Serjeant /Acting Squadron Serjeant Major [2]

Shoeing Smith Corporal [2]

2nd Lt. [1]

Acting Company Sergeant Major [1]

Acting Farrier Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Unit

Essex Yeomanry [1756]

Essex Regiment [150]

Machine Gun Corps [92]

Corps of Dragoons [80]

Labour Corps [71]

Dragoon Guards [41]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [37]

Royal Engineers [36]

Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [35]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [31]

Army Service Corps [26]

Corps of Hussars [25]

Suffolk Regiment [24]

Norfolk Regiment [22]

Royal Air Force [21]

Royal Field Artillery [19]

Company of Dragoons [17]

County of London Yeomanry [16]

Tank Corps [16]

Royal Army Service Corps [14]

Derby Yeomanry [13]

Dragoons [13]

City of London Yeomanry [12]

Corps of Lancers [12]

Hertfordshire Yeomanry [12]

Norfolk Yeomanry [12]

London Regiment [11]

Royal Flying Corps [11]

Lincolnshire Yeomanry [10]

Royal Garrison Artillery [10]

General Service Dragoons [9]

Royal Sussex Regiment [9]

Bedford Yeomanry [8]

Essex Yeomanry Territorial Force [8]

Hussars [8]

Lincolnshire Regiment [8]

Essex Yeomanry attached Dragoon Guards [6]

Lancers [6]

Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) [6]

Northamptonshire Regiment [6]

6th Dragoon Guards [5]

Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [5]

Middlesex Regiment [5]

Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) [5]

Royal Fusiliers [5]

Royal Horse Guards [5]

Surrey Yeomanry [5]

Army Veterinary Corps [4]

Hampshire Regiment [4]

Imperial Yeomanry [4]

Service

British Army [1873]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [213]

S [196]

W [170]

C [157]

H [139]

P [133]

M [109]

R [105]

G [87]

T [85]

D [83]

F [74]

A [62]

L [56]

J [51]

K [41]

E [40]

O [29]

N [21]

V [14]

I [4]

U [2]

Q [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1865]

Country

United Kingdom [44]

Canada [1]

Malta [1]

United States [1]

Page 1 of 94

Pagination

1
2
3
94
Next

Type

People [1873] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Colchester, Essex [3] Maidstone, Kent [2] Aveley, Essex [1] Bath, Somerset [1] Battersea [1] Bishops Stortford, Hertforshire [1] Bolts Walls Farm, Rookhope, County Durham. [1] Brantham, Tendring, Essex [1] Brooksby, Leicestershire [1] Burton End, Stansted [1] Cambridge [1] Castle Caereinion, Montgomeryshire [1] Colne Engaine Essex [1] Coopersale Common, Essex [1] Cornish Hall End, Finchingfield, Essex [1] Dublin [1] Elmsted,Tendring, Essex. [1] Fairstead, Essex [1] Felsted, Essex [1] Finchingfield [1] Goole, Yorkshire [1] Gorleston, Suffolk [1] Hackney [1] Halstead [1] Henfield, Sussex [1] Houghton St Giles, Norfolk [1] Islington [1] Little Horkesley, Essex [1] London [1] London S W Belgravia [1] London, England [1] Manningtree, Essex [1] Margaret Roding, Essex. [1] Marylebone London [1] Mutford, Suffolk [1] Orsett, Essex [1] Pishiobury, Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire [1] Prittlewell, Essex [1] Rochford, Essex [1] Roxwell, Essex [1] Sheffield, Yorkshire [1] St Andrews, Fife [1] St Giles, London [1] Stanford le Hope, Essex [1] Stockport district Cheshire [1] Sutton Scotney Winchester [1] Ten Mile Bank, Hilgay [1] Tendering,Essex [1] Tendring, Essex [1] Tufnell Park, Islington, London [1]

Rank

Private [1471] Serjeant [140] Second Lieutenant [133] Corporal [128] Lieutenant [113] Lance Corporal [64] Captain [49] Major [19] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [16] Warrant Officer Class 2 [15] Trooper [12] Sapper [9] Staff Serjeant Major [9] Shoeing Smith [8] Acting Serjeant [7] Gunner [7] Driver [6] Lance Serjeant [6] Lieutenant Colonel [6] Acting Captain [5] Acting Corporal [5] Farrier Serjeant [5] Pioneer [4] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Saddler [4] Squadron Serjeant Major [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Private Serjeant [3] Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Trumpeter [3] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Bombardier [2] Brigadier General [2] Colonel [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Corporal 2nd [2] Lieutenant Acting Captain [2] Lieutenant Captain [2] Private Acting Corporal [2] Private Lance Corporal [2] Regimental Serjeant Major [2] Saddler Serjeant [2] Sergeant [2] Serjeant /Acting Squadron Serjeant Major [2] Shoeing Smith Corporal [2] 2nd Lt. [1] Acting Company Sergeant Major [1] Acting Farrier Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Unit

Essex Yeomanry [1756] Essex Regiment [150] Machine Gun Corps [92] Corps of Dragoons [80] Labour Corps [71] Dragoon Guards [41] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [37] Royal Engineers [36] Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [35] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [31] Army Service Corps [26] Corps of Hussars [25] Suffolk Regiment [24] Norfolk Regiment [22] Royal Air Force [21] Royal Field Artillery [19] Company of Dragoons [17] County of London Yeomanry [16] Tank Corps [16] Royal Army Service Corps [14] Derby Yeomanry [13] Dragoons [13] City of London Yeomanry [12] Corps of Lancers [12] Hertfordshire Yeomanry [12] Norfolk Yeomanry [12] London Regiment [11] Royal Flying Corps [11] Lincolnshire Yeomanry [10] Royal Garrison Artillery [10] General Service Dragoons [9] Royal Sussex Regiment [9] Bedford Yeomanry [8] Essex Yeomanry Territorial Force [8] Hussars [8] Lincolnshire Regiment [8] Essex Yeomanry attached Dragoon Guards [6] Lancers [6] Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) [6] Northamptonshire Regiment [6] 6th Dragoon Guards [5] Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [5] Middlesex Regiment [5] Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) [5] Royal Fusiliers [5] Royal Horse Guards [5] Surrey Yeomanry [5] Army Veterinary Corps [4] Hampshire Regiment [4] Imperial Yeomanry [4]

Service

British Army [1873] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [213] S [196] W [170] C [157] H [139] P [133] M [109] R [105] G [87] T [85] D [83] F [74] A [62] L [56] J [51] K [41] E [40] O [29] N [21] V [14] I [4] U [2] Q [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1865]

Country

United Kingdom [44] Canada [1] Malta [1] United States [1]

Louis Percy Wright

Born 1876

Died 1955

British Army 1223 Private Essex Yeomanry

British Army 80257 Private Essex Yeomanry

More about Louis Percy Wright
Hugh Berrington Joscelyne

Born 1888

Died 1963

British Army 334 Warrant Officer Class 2 Essex Yeomanry

British Army 80017 Warrant Officer Class 2 Essex Yeomanry

British Army 80017 Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant Essex Yeomanry 1/1st

…

More about Hugh Berrington Joscelyne
Walter Ralph Woollings

Born 1889

Died 1955

British Army 80246 Private Essex Yeomanry

British Army 1202 Private Essex Yeomanry Dragoons

More about Walter Ralph Woollings
Charles William Cock

Born 1899

Died 1984

British Army 205585 Serjeant Essex Regiment

British Army 1060 Essex Yeomanry

British Army 205585 Essex Regiment 9th

More about Charles William Cock
Dudley Henry Taylor

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 1297 Private Essex Yeomanry

British Army Private Essex Yeomanry 1st Battalion

British Army

More about Dudley Henry Taylor
Edward John Prime

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 870 Private Essex Yeomanry "A" Squadron

More about Edward John Prime
Charles Edward Brock

Born 1874

Died 1915

British Army 1128 Lance Corporal Essex Yeomanry

British Army 1128 Serjeant Essex Yeomanry

More about Charles Edward Brock
Richard George Proby

Born 1886

Died 1979

British Army Captain Essex Yeomanry

British Army Major Essex Yeomanry

More about Richard George Proby
William Ritchie

Born 1891

Died 1983

British Army 1238 Private Essex Yeomanry

British Army 1238 Serjeant Essex Yeomanry

British Army Lieutenant Hussars

…

More about William Ritchie
Cecil Hodgson Colvin

Born 1858

Died 1938

British Army Second Lieutenant Essex Regiment 4th Battalion (West Essex Militia)

British Army Lieutenant Essex Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Essex Regiment 4th Battalion (West Essex Militia)

…

More about Cecil Hodgson Colvin
Clement Arthur Collis

Born 1884

Died 1962

British Army 1446 Lance Corporal Hertfordshire Yeomanry

British Army Lieutenant Essex Regiment essex yeomanry attached 1/1 county of lond Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Essex Yeomanry 3/1st Battalion

…

More about Clement Arthur Collis
Sidney Ernest Guiver

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 1750 Private Essex Yeomanry

British Army 88600 Private Essex Yeomanry

More about Sidney Ernest Guiver
Gordon Pike

Born 1885

British Army 82 Corporal Essex Yeomanry

British Army 82 Acting Serjeant Essex Yeomanry

More about Gordon Pike
Algernon Winter Rose

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army Captain Essex Yeomanry Attached Royal Air Force

British Army Second Lieutenant Essex Yeomanry

British Army Captain Essex Yeomanry

…

More about Algernon Winter Rose
Stanley Francis Newman

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army 1093 Serjeant Essex Yeomanry

More about Stanley Francis Newman
Sidney Walter Blincoe

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army 1338 Private Essex Yeomanry

More about Sidney Walter Blincoe
Christopher Cecil Tower

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Essex Yeomanry

More about Christopher Cecil Tower
Charles Frederick Gosling

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 1821 Private Essex Yeomanry

British Army 80651 Private Essex Yeomanry

More about Charles Frederick Gosling
Donald Thomas Matthams

Died 1917

British Army 1193 Private Essex Yeomanry

British Army 80240 Private Essex Yeomanry

More about Donald Thomas Matthams
Albert Osborne Tompkins

Born 1891

Died 1976

British Army 1184 Private Essex Yeomanry

British Army 80237 Private Essex Yeomanry

More about Albert Osborne Tompkins

Page 1 of 94

Pagination

1
2
3
94
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