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 571 results

Advanced search

Search

Advanced

Search field

Filters

Type

People [571]

Stories

Communities

Place of birth

Sunderland, Durham [2]

Andover Hampshire. [1]

Bath, Somerset [1]

Bedburn [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Blackhill, Consett, Durham [1]

Blyth [1]

Castleford, Yorkshire [1]

Gateshead, Co. Durham [1]

Grantham, Lincolnshire [1]

HEXHAM, NORTHUMBERLAND [1]

Halton, Yorkshire [1]

Hull, Yorkshire [1]

Lochgilphead, Argyll [1]

London [1]

North Shields, Northumberland [1]

Northumberland [1]

Nottingham [1]

Raby, Durham [1]

Roxburgh [1]

Salford, Lancashire [1]

Seaton Sluice [1]

Skelton, Yorkshire [1]

Spennymoor [1]

Sunderland [1]

Tynemouth [1]

Tynemouth,Northumberland. [1]

Wandsworth, London [1]

Westgate, Newcastle-upon-Tyne [1]

Whitby, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [338]

Cyclist [44]

Second Lieutenant [40]

Lieutenant [36]

Sapper [35]

Serjeant [33]

Corporal [30]

Captain [25]

Colour Serjeant [12]

Lance Corporal [10]

Pioneer [10]

Acting Corporal [4]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Major [4]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Gunner [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Bugler [1]

Captain Major [1]

Captain and Adjutant [1]

Colour Serjeant/ Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major /Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Flying Officer [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Pi [1]

Pr [1]

Private /Lance Corporal [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

RIFLEMAN [1]

Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Serjeant /Orderly Room [1]

Serjeant Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Serjeant Bugler [1]

Serjeant/ Corporal Mechanic [1]

Signalman [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

private [1]

r [1]

Unit

Northern Cyclist Battalion [529]

Northumberland Fusiliers [182]

Durham Light Infantry [89]

Royal Engineers [78]

Machine Gun Corps [29]

Labour Corps [28]

Army Cyclist Corps [22]

Army Service Corps [11]

London Regiment [11]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [10]

West Yorkshire Regiment [8]

Royal Defence Corps [7]

Tank Corps [7]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [6]

York and Lancaster Regiment [6]

East Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Manchester Regiment [5]

Royal Fusiliers [5]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [5]

West Riding Regiment [5]

2/1st Northern Cyclist Battalion [4]

Lancashire Fusiliers [4]

South Lancashire Regiment [4]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Army Pay Corps [3]

Northumberland Fusiliers Northern Cyclist Battalion [3]

Royal Flying Corps [3]

Welsh Regiment [3]

Yorkshire Regiment [3]

1/1st Northern Cyclist Battalion [2]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

Leicestershire Regiment [2]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Northern Cyclist Battalion Territorial Force [2]

Northern Cyclist Battalion attached East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [2]

Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [2]

Suffolk Regiment [2]

The Northern Cyclist Battalion [2]

The Queen's Regiment [2]

Training Reserve Battalion [2]

1/2nd Northern Cyclist Battalion [1]

1/6th Northern Cyclist Battalion [1]

48 Squadron [1]

Service

British Army [571]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

H [62]

B [53]

S [51]

W [51]

M [42]

R [42]

T [42]

C [41]

G [29]

D [25]

P [21]

L [20]

A [15]

K [14]

E [13]

F [13]

J [12]

N [12]

O [6]

Y [3]

V [2]

I [1]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [565]

Country

United Kingdom [10]

Page 1 of 29

Pagination

1
2
3
29
Next

Type

People [571] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Sunderland, Durham [2] Andover Hampshire. [1] Bath, Somerset [1] Bedburn [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Blackhill, Consett, Durham [1] Blyth [1] Castleford, Yorkshire [1] Gateshead, Co. Durham [1] Grantham, Lincolnshire [1] HEXHAM, NORTHUMBERLAND [1] Halton, Yorkshire [1] Hull, Yorkshire [1] Lochgilphead, Argyll [1] London [1] North Shields, Northumberland [1] Northumberland [1] Nottingham [1] Raby, Durham [1] Roxburgh [1] Salford, Lancashire [1] Seaton Sluice [1] Skelton, Yorkshire [1] Spennymoor [1] Sunderland [1] Tynemouth [1] Tynemouth,Northumberland. [1] Wandsworth, London [1] Westgate, Newcastle-upon-Tyne [1] Whitby, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [338] Cyclist [44] Second Lieutenant [40] Lieutenant [36] Sapper [35] Serjeant [33] Corporal [30] Captain [25] Colour Serjeant [12] Lance Corporal [10] Pioneer [10] Acting Corporal [4] Acting Serjeant [4] Major [4] Company Serjeant Major [3] Gunner [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Bugler [1] Captain Major [1] Captain and Adjutant [1] Colour Serjeant/ Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major /Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Flying Officer [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Seaman [1] Pi [1] Pr [1] Private /Lance Corporal [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Quarter Master Serjeant [1] RIFLEMAN [1] Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Serjeant /Orderly Room [1] Serjeant Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Serjeant Bugler [1] Serjeant/ Corporal Mechanic [1] Signalman [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] private [1] r [1]

Unit

Northern Cyclist Battalion [529] Northumberland Fusiliers [182] Durham Light Infantry [89] Royal Engineers [78] Machine Gun Corps [29] Labour Corps [28] Army Cyclist Corps [22] Army Service Corps [11] London Regiment [11] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [10] West Yorkshire Regiment [8] Royal Defence Corps [7] Tank Corps [7] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [6] York and Lancaster Regiment [6] East Yorkshire Regiment [5] Manchester Regiment [5] Royal Fusiliers [5] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [5] West Riding Regiment [5] 2/1st Northern Cyclist Battalion [4] Lancashire Fusiliers [4] South Lancashire Regiment [4] Army Ordnance Corps [3] Army Pay Corps [3] Northumberland Fusiliers Northern Cyclist Battalion [3] Royal Flying Corps [3] Welsh Regiment [3] Yorkshire Regiment [3] 1/1st Northern Cyclist Battalion [2] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] Leicestershire Regiment [2] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] Northern Cyclist Battalion Territorial Force [2] Northern Cyclist Battalion attached East Yorkshire Regiment [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [2] Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [2] Royal Lancaster Regiment [2] Suffolk Regiment [2] The Northern Cyclist Battalion [2] The Queen's Regiment [2] Training Reserve Battalion [2] 1/2nd Northern Cyclist Battalion [1] 1/6th Northern Cyclist Battalion [1] 48 Squadron [1]

Service

British Army [571] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2] Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

H [62] B [53] S [51] W [51] M [42] R [42] T [42] C [41] G [29] D [25] P [21] L [20] A [15] K [14] E [13] F [13] J [12] N [12] O [6] Y [3] V [2] I [1] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [565]

Country

United Kingdom [10]

Wilfred Blackburn

Born 1894

British Army 530 Private Army Cyclist Corps

British Army 534 Private Northern Cyclist Battalion

More about Wilfred Blackburn
Frank Douglas Balfour

Died 1918

British Army Captain Northern Cyclist Battalion Territorial Force

British Army Captain Northern Cyclist Battalion

More about Frank Douglas Balfour
Wilfred Hearne Pearson

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Northern Cyclist Battalion attached Machine Gun Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Northern Cyclist Battalion

More about Wilfred Hearne Pearson
Frederick Armory

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 37719 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 2020 Private Northern Cyclist Battalion

More about Frederick Armory
Daniel H Haswell

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army 173 Colour Serjeant Northern Cyclist Battalion 2nd/1st

More about Daniel H Haswell
James Arrowsmith

Born 1876

Died 1914

British Army Captain Northern Cyclist Battalion

More about James Arrowsmith
George Robson Swan

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 1063 Private Northern Cyclist Battalion

More about George Robson Swan
Ernest Harwood Dixon

British Army Serjeant Northern Cyclist Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Northern Cyclist Battalion

More about Ernest Harwood Dixon
Thomas Hayes

British Army 617 Lance Corporal Northern Cyclist Battalion

British Army 265061 Lance Corporal Northern Cyclist Battalion

More about Thomas Hayes
Wilfred Tullett

Born 1893

Died 1989

British Army 365727 Private Northern Cyclist Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Northern Cyclist Battalion

Royal Navy R/2622 Leading Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

More about Wilfred Tullett
John Bryson

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 459 Serjeant Northern Cyclist Battalion

British Army 365027 Serjeant Northern Cyclist Battalion

More about John Bryson
Henry Brown

Died 1917

British Army 2136 Northern Cyclist Battalion

British Army 235505 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 2136 Private Northern Cyclist Battalion

More about Henry Brown
Basil Hollis

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 944 Acting Serjeant Northern Cyclist Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Royal Highlanders 5th Battalion

More about Basil Hollis
Harry Brighstone Newsam

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 1984 Corporal Northern Cyclist Battalion

British Army 1984 Second Lieutenant Tank Corps 3rd Light Btn.

More about Harry Brighstone Newsam
Frederick Charles Garrett

Born 1867

British Army Lieutenant Colonel 1/2nd Northern Cyclist Battalion

More about Frederick Charles Garrett
James Robert Carruthers

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 1870 Northern Cyclist Battalion

British Army 235006 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

More about James Robert Carruthers
Charles Robert Keirl

Born 1892

Died 1919

British Army 3040 Private Northern Cyclist Battalion

British Army 455017 Private Labour Corps

More about Charles Robert Keirl
James Hackett

British Army 367310 Cyclist Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 367310 Cyclist Northern Cyclist Battalion

More about James Hackett
George William Duxfield Foggin

Born 1898

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

British Army Northern Cyclist Battalion

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 2nd Lieutenant 48 Squadron

More about George William Duxfield Foggin
Edward Liddle

Died 1917

British Army 2217 Private Northern Cyclist Battalion 2/1st Battalion

More about Edward Liddle

Page 1 of 29

Pagination

1
2
3
29
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