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 554 results

Advanced search

Search

Advanced

Search field

Filters

Type

People [554]

Stories

Communities

Place of birth

Liverpool, Lancashire [15]

Plymouth, Devon [15]

Devonport, Devon [13]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [8]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [7]

Dublin [7]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [6]

Sunderland, Durham [6]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [4]

Deptford, London [4]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [4]

Hoxton, London [4]

Plympton, Devon [4]

Salford, Lancashire [4]

Torquay, Devon [4]

Belfast, Antrim [3]

Camberwell, London [3]

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [3]

Exeter, Devon [3]

Leeds, Yorkshire [3]

Norwich, Norfolk [3]

Stonehouse, Devon [3]

Taunton, Somerset [3]

Bath, Somerset [2]

Battersea, London [2]

Bermondsey, London [2]

Bethnal Green, London [2]

Birmingham [2]

Bow, London [2]

Bradford, Yorkshire [2]

Brixton, London [2]

Carlisle, Cumberland [2]

Clapham, London [2]

Colchester, Essex [2]

Cork [2]

Dover, Kent [2]

Dundee Forfar [2]

Edinburgh [2]

Hackney, London [2]

Hammersmith, London [2]

Horsham, Sussex [2]

Hull, Yorkshire [2]

Islington, London [2]

Kilburn, London [2]

Kingstown, Dublin [2]

Leicester [2]

Luton, Bedfordshire [2]

Lyme Regis, Dorset [2]

Maidstone, Kent [2]

Manchester, Lancashire [2]

Rank

Able Seaman [158]

Stoker 1st Class [73]

Ordinary Seaman [66]

Boy 1st Class [33]

Leading Seaman [20]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [15]

Stoker Petty Officer [15]

Leading Stoker [14]

Petty Officer [11]

Signal Boy [11]

Stoker 2nd Class [10]

Telegraphist [9]

Signalman [8]

Wireman 2nd Class [8]

Gunner [7]

Private [6]

Boy 2nd Class [5]

Boy Telegraphist [5]

Chief Stoker [5]

Leading Signalman [5]

Lieutenant Commander [5]

2nd Cook's Mate [4]

Armourer's Crew [4]

Carpenter's Crew [4]

Chief Petty Officer [4]

Commander [4]

Cook's Mate [4]

Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [4]

Lieutenant [4]

Officer's Steward 1st Class [4]

Captain [3]

Electrical Artificer 4th Class [3]

Mechanician [3]

Ordinary Signalman [3]

Ordinary Telegraphist [3]

Recruit [3]

Sub-Lieutenant [3]

Acting Lieutenant [2]

Captain RMLI [2]

Chief Armourer [2]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [2]

Leading Telegraphist [2]

Marine [2]

Musician [2]

Ship's Steward's Assistant [2]

Shipwright 1st Class [2]

Wireman 1st Class [2]

Yeoman of Signals [2]

2nd Cooper [1]

2nd Sick Berth Steward [1]

Unit

HMS BENBOW [387]

HMS Benbow [136]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [13]

Royal Naval Division - Benbow Battalion [6]

HMS Hindustan [5]

Royal Marine Artillery - HMS BENBOW [5]

Seaman Storming Party - "C" Company (Demolition) [5]

RNVR Clyde - HMS Benbow [4]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Benbow [4]

HMS Blake [3]

HMS Hercules [3]

RNVR Tyneside - HMS Benbow [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [3]

Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [2]

Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid) [2]

HMS Dolphin [2]

HMS Excellent [2]

HMS Ganges [2]

HMS Impregnable [2]

HMS Iron Duke [2]

HMS Powerful [2]

HMS Victory I [2]

RNVR London - HMS Benbow [2]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - HMS Benbow [2]

4th Royal Marine Battalion [1]

5th Division - 8th Infantry Brigade [1]

5th Divisional Troops - 14th Field Company Engineers [1]

Argus [1]

Chatham Division [1]

Cornflower [1]

Dolphin [1]

Fisgard [1]

H.M. Submarine E47 [1]

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

HM Submarine K4 [1]

HMS [1]

HMS "Benbow" [1]

HMS "Carnarvon" [1]

HMS "Cressy" [1]

HMS "Impregnable" [1]

HMS "Lancaster" [1]

HMS "Lion" [1]

HMS "Pembroke I" [1]

HMS "St George" [1]

HMS "Wildfire" [1]

HMS Acheron [1]

HMS Actaeon [1]

HMS Arethusa [1]

HMS Argus (Fleet Air Arm) [1]

HMS Argus (RAF Gosport) [1]

Service

Royal Navy [554]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

British Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [73]

M [53]

H [47]

W [47]

C [46]

S [43]

P [38]

R [25]

D [24]

F [22]

J [22]

T [22]

G [19]

A [14]

E [13]

N [12]

L [11]

K [8]

O [6]

V [4]

I [2]

Q [1]

U [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [513]

Country

United Kingdom [43]

Australia [1]

Hong Kong [1]

Iran, Islamic Republic of [1]

Ireland [1]

Turkey [1]

Page 1 of 28

Pagination

1
2
3
28
Next

Type

People [554] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Liverpool, Lancashire [15] Plymouth, Devon [15] Devonport, Devon [13] Bristol, Gloucestershire [8] Birmingham, Warwickshire [7] Dublin [7] Portsmouth, Hampshire [6] Sunderland, Durham [6] Cardiff, Glamorgan [4] Deptford, London [4] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [4] Hoxton, London [4] Plympton, Devon [4] Salford, Lancashire [4] Torquay, Devon [4] Belfast, Antrim [3] Camberwell, London [3] Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [3] Exeter, Devon [3] Leeds, Yorkshire [3] Norwich, Norfolk [3] Stonehouse, Devon [3] Taunton, Somerset [3] Bath, Somerset [2] Battersea, London [2] Bermondsey, London [2] Bethnal Green, London [2] Birmingham [2] Bow, London [2] Bradford, Yorkshire [2] Brixton, London [2] Carlisle, Cumberland [2] Clapham, London [2] Colchester, Essex [2] Cork [2] Dover, Kent [2] Dundee Forfar [2] Edinburgh [2] Hackney, London [2] Hammersmith, London [2] Horsham, Sussex [2] Hull, Yorkshire [2] Islington, London [2] Kilburn, London [2] Kingstown, Dublin [2] Leicester [2] Luton, Bedfordshire [2] Lyme Regis, Dorset [2] Maidstone, Kent [2] Manchester, Lancashire [2]

Rank

Able Seaman [158] Stoker 1st Class [73] Ordinary Seaman [66] Boy 1st Class [33] Leading Seaman [20] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [15] Stoker Petty Officer [15] Leading Stoker [14] Petty Officer [11] Signal Boy [11] Stoker 2nd Class [10] Telegraphist [9] Signalman [8] Wireman 2nd Class [8] Gunner [7] Private [6] Boy 2nd Class [5] Boy Telegraphist [5] Chief Stoker [5] Leading Signalman [5] Lieutenant Commander [5] 2nd Cook's Mate [4] Armourer's Crew [4] Carpenter's Crew [4] Chief Petty Officer [4] Commander [4] Cook's Mate [4] Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [4] Lieutenant [4] Officer's Steward 1st Class [4] Captain [3] Electrical Artificer 4th Class [3] Mechanician [3] Ordinary Signalman [3] Ordinary Telegraphist [3] Recruit [3] Sub-Lieutenant [3] Acting Lieutenant [2] Captain RMLI [2] Chief Armourer [2] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [2] Leading Telegraphist [2] Marine [2] Musician [2] Ship's Steward's Assistant [2] Shipwright 1st Class [2] Wireman 1st Class [2] Yeoman of Signals [2] 2nd Cooper [1] 2nd Sick Berth Steward [1]

Unit

HMS BENBOW [387] HMS Benbow [136] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [13] Royal Naval Division - Benbow Battalion [6] HMS Hindustan [5] Royal Marine Artillery - HMS BENBOW [5] Seaman Storming Party - "C" Company (Demolition) [5] RNVR Clyde - HMS Benbow [4] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Benbow [4] HMS Blake [3] HMS Hercules [3] RNVR Tyneside - HMS Benbow [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [3] Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [2] Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid) [2] HMS Dolphin [2] HMS Excellent [2] HMS Ganges [2] HMS Impregnable [2] HMS Iron Duke [2] HMS Powerful [2] HMS Victory I [2] RNVR London - HMS Benbow [2] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - HMS Benbow [2] 4th Royal Marine Battalion [1] 5th Division - 8th Infantry Brigade [1] 5th Divisional Troops - 14th Field Company Engineers [1] Argus [1] Chatham Division [1] Cornflower [1] Dolphin [1] Fisgard [1] H.M. Submarine E47 [1] H.M.S. "Munster." [1] HM Submarine K4 [1] HMS [1] HMS "Benbow" [1] HMS "Carnarvon" [1] HMS "Cressy" [1] HMS "Impregnable" [1] HMS "Lancaster" [1] HMS "Lion" [1] HMS "Pembroke I" [1] HMS "St George" [1] HMS "Wildfire" [1] HMS Acheron [1] HMS Actaeon [1] HMS Arethusa [1] HMS Argus (Fleet Air Arm) [1] HMS Argus (RAF Gosport) [1]

Service

Royal Navy [554] Australian Imperial Force [1] British Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [73] M [53] H [47] W [47] C [46] S [43] P [38] R [25] D [24] F [22] J [22] T [22] G [19] A [14] E [13] N [12] L [11] K [8] O [6] V [4] I [2] Q [1] U [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [513]

Country

United Kingdom [43] Australia [1] Hong Kong [1] Iran, Islamic Republic of [1] Ireland [1] Turkey [1]

Richard Frederick Carol Porter

Born 1892

Died 1965

Royal Navy M7887 Shipwright 1c HMS Benbow

Royal Navy M7887 Shipwright 2c HMS Benbow

More about Richard Frederick Carol Porter
Bartlett Oswald Robatham

Born 1893

Died 1927

Royal Navy SS113858 Stoker 1st Class HMS Benbow

Royal Navy SS113858 Stoker 1st Class HMS Theseus

More about Bartlett Oswald Robatham
Samuel Edgar George Waymouth

Born 1887

Died 1975

Royal Navy M8043 Joiner 4c HMS Benbow

Royal Navy M8043 Carpenter's Crew HMS Benbow

More about Samuel Edgar George Waymouth
Albert Joseph Danzy Hill

Born 1891

Died 1984

Royal Navy M7751 Electrical Artificer 4c HMS Benbow

Royal Navy M7751 Electrical Artificer 3c HMS Benbow

Royal Navy M7751 Acting Electrical Artificer 4c HMS Benbow

More about Albert Joseph Danzy Hill
Denis Dilworth

Born 1894

Royal Navy M8252 Leading Victualing Assistant HMS Benbow

Royal Navy M8252 Ship's Steward Assistant HMS Benbow

More about Denis Dilworth
John Henry Gill

Born 1880

Died 1971

Royal Navy HMS Benbow

Royal Navy Gunner HMS Benbow

More about John Henry Gill
Charles Francis Ryan

Born 1885

Died 1945

Royal Navy 217355 Petty Officer HMS BENBOW

More about Charles Francis Ryan
George Rowland

Born 1876

Died 1957

Royal Navy 350564

Royal Navy 250654 Sick Berth Attendant HMS Benbow

More about George Rowland
Wilfred Charles Coles

Born 1896

Royal Navy A.B. HMS Benbow

Royal Navy J21418 Able Seaman HMS BELLEROPHON

More about Wilfred Charles Coles
Guy Plantagenet Bigg-Wither

Born 1878

Died 1950

Royal Navy Cadet

Royal Navy Commander HMS Benbow War Staff Duties

Royal Navy Commander HMS Hercules War Staff Duties

…

More about Guy Plantagenet Bigg-Wither
Ralph Kerr

Born 1891

Died 1941

Royal Navy Midshipman

Royal Navy Naval Cadet

Royal Navy Sub-Lieutenant

…

More about Ralph Kerr
Ernest Albert Jones

Born 1880

Died 1919

Royal Navy 184139 Petty Officer HMS Benbow

More about Ernest Albert Jones
Fred Mills

Born 1885

Died 1918

Royal Navy K45703 Stoker 1st class HMS Benbow 4th Battle Squadron

More about Fred Mills
Cyril Sheldon Johnson

Born 1882

Died 1954

Royal Navy Paymaster Rear Admiral

Royal Navy Paymaster HMS Benbow

More about Cyril Sheldon Johnson
Edward Laurence Bruce Oliphant

Born 1887

Royal Navy Commander

Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander

Royal Navy Lieutenant HMS Benbow

More about Edward Laurence Bruce Oliphant
Samuel James Bennellick

Born 1888

Royal Navy M7801 Ships Corporal 1c HMS Benbow

More about Samuel James Bennellick
Augustus Joseph Noad

Born 1896

Died 1919

Royal Navy J26921 Signalman HMS BENBOW

Royal Navy J/26921 Leading Signalman

More about Augustus Joseph Noad
Sidney Carver Bagshaw

Born 1894

Royal Navy J11363 Able Seaman HMS BENBOW

More about Sidney Carver Bagshaw
Isaac Fred Taylor

Born 1895

Died 1918

Royal Navy M8027 Armourer's Crew HMS Benbow

More about Isaac Fred Taylor
Ernest Augustus Betenson

Born 1881

Died 1964

Royal Navy 272159

Royal Navy 272159 Artificer Engineer HMS Benbow

Royal Navy Lieutenant Engineer

More about Ernest Augustus Betenson

Page 1 of 28

Pagination

1
2
3
28
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 policy Copyright Cookies