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 34 results

Advanced search

Search

Advanced

Search field

Filters

Type

People [34]

Stories

Communities

Place of birth

Ramsgate, Kent [3]

Maidstone, Kent [2]

Alsager, Cheshire, England [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Burraton, St Germans, Cornwall [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Cape Town, South Africa [1]

Chatham, Kent [1]

Dover, Kent [1]

Famborough, Kent [1]

Hackney, London [1]

Ipswich [1]

Ivinghoe, Buckinghamshire [1]

Jarrow, County Durham [1]

Kensington, London [1]

Lambeth, London [1]

Leabrook, Derbyshire [1]

Lewisham, London [1]

Macclesfield, Cheshire [1]

North Cove, Suffolk [1]

Plaistow, London [1]

Plumstead, Kent [1]

Ramsgate. Kent [1]

Rotherhithe, London [1]

Sheerness, Kent [1]

Southwark, London [1]

St Peter Port [1]

Stonehouse, Devon [1]

Taunton, Somerset [1]

Wandley, Warwickshire [1]

Rank

Able Seaman [9]

Boy 1st Class [6]

Boy 2nd Class [6]

Leading Seaman [6]

Ordinary Seaman [6]

Petty Officer [6]

Stoker [5]

Chief Petty Officer [4]

Petty Officer 1st Class [3]

Petty Officer 2nd Class [3]

Acting Chief Petty Officer [2]

Assistant Clerk [2]

Assistant Paymaster [2]

Clerk [2]

Paymaster Commander [2]

Ship's Corporal [2]

Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Acting Paymaster [1]

Acting Petty Officer [1]

Acting Regulating Petty Officer [1]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [1]

Armourer's Crew [1]

Armourers Crew (Prob) [1]

Boatman [1]

Boy Dom [1]

Boy II [1]

Boy Serv [1]

Boy, 1st Class [1]

Boy, 2nd Class [1]

Corporal [1]

Corporal (10898B) [1]

Corporal Cook [1]

Domestic 2nd Class [1]

Domestic 3rd Class [1]

Driver [1]

Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Fireman [1]

Fleet Paymaster [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Leading Boatman [1]

Leading Signalman [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1]

Officers Steward II [1]

Officers Steward III [1]

Paymaster [1]

Paymaster Captain [1]

Unit

HMS Wildfire [17]

H.M.S. Wildfire [8]

HMS Pembroke [4]

HMS Victory [3]

HMS "Pembroke I" [2]

HMS "Wildfire" [2]

HMS Active [2]

HMS Agamemnon [2]

HMS Agincourt [2]

HMS Blenheim [2]

HMS Boscawen [2]

HMS Drake [2]

HMS Excellent [2]

HMS Hawke [2]

HMS Impregnable [2]

HMS Indomitable [2]

HMS Jupiter [2]

HMS Mars [2]

HMS Minotaur [2]

HMS Pembroke II [2]

HMS Royal Arthur [2]

HMS Vivid [2]

36th Heavy Artillery Group [1]

9th Field Ambulance [1]

9th Field Ambulance (A M C ) [1]

Blenheim [1]

Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1]

Commonwealth Naval Forces [1]

General Depot Sheerness (HMS Wildfire) [1]

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

H.M.S. Encounter [1]

H.M.S. Endymion [1]

H.M.S. Ganges [1]

H.M.S. Pembroke II [1]

H.M.S. Wildfire. [1]

HM Coastguard [1]

HM Trawler Agamemnon II [1]

HMS [1]

HMS "Actaeon" [1]

HMS "Benbow" [1]

HMS "Carnarvon" [1]

HMS "Cressy" [1]

HMS "Impregnable" [1]

HMS "Lancaster" [1]

HMS "Lion" [1]

HMS "St George" [1]

HMS Achilles & Victoria [1]

HMS Acteon [1]

HMS Ajax [1]

HMS Alexandra [1]

Service

Royal Navy [34]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

British Army [2]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Last name first letter

B [6]

S [6]

M [5]

J [3]

C [2]

H [2]

N [2]

W [2]

A [1]

D [1]

F [1]

K [1]

L [1]

T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [23]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [15]

Canada [1]

Iran, Islamic Republic of [1]

Tonga [1]

Page 1 of 2

Pagination

1
2
Next

Type

People [34] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Ramsgate, Kent [3] Maidstone, Kent [2] Alsager, Cheshire, England [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Burraton, St Germans, Cornwall [1] Camberwell, London [1] Cape Town, South Africa [1] Chatham, Kent [1] Dover, Kent [1] Famborough, Kent [1] Hackney, London [1] Ipswich [1] Ivinghoe, Buckinghamshire [1] Jarrow, County Durham [1] Kensington, London [1] Lambeth, London [1] Leabrook, Derbyshire [1] Lewisham, London [1] Macclesfield, Cheshire [1] North Cove, Suffolk [1] Plaistow, London [1] Plumstead, Kent [1] Ramsgate. Kent [1] Rotherhithe, London [1] Sheerness, Kent [1] Southwark, London [1] St Peter Port [1] Stonehouse, Devon [1] Taunton, Somerset [1] Wandley, Warwickshire [1]

Rank

Able Seaman [9] Boy 1st Class [6] Boy 2nd Class [6] Leading Seaman [6] Ordinary Seaman [6] Petty Officer [6] Stoker [5] Chief Petty Officer [4] Petty Officer 1st Class [3] Petty Officer 2nd Class [3] Acting Chief Petty Officer [2] Assistant Clerk [2] Assistant Paymaster [2] Clerk [2] Paymaster Commander [2] Ship's Corporal [2] Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Acting Paymaster [1] Acting Petty Officer [1] Acting Regulating Petty Officer [1] Aircraftman 2nd Class [1] Armourer's Crew [1] Armourers Crew (Prob) [1] Boatman [1] Boy Dom [1] Boy II [1] Boy Serv [1] Boy, 1st Class [1] Boy, 2nd Class [1] Corporal [1] Corporal (10898B) [1] Corporal Cook [1] Domestic 2nd Class [1] Domestic 3rd Class [1] Driver [1] Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Fireman [1] Fleet Paymaster [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Leading Boatman [1] Leading Signalman [1] Leading Stoker [1] Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1] Officers Steward II [1] Officers Steward III [1] Paymaster [1] Paymaster Captain [1]

Unit

HMS Wildfire [17] H.M.S. Wildfire [8] HMS Pembroke [4] HMS Victory [3] HMS "Pembroke I" [2] HMS "Wildfire" [2] HMS Active [2] HMS Agamemnon [2] HMS Agincourt [2] HMS Blenheim [2] HMS Boscawen [2] HMS Drake [2] HMS Excellent [2] HMS Hawke [2] HMS Impregnable [2] HMS Indomitable [2] HMS Jupiter [2] HMS Mars [2] HMS Minotaur [2] HMS Pembroke II [2] HMS Royal Arthur [2] HMS Vivid [2] 36th Heavy Artillery Group [1] 9th Field Ambulance [1] 9th Field Ambulance (A M C ) [1] Blenheim [1] Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1] Commonwealth Naval Forces [1] General Depot Sheerness (HMS Wildfire) [1] H.M.S. "Wildfire" [1] H.M.S. Encounter [1] H.M.S. Endymion [1] H.M.S. Ganges [1] H.M.S. Pembroke II [1] H.M.S. Wildfire. [1] HM Coastguard [1] HM Trawler Agamemnon II [1] HMS [1] HMS "Actaeon" [1] HMS "Benbow" [1] HMS "Carnarvon" [1] HMS "Cressy" [1] HMS "Impregnable" [1] HMS "Lancaster" [1] HMS "Lion" [1] HMS "St George" [1] HMS Achilles & Victoria [1] HMS Acteon [1] HMS Ajax [1] HMS Alexandra [1]

Service

Royal Navy [34] Australian Imperial Force [2] British Army [2] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Last name first letter

B [6] S [6] M [5] J [3] C [2] H [2] N [2] W [2] A [1] D [1] F [1] K [1] L [1] T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [23] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [15] Canada [1] Iran, Islamic Republic of [1] Tonga [1]

Francis James Scoates

Born 1881

Died 1959

Royal Navy 359014 H.M.S. Wildfire

Royal Navy 359014 H.M.S. Wildfire

More about Francis James Scoates
Henry George Dean

Born 1884

Died 1925

Royal Navy 306052 Stoker HMS Wildfire

More about Henry George Dean
Walter Robert Francis

Born 1888

Died 1940

Royal Navy C/231988 Chief Petty Officer H.M.S. Wildfire

Royal Navy 231988 Petty Officer

More about Walter Robert Francis
George Edward Wilks

Born 1888

Died 1941

Royal Navy C/310474 Stoker 1st Class H.M.S. Wildfire

Royal Navy 310474 Stoker

More about George Edward Wilks
Harold Daniel Miller

Born 1894

Died 1942

Royal Navy J10481

Royal Navy J10481 Leading Seaman

Royal Navy J10481 Petty Officer

…

More about Harold Daniel Miller
James Joseph Mcghee

Born 1865

Died 1916

Royal Navy 116217 Petty Officer 2nd Class HMS Wildfire

More about James Joseph Mcghee
Arthur Saxby

Born 1880

Died 1952

Royal Navy 342820 Armourers Crew (Prob) HMS Wildfire

British Army 5171 Driver Royal Field Artillery

More about Arthur Saxby
Leonard Hammett

Born 1891

Died 1917

Royal Navy L489

Royal Navy L/489 Officer's Steward 2nd Class H.M.S. Wildfire

More about Leonard Hammett
Lawrence Frank Judkins

Born 1887

Died 1945

Royal Navy 225568

Royal Navy 225568 Petty Officer Tyne

Royal Navy C/225568 Chief Petty Officer H.M.S. Wildfire

More about Lawrence Frank Judkins
William Webb

Born 1875

Died 1918

Royal Navy 283774. (R.F.R.CH.B. 1870) (CH) Stoker Petty Officer H.M.S. "Wildfire"

More about William Webb
Frederick Charles Stroud

Born 1884

Died 1916

Royal Navy 359013 H.M.S. Wildfire

Royal Navy 359013 H.M.S. Endymion

British Army G.8677 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 6th

More about Frederick Charles Stroud
Percival William Jordan

Born 1897

Died 1941

Royal Navy J20672

Royal Navy J20672 Boy II H.M.S. Ganges

Royal Navy J20672 Leading Seaman

…

More about Percival William Jordan
John Barlow

Born 1870

Royal Navy 350176 Ship's Corporal HMS Wildfire

More about John Barlow
William Neail

Born 1883

Royal Navy 358501 Servant 3rd Class HMS Wildfire

More about William Neail
Frederick James Norris

Born 1882

Died 1965

Royal Navy 345279

Royal Navy H.M.S. Encounter

Royal Navy 345279 H.M.S. Pembroke II

…

More about Frederick James Norris
Henry Ernest Adams

Born 1873

Royal Navy 350276

Royal Navy 350276 Sick Berth Steward Wildfire Sheerness Gunnery School

More about Henry Ernest Adams
Godfrey Gurney Lee

Born 1891

Died 1918

Royal Navy 2326/S Stoker Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. 'Wildfire'

More about Godfrey Gurney Lee
Clifford Thew

Born 1885

Died 1941

Australian Imperial Force 11893 Corporal 9th Field Ambulance (A M C ) "A" Section

Royal Navy 363011 Domestic 3rd Class Wildfire

Royal Navy 363011 Domestic 2nd Class Blenheim

…

More about Clifford Thew
Edward Scarlett

Born 1881

Died 1916

Royal Navy 271096 Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class HMSs Pembroke II, Wildfire

Royal Navy 271096 Engine Room Artificer 4th Class HMS Wildfire

Royal Navy 271096 Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class HMSs Wildfire, Leander, Pembroke II, Irresistible, Pembroke I, Blake, Tyne, St George

…

More about Edward Scarlett
Francis Jepson

Born 1893

Royal Navy Stoker Victory 2

Royal Navy 112591 Able Seaman Merchant Navy

Royal Navy 935089 Fireman HMS Wildfire

More about Francis Jepson

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