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 846 results

Advanced search

Search

Advanced

Search field

Filters

Type

People [846]

Stories

Communities

Place of birth

West Ham, Essex [21]

Hackney, London [11]

Dover, Kent [10]

Liverpool, Lancashire [9]

Belfast, Antrim [7]

Lambeth, London [7]

Battersea, London [6]

Edinburgh [6]

Faversham, Kent [6]

Fulham, London [6]

Hull, Yorkshire [6]

Poplar, London [6]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [5]

Ipswich, Suffolk [5]

Islington, London [5]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [5]

Woolwich, London [5]

Bethnal Green, London [4]

Canterbury, Kent [4]

Gateshead, Durham [4]

Hammersmith, London [4]

Holloway, London [4]

Kentish Town, London [4]

Norwich, Norfolk [4]

Southwark, London [4]

Sunderland, Durham [4]

Wandsworth, London [4]

Camberwell, London [3]

Colchester, Essex [3]

Croydon, Surrey [3]

Darlington, Durham [3]

Deptford, London [3]

Gillingham, Kent [3]

Greenwich, Kent [3]

Maidstone, Kent [3]

Manchester, Lancashire [3]

Paddington, London [3]

Plumstead, Kent [3]

Staines, Middlesex [3]

Stepney, London [3]

Barnstaple, Devon [2]

Biggleswade, Bedfordshire [2]

Birchington, Kent [2]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [2]

Blyth [2]

Bolton, Lancashire [2]

Bootle, Lancashire [2]

Bromley, London [2]

Charlton, London [2]

Chatham, Kent [2]

Rank

Able Seaman [155]

Stoker 1st Class [139]

Ordinary Seaman [74]

Boy 1st Class [54]

Private [39]

Leading Seaman [34]

Gunner [33]

Petty Officer [32]

Stoker 2nd Class [23]

Stoker Petty Officer [22]

Lieutenant [20]

Leading Stoker [17]

Stoker [16]

Midshipman [14]

Musician [11]

Signal Boy [10]

Signalman [10]

Carpenter's Crew [9]

Chief Stoker [9]

Commander [9]

Lieutenant Commander [9]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [8]

Acting Leading Stoker [7]

Boy 2nd Class [7]

Armourer's Crew [6]

Boy Telegraphist [6]

Chief Petty Officer [6]

Corporal [6]

Captain [5]

Cook's Mate [5]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [5]

Officer's Steward 3rd Class [5]

Petty Officer Stoker [5]

Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [4]

Mechanician [4]

Sergeant [4]

Shipwright 2nd Class [4]

Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [3]

Leading Signalman [3]

Officer's Steward 2nd Class [3]

Ship's Steward Assistant [3]

Shipwright 1st Class [3]

Wireman 2nd Class [3]

3rd Writer [2]

Acting Artificer Engineer [2]

Acting Chief Petty Officer [2]

Acting Electrical Artificer 4th Class [2]

Acting Stoker Petty Officer [2]

Bandmaster 1st Class [2]

Blacksmith's Mate [2]

Unit

HMS Vanguard [656]

HMS 'Vanguard' [61]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [39]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [37]

Royal Marine Artillery - HMS Vanguard [35]

Royal Marine Light Infantry - HMS Vanguard [35]

Royal Marine Artillery [32]

RNVR Wales - HMS Vanguard [13]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Vanguard [13]

Royal Marines Band [12]

H.M.S. "Vanguard." [11]

Royal Marines Band - HMS Vanguard [11]

HMS VANGUARD [9]

RNVR Clyde - HMS Vanguard [7]

RNVR Mersey - HMS Vanguard [7]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [7]

HMS "Pembroke II" [6]

HMS Ajax [5]

Royal Naval Reserve [5]

HMS Ganges [3]

HMS Impregnable [3]

RNVR London - HMS Vanguard [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [3]

HMS "Vanguard" [2]

HMS Bulwark [2]

HMS Implacable [2]

HMS Magnificent [2]

HMS Mischief [2]

HMS Vivid II [2]

RNVR - HMS Vanguard [2]

RNVR Sussex - HMS Vanguard [2]

RNVR Tyneside - HMS Vanguard [2]

Royal Marines Portsmouth Division [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

4th (Queen's Own) Hussars [1]

Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

H M S Vanguard [1]

H.M. Australian Squadron [1]

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

H.M.S. Birmingham [1]

H.M.S. Pembroke II [1]

H.M.S. Vanguard [1]

HM Submarine E22 [1]

HM Submarine K4 [1]

HMS "Diligence" [1]

HMS 'Victory' [1]

HMS Aboukir [1]

HMS Agamemnon [1]

HMS Agincourt [1]

Service

Royal Navy [846]

British Army [3]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Last name first letter

B [109]

C [96]

H [81]

S [75]

M [63]

P [44]

G [42]

W [41]

A [39]

R [34]

D [33]

L [31]

T [31]

J [29]

F [25]

E [22]

K [17]

O [12]

I [6]

V [5]

N [4]

Y [3]

Q [2]

U [1]

X [1]

Contribution

Military Service [742]

Country

United Kingdom [86]

Ireland [1]

Page 5 of 43

Pagination

Previous
1
3
4
5
6
7
43
Next

Type

People [846] Stories Communities

Place of birth

West Ham, Essex [21] Hackney, London [11] Dover, Kent [10] Liverpool, Lancashire [9] Belfast, Antrim [7] Lambeth, London [7] Battersea, London [6] Edinburgh [6] Faversham, Kent [6] Fulham, London [6] Hull, Yorkshire [6] Poplar, London [6] Bristol, Gloucestershire [5] Ipswich, Suffolk [5] Islington, London [5] Portsmouth, Hampshire [5] Woolwich, London [5] Bethnal Green, London [4] Canterbury, Kent [4] Gateshead, Durham [4] Hammersmith, London [4] Holloway, London [4] Kentish Town, London [4] Norwich, Norfolk [4] Southwark, London [4] Sunderland, Durham [4] Wandsworth, London [4] Camberwell, London [3] Colchester, Essex [3] Croydon, Surrey [3] Darlington, Durham [3] Deptford, London [3] Gillingham, Kent [3] Greenwich, Kent [3] Maidstone, Kent [3] Manchester, Lancashire [3] Paddington, London [3] Plumstead, Kent [3] Staines, Middlesex [3] Stepney, London [3] Barnstaple, Devon [2] Biggleswade, Bedfordshire [2] Birchington, Kent [2] Birkenhead, Cheshire [2] Blyth [2] Bolton, Lancashire [2] Bootle, Lancashire [2] Bromley, London [2] Charlton, London [2] Chatham, Kent [2]

Rank

Able Seaman [155] Stoker 1st Class [139] Ordinary Seaman [74] Boy 1st Class [54] Private [39] Leading Seaman [34] Gunner [33] Petty Officer [32] Stoker 2nd Class [23] Stoker Petty Officer [22] Lieutenant [20] Leading Stoker [17] Stoker [16] Midshipman [14] Musician [11] Signal Boy [10] Signalman [10] Carpenter's Crew [9] Chief Stoker [9] Commander [9] Lieutenant Commander [9] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [8] Acting Leading Stoker [7] Boy 2nd Class [7] Armourer's Crew [6] Boy Telegraphist [6] Chief Petty Officer [6] Corporal [6] Captain [5] Cook's Mate [5] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [5] Officer's Steward 3rd Class [5] Petty Officer Stoker [5] Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [4] Mechanician [4] Sergeant [4] Shipwright 2nd Class [4] Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [3] Leading Signalman [3] Officer's Steward 2nd Class [3] Ship's Steward Assistant [3] Shipwright 1st Class [3] Wireman 2nd Class [3] 3rd Writer [2] Acting Artificer Engineer [2] Acting Chief Petty Officer [2] Acting Electrical Artificer 4th Class [2] Acting Stoker Petty Officer [2] Bandmaster 1st Class [2] Blacksmith's Mate [2]

Unit

HMS Vanguard [656] HMS 'Vanguard' [61] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [39] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [37] Royal Marine Artillery - HMS Vanguard [35] Royal Marine Light Infantry - HMS Vanguard [35] Royal Marine Artillery [32] RNVR Wales - HMS Vanguard [13] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Vanguard [13] Royal Marines Band [12] H.M.S. "Vanguard." [11] Royal Marines Band - HMS Vanguard [11] HMS VANGUARD [9] RNVR Clyde - HMS Vanguard [7] RNVR Mersey - HMS Vanguard [7] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [7] HMS "Pembroke II" [6] HMS Ajax [5] Royal Naval Reserve [5] HMS Ganges [3] HMS Impregnable [3] RNVR London - HMS Vanguard [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [3] HMS "Vanguard" [2] HMS Bulwark [2] HMS Implacable [2] HMS Magnificent [2] HMS Mischief [2] HMS Vivid II [2] RNVR - HMS Vanguard [2] RNVR Sussex - HMS Vanguard [2] RNVR Tyneside - HMS Vanguard [2] Royal Marines Portsmouth Division [2] Royal Naval Division [2] 4th (Queen's Own) Hussars [1] Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] H M S Vanguard [1] H.M. Australian Squadron [1] H.M.S. "Vanguard" [1] H.M.S. Birmingham [1] H.M.S. Pembroke II [1] H.M.S. Vanguard [1] HM Submarine E22 [1] HM Submarine K4 [1] HMS "Diligence" [1] HMS 'Victory' [1] HMS Aboukir [1] HMS Agamemnon [1] HMS Agincourt [1]

Service

Royal Navy [846] British Army [3] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Last name first letter

B [109] C [96] H [81] S [75] M [63] P [44] G [42] W [41] A [39] R [34] D [33] L [31] T [31] J [29] F [25] E [22] K [17] O [12] I [6] V [5] N [4] Y [3] Q [2] U [1] X [1]

Contribution

Military Service [742]

Country

United Kingdom [86] Ireland [1]

Rowland Kyrle Cecil Pope

Born 1888

Died 1976

Royal Navy Commander

Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander

Royal Navy Lieutenant HMS Vanguard

More about Rowland Kyrle Cecil Pope
George Amor

Born 1889

Died 1917

Royal Navy 232204 Able Seaman HMS Vanguard

More about George Amor
Frederick William Chittenden

Born 1891

Died 1917

Royal Navy M10726 Shipwright 2nd Class HMS 'Vanguard'

More about Frederick William Chittenden
Horace Alfred Jones

Born 1899

Died 1917

Royal Navy J32517 Boy 1st Class HMS Vanguard

Royal Navy J/32517(CH) Ordinary Seaman H.M.S. "Vanguard."

More about Horace Alfred Jones
William Harvey

Born 1877

Died 1917

Royal Navy 285546 Chief Stoker HMS Vanguard

Royal Navy 285546(CH) Chief Stoker H.M.S. "Vanguard."

More about William Harvey
Robert Valentine

Born 1899

Died 1917

Royal Navy J34061 Boy 1st Class HMS Vanguard

Royal Navy J/34061(Dev) Ordinary Seaman H.M.S. "Vanguard."

More about Robert Valentine
Robert John Gamble

Born 1881

Died 1917

Royal Navy 201664 Able Seaman HMS Vanguard

Royal Navy 201664(CH) Able Seaman H.M.S. "Vanguard."

More about Robert John Gamble
John Thomas Granfield

Born 1877

Died 1917

Royal Navy 283620 Chief Stoker HMS Vanguard

Royal Navy 283620(CH) Chief Stoker H.M.S. "Vanguard."

More about John Thomas Granfield
Thomas Scott

Born 1891

Died 1917

Royal Navy SS117135 Stoker 1st Class HMS Vanguard

Royal Navy SS/117135(CH) Stoker 1st Class H.M.S. "Vanguard."

More about Thomas Scott
Patrick Graham

Born 1894

Died 1917

Royal Navy SS114546 Stoker 1st Class HMS Vanguard

Royal Navy SS/114546(CH) Stoker 2nd Class H.M.S. "Vanguard."

More about Patrick Graham
Frederick Edgeworth

Born 1869

Died 1917

Royal Navy 135291 Petty Officer HMS Vanguard

Royal Navy 135291(Dev) Petty Officer H.M.S. "Vanguard."

More about Frederick Edgeworth
Oscar Humphrey Stoehr

Born 1889

Died 1917

Royal Navy Lieutenant

Royal Navy Lieutenant HMS Blanche

Royal Navy Lieutenant HMS Vanguard

More about Oscar Humphrey Stoehr
Guy Arnott Browning

Born 1876

Died 1916

Royal Navy Chaplain HMS Vanguard

Royal Navy Chaplain and Naval Instructor HMS Indefatigable

Royal Navy Chaplain and Naval Instructor HMS Exmouth

More about Guy Arnott Browning
Percy Herbert Jones

Born 1864

Died 1941

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

Royal Navy Chaplain Reverend HMS VANGUARD

More about Percy Herbert Jones
Angelo Xuiereb

Born 1893

Died 1917

Royal Navy Officer's Cook 1st Class HMS 'Vanguard'

More about Angelo Xuiereb
Edgar Beare

Born 1897

Died 1917

Royal Navy J25023 Signalman HMS Vanguard

More about Edgar Beare
Bermont Hayward

Born 1899

Died 1917

Royal Navy J41901 Boy 1st Class HMS 'Vanguard'

More about Bermont Hayward
Thomas Charles Barwick Austen

Born 1900

Died 1917

Royal Navy J44773 Boy Telegraphist HMS 'Vanguard'

More about Thomas Charles Barwick Austen
Walter Lord

Born 1899

Died 1917

Royal Navy J48635 Boys 1st Class HMS Vanguard

More about Walter Lord
Charles Edward Dibbens

Born 1900

Died 1917

Royal Navy J52910 Signal Boy HMS 'Vanguard'

More about Charles Edward Dibbens

Page 5 of 43

Pagination

Previous
1
3
4
5
6
7
43
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