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 65 results

Advanced search

Search

Advanced

Search field

Filters

Type

People [65]

Stories

Communities

Place of birth

Ramsgate, Kent [5]

Bethnal Green, London [2]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [2]

Chichester, Sussex [2]

Acton, London [1]

Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Lincolnshire [1]

Ashford, Kent [1]

Ballinasloe, Galway [1]

Brixham, Devon [1]

Canning Town, London [1]

Cape Town, South Africa [1]

Carnarvon [1]

Cheadle, Staffordshire [1]

Chorley, Lancashire [1]

Droitwich, Worcestershire [1]

Dudley, Staffordshire [1]

Eastbourne, Sussex [1]

Eltham, Kent [1]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1]

Gosport, Hampshire [1]

Great Yarmouth [1]

Hastings, Sussex [1]

Hove, Sussex [1]

Hull, Yorkshire [1]

Hyde, Cheshire [1]

Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

London [1]

Lymington, Hampshire [1]

Margate, Kent [1]

Marylebone, London [1]

Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire [1]

Mildenhall, Suffolk [1]

Milton, Kent [1]

Mitcham Croydon [1]

Oxford, Oxfordshire [1]

Pokesdown, Hampshire [1]

Portree Skye [1]

Portsmouth [1]

Ramsgate, Kent. [1]

Rugby, Warwickshire [1]

Saint Heliers, Channel Islands [1]

Saint Pancras, London [1]

Scarborough, Yorkshire [1]

Sittingbourne, Kent [1]

St. Margarets, London [1]

Stanley, Staffordshire [1]

Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire [1]

Surbiton, Surrey [1]

Swansea Glamorgan [1]

Rank

Ordinary Seaman [20]

Able Seaman [15]

Boy 1st Class [7]

Boy 2nd Class [6]

Deck Hand [3]

Leading Signalman [3]

Petty Officer [3]

Sick Berth Attendant [3]

Telegraphist [3]

Leading Seaman [2]

Leading Telegraphist [2]

Officer's Steward 3rd Class [2]

Ordinary Signalman [2]

3rd Writer [1]

Boy - 1st Class [1]

Boy - 2nd Class [1]

Boy Servant [1]

Chief Sick Berth Steward [1]

Chief Writer [1]

Cook's Mate [1]

Cooks Mate [1]

Master At Arms [1]

Master At Arms (Pensioner) [1]

Master at Arms [1]

Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1]

Ord. Seaman [1]

Ordinary Boy [1]

Petty Officer Telegraphist [1]

Seaman [1]

Signalman [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Writer 3rd [1]

Unit

H.M.S. "Victory I" [43]

H.M.S. Victory I [9]

HMS Victory I [6]

Royal Naval Reserve [4]

H.M.S. Pembroke I [3]

H.M.S. Powerful [2]

HMS Ganges [2]

HMS Impregnable [2]

H.M.S Good Hope [1]

H.M.S. "Bayano" [1]

H.M.S. "Carnarvon" [1]

H.M.S. "Onslaught." [1]

H.M.S. "Raglan" [1]

H.M.S. "Torch." [1]

H.M.S. "Victory I" formerly H.M.S. "Attentive" [1]

H.M.S. "Victory I." [1]

H.M.S. Bacchante [1]

H.M.S. Barham [1]

H.M.S. Blake [1]

H.M.S. Fisgard [1]

H.M.S. Forward [1]

H.M.S. Impregnable [1]

H.M.S. Malaya [1]

H.M.S. Patrol [1]

H.M.S. Queen Elizabeth [1]

H.M.S. Wallington [1]

H.M.s. "Victory I" [1]

HMS "Pembroke" [1]

HMS "Victory I" [1]

HMS Abdiel [1]

HMS Agincourt [1]

HMS Barham [1]

HMS Bayano [1]

HMS Diligence (Onslaught) [1]

HMS Diligence (Torch) [1]

HMS Dreadnought [1]

HMS Hardy [1]

HMS Hecla (Hardy) [1]

HMS Himalaya [1]

HMS ONSLAUGHT [1]

HMS Raglan [1]

HMS Superb [1]

HMS Vernon [1]

HMS Victory [1]

Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [1]

Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve H.M.S. "Victory I" [1]

Royal Naval Division/RNVR Tyneside - HMS MALAYA [1]

Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Victory." [1]

Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. Colleen [1]

Royal Naval Reserve: H.M.S. "Victory I." [1]

Service

Royal Navy [65]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [10]

C [8]

S [8]

W [8]

M [6]

B [4]

F [4]

D [3]

G [2]

K [2]

R [2]

T [2]

V [2]

A [1]

J [1]

L [1]

P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [60]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [45]

Ireland [1]

Page 3 of 4

Pagination

Previous
1
2
3
4
Next

Type

People [65] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Ramsgate, Kent [5] Bethnal Green, London [2] Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire [2] Chichester, Sussex [2] Acton, London [1] Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Lincolnshire [1] Ashford, Kent [1] Ballinasloe, Galway [1] Brixham, Devon [1] Canning Town, London [1] Cape Town, South Africa [1] Carnarvon [1] Cheadle, Staffordshire [1] Chorley, Lancashire [1] Droitwich, Worcestershire [1] Dudley, Staffordshire [1] Eastbourne, Sussex [1] Eltham, Kent [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1] Gosport, Hampshire [1] Great Yarmouth [1] Hastings, Sussex [1] Hove, Sussex [1] Hull, Yorkshire [1] Hyde, Cheshire [1] Leeds, Yorkshire [1] London [1] Lymington, Hampshire [1] Margate, Kent [1] Marylebone, London [1] Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire [1] Mildenhall, Suffolk [1] Milton, Kent [1] Mitcham Croydon [1] Oxford, Oxfordshire [1] Pokesdown, Hampshire [1] Portree Skye [1] Portsmouth [1] Ramsgate, Kent. [1] Rugby, Warwickshire [1] Saint Heliers, Channel Islands [1] Saint Pancras, London [1] Scarborough, Yorkshire [1] Sittingbourne, Kent [1] St. Margarets, London [1] Stanley, Staffordshire [1] Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire [1] Surbiton, Surrey [1] Swansea Glamorgan [1]

Rank

Ordinary Seaman [20] Able Seaman [15] Boy 1st Class [7] Boy 2nd Class [6] Deck Hand [3] Leading Signalman [3] Petty Officer [3] Sick Berth Attendant [3] Telegraphist [3] Leading Seaman [2] Leading Telegraphist [2] Officer's Steward 3rd Class [2] Ordinary Signalman [2] 3rd Writer [1] Boy - 1st Class [1] Boy - 2nd Class [1] Boy Servant [1] Chief Sick Berth Steward [1] Chief Writer [1] Cook's Mate [1] Cooks Mate [1] Master At Arms [1] Master At Arms (Pensioner) [1] Master at Arms [1] Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1] Ord. Seaman [1] Ordinary Boy [1] Petty Officer Telegraphist [1] Seaman [1] Signalman [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Writer 3rd [1]

Unit

H.M.S. "Victory I" [43] H.M.S. Victory I [9] HMS Victory I [6] Royal Naval Reserve [4] H.M.S. Pembroke I [3] H.M.S. Powerful [2] HMS Ganges [2] HMS Impregnable [2] H.M.S Good Hope [1] H.M.S. "Bayano" [1] H.M.S. "Carnarvon" [1] H.M.S. "Onslaught." [1] H.M.S. "Raglan" [1] H.M.S. "Torch." [1] H.M.S. "Victory I" formerly H.M.S. "Attentive" [1] H.M.S. "Victory I." [1] H.M.S. Bacchante [1] H.M.S. Barham [1] H.M.S. Blake [1] H.M.S. Fisgard [1] H.M.S. Forward [1] H.M.S. Impregnable [1] H.M.S. Malaya [1] H.M.S. Patrol [1] H.M.S. Queen Elizabeth [1] H.M.S. Wallington [1] H.M.s. "Victory I" [1] HMS "Pembroke" [1] HMS "Victory I" [1] HMS Abdiel [1] HMS Agincourt [1] HMS Barham [1] HMS Bayano [1] HMS Diligence (Onslaught) [1] HMS Diligence (Torch) [1] HMS Dreadnought [1] HMS Hardy [1] HMS Hecla (Hardy) [1] HMS Himalaya [1] HMS ONSLAUGHT [1] HMS Raglan [1] HMS Superb [1] HMS Vernon [1] HMS Victory [1] Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [1] Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve H.M.S. "Victory I" [1] Royal Naval Division/RNVR Tyneside - HMS MALAYA [1] Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Victory." [1] Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. Colleen [1] Royal Naval Reserve: H.M.S. "Victory I." [1]

Service

Royal Navy [65] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [10] C [8] S [8] W [8] M [6] B [4] F [4] D [3] G [2] K [2] R [2] T [2] V [2] A [1] J [1] L [1] P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [60] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [45] Ireland [1]

Charles Hemming

Born 1885

Died 1918

Royal Navy 217661 Petty Officer H.M.S. "Victory I"

More about Charles Hemming
Harry Thomas Watts

Born 1886

Died 1918

Royal Navy 219692 Able Seaman H.M.S. "Victory I"

More about Harry Thomas Watts
Walter Henry Chappell

Born 1901

Died 1918

Royal Navy J79442 Boy 1st Class H.M.S. "Victory I"

More about Walter Henry Chappell
Oliver Reed

Born 1885

Died 1914

Royal Navy SS1028 Ordinary Seaman H.M.S. Victory I

Royal Navy B.3790 Able Seaman H.M.S Good Hope

More about Oliver Reed
George Henry Horner

Born 1898

Died 1918

Royal Navy M22937 Sick Berth Attendant H.M.S. "Victory I"

More about George Henry Horner
Henry Frederick Bennett

Born 1869

Died 1917

Royal Navy 132699 Petty Officer H.M.S. "Victory I"

More about Henry Frederick Bennett
Charles John Dunster

Born 1885

Died 1917

Royal Navy 222764

Royal Navy 222764(PO) Able Seaman H.M.S. Victory I

More about Charles John Dunster
James Foden

Born 1884

Died 1919

Royal Navy 215875 (R.F.R.PO.B.7038) (PO) Able Seaman H.M.S. "Victory I" formerly H.M.S. "Attentive"

More about James Foden
Albert William Court

Born 1898

Died 1918

Royal Navy J72535 Ordinary Seaman HMS "Pembroke"

Royal Navy J72535 Ordinary Seaman H.M.S. "Victory I"

More about Albert William Court
Frederick Charles Morriss

Born 1898

Died 1918

Royal Navy J31524 Able Seaman H.M.S. "Victory I"

Royal Navy J31524 Ordinary Seaman HMS Agincourt

More about Frederick Charles Morriss
William Henry Crouch

Born 1899

Died 1980

Royal Navy J33828 Boy - 2nd Class H.M.S. Impregnable

Royal Navy J33828 Boy - 1st Class H.M.S. Pembroke I

Royal Navy J33828 Boy - 1st Class H.M.S. Forward

…

More about William Henry Crouch
Vallance Cruttenden

Born 1886

Died 1918

Royal Navy 347357 Chief Writer H.M.S. "Raglan"

Royal Navy 347357 3rd Writer HMS "Victory I"

Royal Navy 347357 Chief Writer HMS Raglan

More about Vallance Cruttenden
Burton Smith

Born 1888

Died 1962

Royal Navy 366270 Telegraphist H.M.S. Bacchante

Royal Navy 366270 Leading Telegraphist H.M.S. Patrol

Royal Navy 6226636 Leading Telegraphist H.M.S. Wallington

…

More about Burton Smith
Sidney George Munday

Born 1900

Died 1980

Royal Navy J91307 Boy 2nd Class H.M.S. Powerful

Royal Navy J91307 Boy 1st Class H.M.S. Powerful

Royal Navy J91307 Boy 1st Class H.M.S. Victory I

…

More about Sidney George Munday
Thomas Henry Foster

Born 1897

Died 1975

Other Empire Force Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy)

Royal Navy J53791 Ord. Seaman H.M.S. Pembroke I

Royal Navy J53791 Ord. Seaman H.M.S. Victory I

…

More about Thomas Henry Foster
Alfred Edward Wells

Born 1870

Died 1915

Royal Navy 130203 Master At Arms (Pensioner) H.M.S. "Bayano"

Royal Navy 130203 Master at Arms HMS Bayano

Royal Navy 130203 Boy 2nd Class HMS Impregnable

…

More about Alfred Edward Wells
William Henry Colley

Born 1901

Royal Navy SS122324 Boy 2nd Class H.M.S. Powerful

Royal Navy SS122324 Boy 1st Class H.M.S. Victory I

Royal Navy SS122324 H.M.S. Barham

…

More about William Henry Colley
Walter Stamp

Born 1881

Died 1916

Royal Navy 2846/C Seaman Royal Naval Reserve: H.M.S. "Victory I."

Royal Navy B924 Seaman Royal Naval Reserve

More about Walter Stamp
Leonard Cecil Rhodes Parsons

Born 1902

Died 1918

Royal Navy J84403 Boy 1st Class HMS Victory I

Royal Navy J84403 Boy 1st Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J84403 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges

…

More about Leonard Cecil Rhodes Parsons
Arthur Bartholomew Harold

Born 1893

Died 1918

Royal Navy M10438 Sick Berth Attendant Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve H.M.S. "Victory I"

More about Arthur Bartholomew Harold

Page 3 of 4

Pagination

Previous
1
2
3
4
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