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 26 results

Advanced search

Help me search

Advanced

Search field

Filters

Type

People [26]

Stories

Communities

Place of birth

Bishop Monkton, Ripon, Yorkshire [7]

Leeds, Yorkshire [3]

200 South Street, Moor, Sheffield, Yorkshire [1]

Bishopthorpe, near York, Yorkshire [1]

Bradford, Yorkshire [1]

Bramley, Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Carlton, Yorkshire [1]

Halifax, Yorkshire [1]

Holbeck, Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Otley, Yorkshire [1]

St George Hanover Square, London [1]

Tinsley, Sheffield, Yorkshire [1]

Westwicj, Bishop Monkton, Ripon, Yorkshire [1]

Yeadon, Yorkshire [1]

Ystradyfodwg, Glamorgan [1]

Rank

Private [22]

Lance Corporal [4]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Corporal [3]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 2 [1]

Captain [1]

Corproral [1]

First Lieutenant [1]

Guardsman [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major [1]

Officer Cadet [1]

Rifleman [1]

Serjeant [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Temporary Major [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Serjeant [1]

Unit

The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) [23]

Labour Corps [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) [2]

Training Reserve [2]

West Yorkshire Regiment [2]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [2]

Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment) (“Green Howards”) [1]

Army Reserve [1]

Army Service Corps Cadet School [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

General Staff [1]

Inns of Court Officer Training Corps [1]

Lincolnshire Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Northumberland Fusiliers [1]

Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire) Regiment [1]

Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire) Regiment. [1]

Rifle Brigade [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Defence Force [Territorial Force] [1]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [1]

Royal Flying Corps [1]

Royal Marine Labour Corps [1]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [1]

Scots Guards [1]

Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment) [1]

The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire) Regiment [1]

Volunteer Rifle Corps [1]

West African Frontier Force [1]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Own) [1]

Service

British Army [26]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

B [5]

H [4]

N [3]

M [2]

P [2]

R [2]

W [2]

C [1]

J [1]

K [1]

L [1]

S [1]

T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [26]

Country

United Kingdom [25]

Page 2 of 2

Pagination

CSV Export

Type

People [26] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Bishop Monkton, Ripon, Yorkshire [7] Leeds, Yorkshire [3] 200 South Street, Moor, Sheffield, Yorkshire [1] Bishopthorpe, near York, Yorkshire [1] Bradford, Yorkshire [1] Bramley, Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Carlton, Yorkshire [1] Halifax, Yorkshire [1] Holbeck, Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Otley, Yorkshire [1] St George Hanover Square, London [1] Tinsley, Sheffield, Yorkshire [1] Westwicj, Bishop Monkton, Ripon, Yorkshire [1] Yeadon, Yorkshire [1] Ystradyfodwg, Glamorgan [1]

Rank

Private [22] Lance Corporal [4] Second Lieutenant [4] Corporal [3] Lance Serjeant [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 2 [1] Captain [1] Corproral [1] First Lieutenant [1] Guardsman [1] Lieutenant [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major [1] Officer Cadet [1] Rifleman [1] Serjeant [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Temporary Major [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1] Temporary Serjeant [1]

Unit

The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) [23] Labour Corps [3] Army Service Corps [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) [2] Training Reserve [2] West Yorkshire Regiment [2] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [2] Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment) (“Green Howards”) [1] Army Reserve [1] Army Service Corps Cadet School [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] General Staff [1] Inns of Court Officer Training Corps [1] Lincolnshire Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Northumberland Fusiliers [1] Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire) Regiment [1] Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire) Regiment. [1] Rifle Brigade [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Defence Force [Territorial Force] [1] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [1] Royal Flying Corps [1] Royal Marine Labour Corps [1] Royal Scots Fusiliers [1] Scots Guards [1] Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment) [1] The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire) Regiment [1] Volunteer Rifle Corps [1] West African Frontier Force [1] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Own) [1]

Service

British Army [26] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1] Other Empire Force [1] Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

B [5] H [4] N [3] M [2] P [2] R [2] W [2] C [1] J [1] K [1] L [1] S [1] T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [26]

Country

United Kingdom [25]

Gilbert Friend Tokins

Born 1883

Died 1945

British Army 28884 Private Royal Defence Force [Territorial Force] 7th Battalion

British Army Private The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) 6th Battalion

British Army 28884 Private Royal Dublin Fusiliers 7th (Service) Battalion

…

More about Gilbert Friend Tokins
George Henry Heighway

Born 1878

Died 1962

British Army Private The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) 2nd (Volunteer) Battalion

British Army Serjeant The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) 2nd (Volunteer) Battalion

British Army 9955 Private Army Reserve

…

More about George Henry Heighway
Algernon Ronald Tollemache Sinclair

Born 1887

Died 1934

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Durham Light Infantry 10th (Service) Battalion

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Durham Light Infantry 17th (Reserve) Battalion

British Army Temporary Captain The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) 22nd (Labour) Battalion

More about Algernon Ronald Tollemache Sinclair
Walter Pybus

Born 1889

Died 1959

British Army 29505 Private The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) 3rd (Reserve) Battalion

British Army SE 30405 Private Army Veterinary Corps 13th Veterinary Hospital

More about Walter Pybus
Henry Archibald Cussans

Born 1899

Died 1962

British Army 97744 Private Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment) 7th (Robin Hood) Battalion

British Army TR/6/50716 Private Training Reserve 53rd Battalion

British Army 19297 Private Machine Gun Corps 6th (Reserve) Battalion

…

More about Henry Archibald Cussans
Gibyn Kingsley Butt

British Army Second Lieutenant Volunteer Rifle Corps 1st Middlesex (Victoria and St George's)

British Army Second Lieutenant Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Lincolnshire Regiment 1st Battalion

…

More about Gibyn Kingsley Butt