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 1950 results

Advanced search

Search

Advanced

Search field

Filters

Type

People [1950]

Stories

Communities

Place of birth

Warwick [7]

Warwick, Warwickshire [6]

Birmingham [4]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [4]

Coventry, Warwickshire [2]

Handsworth, Staffs [2]

London [2]

5 Tyler Street, Stratford on Avon [1]

Acocks Green, Warwickshire [1]

Alcester, Warwickshire [1]

Alvington, Gloucestershire [1]

Aston, Warwickshire [1]

Balsall Heath, Warks [1]

Barford, Warwick, Warwickshire [1]

Bedford, Bedfordshire [1]

Bloxwich, Staffs [1]

Broadway, Worcester [1]

Bromsgrove, Worcestershire [1]

Cheltenham Gloucestershire. [1]

Chilvers Coton, Nuneaton, Warwickshire [1]

Clapham Common [1]

Cork [1]

Dibrugarh, Assam [1]

Dover, Kent [1]

Edinburgh [1]

Erdington, Warks [1]

Ermington, Devon [1]

Evesham, Worcestershire [1]

Frankton, Warwickshire [1]

Fremantle [1]

Gaydon, Southam, Warwickshire [1]

Glascote, Warwickshire [1]

Goole, Yorkshire [1]

Handsworth,Staffordshire [1]

Headington, Oxfordshire [1]

Ilmington, Gloucestershire [1]

Kenilworth, Warwickshire [1]

Kineton, Warwickshire [1]

Kings Norton [1]

Kings Norton, Worcestershire [1]

Ladywood, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Lambeg, County Antrim [1]

Leamington Hastings [1]

Leamington Spa, Warwickshire [1]

Lewes Sussex [1]

Lichfield, Staffordshire [1]

Lichtenburg Transvaal [1]

Liverpool [1]

Lorcorch county, [1]

Malvern, Worcestershire [1]

Rank

Private [1387]

Serjeant [174]

Corporal [159]

Second Lieutenant [142]

Lance Corporal [113]

Lieutenant [93]

Captain [51]

Sapper [35]

Acting Corporal [25]

Trooper [21]

Major [18]

Acting Serjeant [14]

Gunner [12]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [10]

Lance Serjeant [9]

Shoeing Smith [9]

Staff Serjeant Major [9]

Lieutenant Colonel [7]

Staff Serjeant [7]

Farrier Serjeant [5]

Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Squadron Serjeant Major [4]

Temporary Captain [4]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [3]

Private Lance Corporal [3]

Saddler [3]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Temporary Lieutenant [3]

Trumpeter [3]

2/LT (TP) [2]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Major [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Brigadier General [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Corporal 2nd [2]

Pioneer [2]

Private Acting Corporal [2]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Saddler Corporal [2]

Saddler Staff Serjeant [2]

Serjeant Trumpeter [2]

Acting Colonel [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

Warwickshire Yeomanry [1706]

Machine Gun Corps [517]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [383]

Corps of Hussars [326]

Royal Engineers [118]

Labour Corps [56]

Army Service Corps [37]

Essex Yeomanry [37]

Gloucestershire Yeomanry [32]

Worcestershire Yeomanry [31]

Royal Air Force [28]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [20]

Royal Field Artillery [19]

Staffordshire Yeomanry [15]

Hampshire Regiment [14]

Hussars [14]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [14]

Royal Garrison Artillery [14]

Gloucestershire Regiment [13]

Royal Flying Corps [13]

Military Mounted Police [11]

Dragoon Guards [10]

East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry [10]

Leicestershire Yeomanry [10]

Oxfordshire Yeomanry [10]

Buckinghamshire Yeomanry [9]

Corps of Dragoons [9]

Devonshire Regiment [9]

Royal Army Service Corps [9]

Royal Irish Rifles [9]

Worcestershire Regiment [9]

2/1st Warwickshire Yeomanry [8]

Royal Warwickshire Yeomanry [8]

Army Ordnance Corps [7]

1/1st Warwickshire Yeomanry [6]

1st Warwickshire Yeomanry [6]

Cheshire Regiment [6]

County of London Yeomanry [6]

Derby Yeomanry [6]

Dorset Yeomanry [6]

Hertfordshire Yeomanry [6]

Life Guards [6]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [6]

Royal Army Medical Corps [6]

Royal Fusiliers [6]

Suffolk Regiment [6]

Tank Corps [6]

Berkshire Yeomanry [5]

Imperial Camel Corps [5]

London Regiment [5]

Service

British Army [1950]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [4]

Royal Navy [2]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [236]

H [209]

S [186]

C [176]

W [163]

M [122]

P [113]

D [90]

G [89]

R [83]

L [74]

T [73]

F [68]

A [60]

J [55]

E [48]

K [29]

N [28]

O [22]

I [7]

V [7]

Y [7]

Q [3]

U [1]

Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1938]

Country

United Kingdom [66]

Page 2 of 98

Pagination

Previous
1
2
3
4
98
Next

Type

People [1950] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Warwick [7] Warwick, Warwickshire [6] Birmingham [4] Birmingham, Warwickshire [4] Coventry, Warwickshire [2] Handsworth, Staffs [2] London [2] 5 Tyler Street, Stratford on Avon [1] Acocks Green, Warwickshire [1] Alcester, Warwickshire [1] Alvington, Gloucestershire [1] Aston, Warwickshire [1] Balsall Heath, Warks [1] Barford, Warwick, Warwickshire [1] Bedford, Bedfordshire [1] Bloxwich, Staffs [1] Broadway, Worcester [1] Bromsgrove, Worcestershire [1] Cheltenham Gloucestershire. [1] Chilvers Coton, Nuneaton, Warwickshire [1] Clapham Common [1] Cork [1] Dibrugarh, Assam [1] Dover, Kent [1] Edinburgh [1] Erdington, Warks [1] Ermington, Devon [1] Evesham, Worcestershire [1] Frankton, Warwickshire [1] Fremantle [1] Gaydon, Southam, Warwickshire [1] Glascote, Warwickshire [1] Goole, Yorkshire [1] Handsworth,Staffordshire [1] Headington, Oxfordshire [1] Ilmington, Gloucestershire [1] Kenilworth, Warwickshire [1] Kineton, Warwickshire [1] Kings Norton [1] Kings Norton, Worcestershire [1] Ladywood, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Lambeg, County Antrim [1] Leamington Hastings [1] Leamington Spa, Warwickshire [1] Lewes Sussex [1] Lichfield, Staffordshire [1] Lichtenburg Transvaal [1] Liverpool [1] Lorcorch county, [1] Malvern, Worcestershire [1]

Rank

Private [1387] Serjeant [174] Corporal [159] Second Lieutenant [142] Lance Corporal [113] Lieutenant [93] Captain [51] Sapper [35] Acting Corporal [25] Trooper [21] Major [18] Acting Serjeant [14] Gunner [12] Warrant Officer Class 2 [10] Lance Serjeant [9] Shoeing Smith [9] Staff Serjeant Major [9] Lieutenant Colonel [7] Staff Serjeant [7] Farrier Serjeant [5] Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Squadron Serjeant Major [4] Temporary Captain [4] Corporal Acting Serjeant [3] Private Lance Corporal [3] Saddler [3] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Temporary Lieutenant [3] Trumpeter [3] 2/LT (TP) [2] Able Seaman [2] Acting Captain [2] Acting Major [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Brigadier General [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Corporal 2nd [2] Pioneer [2] Private Acting Corporal [2] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Saddler Corporal [2] Saddler Staff Serjeant [2] Serjeant Trumpeter [2] Acting Colonel [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

Warwickshire Yeomanry [1706] Machine Gun Corps [517] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [383] Corps of Hussars [326] Royal Engineers [118] Labour Corps [56] Army Service Corps [37] Essex Yeomanry [37] Gloucestershire Yeomanry [32] Worcestershire Yeomanry [31] Royal Air Force [28] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [20] Royal Field Artillery [19] Staffordshire Yeomanry [15] Hampshire Regiment [14] Hussars [14] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [14] Royal Garrison Artillery [14] Gloucestershire Regiment [13] Royal Flying Corps [13] Military Mounted Police [11] Dragoon Guards [10] East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry [10] Leicestershire Yeomanry [10] Oxfordshire Yeomanry [10] Buckinghamshire Yeomanry [9] Corps of Dragoons [9] Devonshire Regiment [9] Royal Army Service Corps [9] Royal Irish Rifles [9] Worcestershire Regiment [9] 2/1st Warwickshire Yeomanry [8] Royal Warwickshire Yeomanry [8] Army Ordnance Corps [7] 1/1st Warwickshire Yeomanry [6] 1st Warwickshire Yeomanry [6] Cheshire Regiment [6] County of London Yeomanry [6] Derby Yeomanry [6] Dorset Yeomanry [6] Hertfordshire Yeomanry [6] Life Guards [6] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [6] Royal Army Medical Corps [6] Royal Fusiliers [6] Suffolk Regiment [6] Tank Corps [6] Berkshire Yeomanry [5] Imperial Camel Corps [5] London Regiment [5]

Service

British Army [1950] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [4] Royal Navy [2] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [236] H [209] S [186] C [176] W [163] M [122] P [113] D [90] G [89] R [83] L [74] T [73] F [68] A [60] J [55] E [48] K [29] N [28] O [22] I [7] V [7] Y [7] Q [3] U [1] Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1938]

Country

United Kingdom [66]

Robert Lidzy

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army 2287 Acting Lance Corporal Warwickshire Yeomanry

British Army 2287 Private Warwickshire Yeomanry

British Army 2287 Lance Corporal Warwickshire Yeomanry

More about Robert Lidzy
John Wheildon

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 1368 Corporal Warwickshire Yeomanry

British Army 1368 Serjeant Warwickshire Yeomanry

British Army 310360 Serjeant Corps of Hussars

…

More about John Wheildon
Hubert Beaconsfield Sarsons

Born 1890

Died 1963

British Army Second Lieutenant Warwickshire Yeomanry

British Army Lieutenant Warwickshire Yeomanry attached Machine Gun Corps

More about Hubert Beaconsfield Sarsons
Rowland John Beech

Born 1853

Died 1919

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Warwickshire Yeomanry

More about Rowland John Beech
J Robbins

Born 1882

Died 1915

British Army 1856 Private Warwickshire Yeomanry

More about J Robbins
William Hannibal Tyacke

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 2557 Private Warwickshire Yeomanry

More about William Hannibal Tyacke
William Toghill

Born 1898

British Army 1780 Private Warwickshire Yeomanry

British Army 310345 Private Warwickshire Yeomanry

More about William Toghill
Arthur James Hubbard

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 2510 Private Warwickshire Yeomanry

British Army 310550 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 310550 Private Warwickshire Yeomanry

More about Arthur James Hubbard
William Joseph Brotheridge

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 2928 Private Warwickshire Yeomanry

British Army 310871 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 310871 Private Warwickshire Yeomanry

More about William Joseph Brotheridge
John Ravenhall

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 1842 Lance Serjeant Warwickshire Yeomanry

British Army 1842 Lance Serjeant Corps of Hussars

British Army 1842 Lance Serjeant Warwickshire Yeomanry

More about John Ravenhall
Cecil William Townsend

Born 1892

Died 1972

British Army Second Lieutenant Warwickshire Yeomanry

British Army Lieutenant Warwickshire Yeomanry

British Army Captain Warwickshire Yeomanry

More about Cecil William Townsend
Charles A Coldicott

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army 856 Serjeant Worcestershire Yeomanry

British Army 856 Serjeant Warwickshire Yeomanry

More about Charles A Coldicott
Thomas George Fuller

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army 67699 Private Warwickshire Yeomanry

British Army 43669 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 14th Battalion.

More about Thomas George Fuller
Arthur Rowland Hall

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 3626 Warwickshire Yeomanry

British Army 203029 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1/5th Battalion-Territorial.

More about Arthur Rowland Hall
Albert Sydney Brace

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 67814 Private Warwickshire Yeomanry

British Army 43658 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 14th Battalion

More about Albert Sydney Brace
Frederick William Cole

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army 60159 Private Warwickshire Yeomanry

British Army 43452 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 16th Battalion.

More about Frederick William Cole
William Henry Ranford

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army 67786 Private Warwickshire Yeomanry

British Army 43687 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

More about William Henry Ranford
Thomas Joseph Osborne

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 203051 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 3510 Warwickshire Yeomanry

More about Thomas Joseph Osborne
Joseph Edmund Bradshaw

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army 60149 Private Warwickshire Yeomanry

British Army 43416 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

More about Joseph Edmund Bradshaw
James Belcher

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army 67540 Private Warwickshire Yeomanry

British Army 43425 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

More about James Belcher

Page 2 of 98

Pagination

Previous
1
2
3
4
98
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