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 32 results

Advanced search

Search

Advanced

Search field

Filters

Type

People [32]

Stories

Communities

Place of birth

Portsmouth, Hampshire [2]

Aberdeen [1]

Acton, London [1]

Bideford, Devon [1]

Bow, London [1]

Buckland, Hampshire [1]

Burraton, St Germans, Cornwall [1]

Burton on Trent, Staffordshire [1]

Chailey, Sussex [1]

Clapham, London [1]

Corfe Mullen, Dorset [1]

East Chiltington, Lewes, Sussex [1]

Edmonton England [1]

Egloshayle, Cornwall [1]

Fletching, Sussex [1]

Hastings, Sussex [1]

Jersey, St Helier [1]

Karachi [1]

Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Macclesfield, Cheshire [1]

Maidstone, Kent [1]

Plumpton, Sussex [1]

Plumstead, Kent [1]

Pontypridd, Glamorgan [1]

Portsmouth [1]

Walton in Gordano, Somerset [1]

West Ham, Essex [1]

Westminster or Piccadilly, London [1]

Wootton Isle of Wight [1]

Rank

Able Seaman [13]

Ordinary Seaman [8]

Boy 2nd Class [7]

Boy 1st Class [5]

Leading Seaman [5]

Petty Officer [4]

Commander [3]

Lieutenant [3]

Lieutenant Commander [3]

Midshipman [3]

Private [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Stoker 2nd Class [3]

Captain [2]

Gunner [2]

Naval Cadet [2]

Act. Eng. Rm. Artificer 4th Class [1]

Acting Chief Electrician 2nd Class [1]

Acting Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Acting Electrician 4th Class [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Acting Lieutenant [1]

Acting Paymaster [1]

Acting Sub Lieutenant [1]

Assistant Clerk [1]

Assistant Paymaster [1]

Bandmaster 1st Class [1]

Bandsman [1]

Boy - 1st Class [1]

Boy - 2nd Class [1]

Boy, 1st Class [1]

Boy, 2nd Class [1]

Cadet [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Clerk [1]

Commodore 2nd Class [1]

Corporal [1]

Corporal RMLI [1]

Dom 3cl [1]

Domestic [1]

Electrical Lieutenant Commander [1]

Electrician 2nd Class [1]

Electrician 3rd Class [1]

Electrician 4th Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Engine room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Engineer Captain [1]

Engineer Commander [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Unit

HMS Jupiter [28]

HMS Victory [4]

HMS Bulwark [3]

HMS Fearless [3]

HMS Impregnable [3]

HMS Pembroke [3]

HMS Victory II [3]

HMS Agamemnon [2]

HMS Agincourt [2]

HMS Blenheim [2]

HMS Britannia [2]

HMS Cochrane [2]

HMS Essex [2]

HMS Ganges [2]

HMS Glory [2]

HMS Good Hope [2]

HMS Minotaur [2]

HMS Superb [2]

HMS Vernon [2]

HMS Victory I [2]

HMS Vivid [2]

HMS Wildfire [2]

2nd Division - 6th Field Artillery Brigade [1]

4th Submarine Flotilla, China Station [1]

Britannia [1]

Britannia Royal Naval College [1]

Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1]

Continuous Service [1]

HM Dockyard Gibraltar [1]

HM Dockyard Sheerness [1]

HMS "Jupiter" [1]

HMS 'Jupiter' [1]

HMS Ajax [1]

HMS Amethyst [1]

HMS Amphitrite [1]

HMS Arethusa [1]

HMS Argonaut [1]

HMS Argyll [1]

HMS Arrogant [1]

HMS Ascania F.68 Atlantic Convoy Escort [1]

HMS Barham [1]

HMS Bendish [1]

HMS Berwick [1]

HMS Bonaventure [1]

HMS Boscawen [1]

HMS Calcutta [1]

HMS Calendonia [1]

HMS Carlisle [1]

HMS Castor [1]

HMS Centaur [1]

Service

Royal Navy [32]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

British Army [1]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [5]

C [4]

H [3]

L [3]

W [3]

A [2]

D [2]

E [2]

P [2]

B [1]

J [1]

K [1]

S [1]

T [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [23]

Country

United Kingdom [15]

Argentina [1]

Page 1 of 2

Pagination

1
2
Next

Type

People [32] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Portsmouth, Hampshire [2] Aberdeen [1] Acton, London [1] Bideford, Devon [1] Bow, London [1] Buckland, Hampshire [1] Burraton, St Germans, Cornwall [1] Burton on Trent, Staffordshire [1] Chailey, Sussex [1] Clapham, London [1] Corfe Mullen, Dorset [1] East Chiltington, Lewes, Sussex [1] Edmonton England [1] Egloshayle, Cornwall [1] Fletching, Sussex [1] Hastings, Sussex [1] Jersey, St Helier [1] Karachi [1] Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Macclesfield, Cheshire [1] Maidstone, Kent [1] Plumpton, Sussex [1] Plumstead, Kent [1] Pontypridd, Glamorgan [1] Portsmouth [1] Walton in Gordano, Somerset [1] West Ham, Essex [1] Westminster or Piccadilly, London [1] Wootton Isle of Wight [1]

Rank

Able Seaman [13] Ordinary Seaman [8] Boy 2nd Class [7] Boy 1st Class [5] Leading Seaman [5] Petty Officer [4] Commander [3] Lieutenant [3] Lieutenant Commander [3] Midshipman [3] Private [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Stoker 2nd Class [3] Captain [2] Gunner [2] Naval Cadet [2] Act. Eng. Rm. Artificer 4th Class [1] Acting Chief Electrician 2nd Class [1] Acting Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Acting Electrician 4th Class [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Acting Lieutenant [1] Acting Paymaster [1] Acting Sub Lieutenant [1] Assistant Clerk [1] Assistant Paymaster [1] Bandmaster 1st Class [1] Bandsman [1] Boy - 1st Class [1] Boy - 2nd Class [1] Boy, 1st Class [1] Boy, 2nd Class [1] Cadet [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Clerk [1] Commodore 2nd Class [1] Corporal [1] Corporal RMLI [1] Dom 3cl [1] Domestic [1] Electrical Lieutenant Commander [1] Electrician 2nd Class [1] Electrician 3rd Class [1] Electrician 4th Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Engine room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Engineer Captain [1] Engineer Commander [1] Leading Stoker [1]

Unit

HMS Jupiter [28] HMS Victory [4] HMS Bulwark [3] HMS Fearless [3] HMS Impregnable [3] HMS Pembroke [3] HMS Victory II [3] HMS Agamemnon [2] HMS Agincourt [2] HMS Blenheim [2] HMS Britannia [2] HMS Cochrane [2] HMS Essex [2] HMS Ganges [2] HMS Glory [2] HMS Good Hope [2] HMS Minotaur [2] HMS Superb [2] HMS Vernon [2] HMS Victory I [2] HMS Vivid [2] HMS Wildfire [2] 2nd Division - 6th Field Artillery Brigade [1] 4th Submarine Flotilla, China Station [1] Britannia [1] Britannia Royal Naval College [1] Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1] Continuous Service [1] HM Dockyard Gibraltar [1] HM Dockyard Sheerness [1] HMS "Jupiter" [1] HMS 'Jupiter' [1] HMS Ajax [1] HMS Amethyst [1] HMS Amphitrite [1] HMS Arethusa [1] HMS Argonaut [1] HMS Argyll [1] HMS Arrogant [1] HMS Ascania F.68 Atlantic Convoy Escort [1] HMS Barham [1] HMS Bendish [1] HMS Berwick [1] HMS Bonaventure [1] HMS Boscawen [1] HMS Calcutta [1] HMS Calendonia [1] HMS Carlisle [1] HMS Castor [1] HMS Centaur [1]

Service

Royal Navy [32] Australian Imperial Force [2] British Army [1] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [5] C [4] H [3] L [3] W [3] A [2] D [2] E [2] P [2] B [1] J [1] K [1] S [1] T [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [23]

Country

United Kingdom [15] Argentina [1]

Horace John Cottingham

Born 1889

Died 1974

Royal Navy 236475 HMS 'Jupiter'

More about Horace John Cottingham
Thomas Ellery

Born 1874

Died 1919

Royal Navy 276591 Petty Officer Stoker HMS Jupiter

More about Thomas Ellery
Frank Barnshaw

Born 1886

Died 1970

Royal Navy 224185

Royal Navy Able Seaman HMS Jupiter

More about Frank Barnshaw
Frederick James Lee

Born 1879

Died 1916

Royal Navy SS101616 Stoker 1st class HMS Jupiter

More about Frederick James Lee
Alfred Ernest Payne

Born 1878

Died 1916

Royal Navy 179058 Able Seaman HMS Pembroke

Royal Navy Able Seaman HMS Jupiter

Royal Navy 179058 Able Seaman HMS Phaeton

More about Alfred Ernest Payne
William Allen

Born 1877

Royal Navy 353957

Royal Navy 353957 Sick Berth Steward HMS Jupiter

More about William Allen
Alex Wilson

Born 1888

Royal Navy 228342 Boy 2nd Class HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy 228342 Boy 1st Class HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy 228342 Ordinary Seaman HMS Jupiter

…

More about Alex Wilson
Samuel Henry Hammond

Born 1882

Died 1914

Royal Navy Ordinary Seaman HMS Jupiter

Royal Navy Able Seaman HMS Implacable

Royal Navy 195418 Able Seaman HMS Good Hope

More about Samuel Henry Hammond
Thomas Martin

Born 1871

Royal Navy 353230 Domestic HMS Jupiter

Royal Navy 353230 Officer's Cook 1st Class HMS NEPTUNE

More about Thomas Martin
John Orlando Corbishley

Born 1881

Died 1955

Royal Navy 3279 Boy, 2nd Class HMS Calendonia

Royal Navy 3279 Boy, 1st Class HMS Calendonia

Royal Navy 3279 Boy, 1st Class HMS Minotaur

…

More about John Orlando Corbishley
Robert Berry Jeffery

Born 1881

Died 1914

Royal Navy Ordinary Seaman HMS Jupiter

Royal Navy 195604 Able Seaman HMS Good Hope

More about Robert Berry Jeffery
Frank Benjamin Etherington

Born 1883

Died 1945

Royal Navy 346829 Acting Electrician 4th Class HMS Vernon

Royal Navy 346829 Electrician 4th Class HMS Jupiter

Royal Navy 346829 Electrician 3rd Class HMS Jupiter

…

More about Frank Benjamin Etherington
Ezra Dixon

Born 1891

Royal Navy K8061 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Victory II

Royal Navy K8061 Stoker 1st Class HMS Jupiter

Royal Navy K8061 Stoker 1st Class HMS Fearless

More about Ezra Dixon
Thomas Amey

Born 1892

Royal Navy K8070 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Victory II

Royal Navy K8070 Stoker 1st Class HMS Jupiter

Royal Navy K8070 Stoker 1st Class HMS Fearless

More about Thomas Amey
Philip Marrack

Born 1885

Died 1955

Royal Navy Assistant Clerk HMS Boscawen

Royal Navy Assistant Clerk HMS Jupiter

Royal Navy Clerk HMS Doris

…

More about Philip Marrack
Robert Woodward Sutton Curteis

Born 1885

Died 1931

Royal Navy Naval Cadet HMS Britannia

Royal Navy Midshipman HMS Bulwark

Royal Navy Acting Sub Lieutenant

…

More about Robert Woodward Sutton Curteis
Percy Charles Minhinnick

Born 1875

Died 1967

Royal Navy Engineer Captain

Royal Navy Engineer Commander New Zealand Division

New Zealand Expeditionary Force Engineer Commander New Zealand Naval Forces

…

More about Percy Charles Minhinnick
Walter Thomas Hackett

Born 1879

Died 1937

Royal Navy 189841 Able Seaman HMS Cochrane

Royal Navy 189841 Able Seaman Continuous Service

Royal Navy 189841 Boy 2nd Class HMS Northampton

…

More about Walter Thomas Hackett
Hugh Richard Marrack

Born 1888

Died 1972

Royal Navy Cadet Britannia Royal Naval College

Royal Navy Midshipman HMS Irresistable

Royal Navy Midshipman HMS Britannia

…

More about Hugh Richard Marrack
Salisbury Hamilton Simpson

Born 1884

Royal Navy Naval Cadet Britannia

Royal Navy Midshipman HMS Jupiter

Royal Navy Sub Lieutenant

…

More about Salisbury Hamilton Simpson

Page 1 of 2

Pagination

1
2
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