This is a full list of names of those men and women who gave their lives in the course of the First World War while contributing to the war effort, both at home and overseas.
The roll contains not only the names of soldiers who died on the frontline, but also men and women who were fatally injured in munitions factory accidents or during other duties such as nursing.
Surname | First name | Date of death | Rank | Service number | Regiment | Battalion etc |
Abley | Samuel | 25/11/1918 | Private | 32909 | Durham Light Infantry | 21st Battalion |
Acutt | Harold | 18/04/1917 | Lance Corporal | DM2/196202 | Royal Army Service Corps | M. T. Depot (Grove Park) |
Adams | Alfred | 13/10/1915 | Private | 3294 | South Staffordshire Regiment | 1st/6th Battalion |
Adams | Alfred Sidney | 28/04/1917 | Private | 40940 | Lincolnshire Regiment | 10th Battalion |
Adams | Arthur | 31/07/1917 | Rifleman | 49980 | The King’s (Liverpool Regiment) | 1st/6th Battalion |
Adams | Edwin | 24/06/1917 | Private | 240203 | South Staffordshire Regiment | 1st/6th Battalion |
Adams | Eunice Cicely Boys | 1919 | Nurse | British Red Cross | Voluntary Aid Detachment | |
Adams | George Norman | 20/10/1918 | Captain | South Staffordshire Regiment | 6th Battalion | |
Adams | Percy | 27/07/1916 | Lance Corporal | PS/7374 | Royal Fusiliers | 17th Battalion |
Adams | Samuel Henry | 1923 | ||||
Adams | William | 17/02/1917 | Private | 16535 | South Staffordshire Regiment | 2nd Battalion |
Adcock | Harold Norman | 08/10/1918 | Second Lieutenant | The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) | 1st Battalion | |
Adderley | Harry Blackwell | 12/09/1918 | Quartermaster Sergeant | 531653 | Canadian Army Medical Corps | 11th Field Ambulance |
Addison | George Mellsome | 09/08/1918 | Second Lieutenant | South Staffordshire Regiment | 5th Battalion | |
Addis | Thomas | 21/03/1918 | Private | 41852 | Worcestershire Regiment | 3rd Battalion |
Adey | Cyril Archibald | 13/10/1915 | Private | 2390 | South Staffordshire Regiment | 1st/6th Battalion |
Adey | Joseph Alfred | 01/05/1917 | Private | 19438 | Suffolk Regiment | 2nd Battalion |
Adey | William James | 22/03/1918 | Sapper | 310342 | Royal Engineers | 29th Light Railway Operating Company |
Akers | Edward | 23/04/1917 | Private | 20780 | King’s Own Scottish Borderers | 2nd Battalion |
Allcock | Joseph Thomas | 06/10/1917 | Serjeant | 9208 | South Staffordshire Regiment | 1st Battalion |
Allcock | William Henry | 17/10/1918 | Private | 50312 | Lancashire Fusiliers | 1st/5th Battalion |
Allcott | Frederick | 28/07/1916 | Private | 16384 | South Staffordshire Regiment | 2nd Battalion |
Allen | Albert Edward or Ernest | 07/12/1917 | Private | 242189 | South Staffordshire Regiment | 2nd/6th Battalion |
Allen | Benjamin | 1916 | Private | East Yorkshire Regiment | ||
Allen | Harry Oliver | 04/05/1918 | Private | 240458 | South Staffordshire Regiment | 1st/6th Battalion |
Allen | Job | 14/03/1917 | Private | 203311 | South Staffordshire Regiment | 1st/5th Battalion |
Allen | John | 19/08/1917 | Corporal | 10403 | South Staffordshire Regiment | 7th Battalion |
Allen | Joseph James | 23/04/1916 | Acting Bombardier | 899 | Royal Field Artillery | 4th (Staffs) Battery, 3rd (North Midland) Brigade |
Allen | Samuel | 25/09/1915 | Private | 6898 | South Staffordshire Regiment | 2nd Battalion |
Allen | Samuel Richard Lorne | 30/09/1918 | Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class | M/1550 | Royal Navy | HMS “Seagull” |
Allibone | George | 04/07/1916 | Private | 3209 | The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) | 1st/5th Battalion |
Allport | Josiah | 27/08/1917 | Private | 43292 | Lincolnshire Regiment | 10th Battalion |
Allwright | Thomas William | 20/07/1916 | Private | PW/3088 | Middlesex Regiment | 18th Battalion |
Ambler | John Leonard | 05/09/1916 | Private | 427522 | Canadian Infantry | 13th Battalion |
Amery | James | 11/10/1917 | Petty Officer, 1st Class | 129483 | Royal Navy | HM Yacht “Kethailes” |
Amos | Harry | Unknown | Private | Tank Corps | ||
Amphlett | Richard Ferrand | 05/04/1917 | Second Lieutenant | Worcestershire Regiment | 8th Battalion | |
Anderson | Andrew | 27/03/1916 | Private | G/16744 | Royal Fusiliers | 4th Battalion |
Anderson | Charles | 30/07/1916 | Pioneer | 129383 | Royal Engineers | 5th Battalion, Special Brigade |
Anderson | James Baillie | 25/02/1916 | Private | 17899 | Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) | 9th Battalion |
Andrews | Alexander | 15/09/1916 | Driver | 77629 | Royal Field Artillery | 31st Battery, 35th Brigade |
Andrews | Archibald Peter | 25/01/1915 | Private | 9173 | Scots Guards | 1st Battalion |
Andrews | Francis Nicholas | 11/10/1915 | Second Lieutenant | Royal Irish Rifles | 15th Battalion | |
Andrews | Herbert Henry | 26/08/1914 | Private | 2583 | Manchester Regiment | 2nd Battalion |
Andrews | Joseph William | 04/10/1917 | Private | 37898 | South Staffordshire Regiment | 7th Battalion |
Andrews | Wilfred Arthur | 07/11/1914 | Lance Corporal | 8486 | South Staffordshire Regiment | 1st Battalion |
Andrews | William | 24/10/1917 | Private | 201860 | Worcestershire Regiment | “C” Company, 2nd/7th Battalion |
Anker | Harry | 28/04/1918 | Gunner | 820180 | Royal Field Artillery | 50th Brigade |
Annis | Fred | 22/10/1920 | Gunner | 47528 | Royal Garrison Artillery | 54th Brigade |
Ansell | James Henry | 07/11/1915 | Private | 17657 | Worcestershire Regiment | 10th Battalion |
Ansell | Samuel | 09/10/1917 | Private | 18527 | York and Lancaster Regiment | 6th Battalion |
Anslow | Cecil Ernest | 07/07/1918 | Private | 49448 | South Staffordshire Regiment | 3rd Battalion |
Anslow | George Frederick | 16/12/1916 | Private | 9489 | South Staffordshire Regiment | 7th Battalion |
Anslow | Harold Charles | 31/12/1917 | Lance Corporal | 283166 | Royal Engineers | 98th Light Railway Train Crew Company |
Anslow | Harold Victor | 04/06/1915 | Able Seaman | KP/636 | Royal Navy | Anson Battalion, Royal Naval Division |
Anslow | Harry | 29/09/1920 | Private | 240191 | South Staffordshire Regiment | 2nd/6th Battalion |
Anthony | John William | 16/09/1916 | Private | 24106 | Durham Light Infantry | 10th Battalion |
Antwis | William | 26/10/1917 | Private | 19083 | South Staffordshire Regiment | 1st Battalion |
Appleby | Thomas | 22/04/1918 | Gunner | 147898 | Royal Field Artillery | 60th Division Ammunition Column |
Archer | Frederick William | 22/08/1918 | Private | 53355 | Royal Scots | 12th Battalion |
Aris | Sidney John | 08/10/1918 | Private | 22378 | King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry | 1st Battalion |
Arkinstall | Edwin Harry | 13/10/1915 | Private | 2387 | South Staffordshire Regiment | 6th Battalion |
Arkinstall | Joseph | 18/08/1916 | Private | 4751 | South Staffordshire Regiment | 1st/6th Battalion |
Armitage | Douglas William | 25/09/1915 | Second Lieutenant | Royal Sussex Regiment | 9th Battalion | |
Armitage | Frank Rhodes | 30/07/1917 | Captain | Royal Army Medical Corps, attending the Royal Field Artillery | 232nd Brigade | |
Armstrong | George Britt | 03/09/1916 | Private | 26386 | Worcestershire Regiment | 3rd Battalion |
Armstrong | Walter Ernest | 10/12/1917 | Private | 38137 | Lancashire Fusiliers, attached Pioneer Company | 15th Battalion, attached 96th Brigade |
Armstrong | Walter James | 25/09/1915 | Private | 9657 | South Staffordshire Regiment | 1st Battalion |
Arnold | Charles | 06/04/1921 | Able Seaman | J/20511 | Royal Navy | HMS “Vivid” |
Arnold | Clarence | 01/08/1916 | Private | 15342 | Hussars | 15th Battalion (The King’s) |
Arnold | Thomas | 25/09/1916 | Sergeant | 8895 | Lincolnshire Regiment | 2nd Battalion |
Arnold | Walter Aquilla | 14/07/1918 | Private | 31055, later 12639 | Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment), later Labour Corps | Northern Command Labour Centre |
Ash | Frederick George | 21/03/1917 | Private | 242379 | South Staffordshire Regiment | 2nd/6th Battalion |
Ash | Jacob | 29/04/1915 | Private | 9631 | South Staffordshire Regiment | 1st Battalion |
Ash | John | 13/10/1915 | Private | 2766 | South Staffordshire Regiment | 1st/6th Battalion |
Ashbourne | Charles Albert | 06/08/1915 | Lance Corporal | 11698 | Worcestershire Regiment | 4th Battalion |
Ashcroft | Joel Thomas | 21/03/1918 | Private | 52236 | Lancashire Fusiliers | 10th Battalion |
Ashford | Albert | 21/03/1918 | Gunner | 76044 | Royal Field Artillery | “Y” 36th T. M. Battery |
Ashley | John Thomas | 24/09/1915 | Private | 19345 | Suffolk Regiment | 2nd Battalion |
Ashley | Thomas | 01/07/1916 | Private | 240324 | South Staffordshire Regiment | 1st/6th Battalion |
Ashley | William | 09/02/1919 | Driver | 810995 | Royal Field Artillery | 39th Division Ammunition Column |
Ashley | William | 1925? | Private | South Lancashire Regiment | ||
Ashwell | William | 10/10/1917 | Lance Corporal | 281384 | Lancashire Fusiliers | 2nd/7th Battalion |
Askew | Jack | 24/08/1918 | Private | 23564 | Middlesex Regiment | 1st/7th Battalion |
Askey | William | 18/11/1916 | Private | 31315 | South Lancashire Regiment | 7th Battalion |
Aspinall | Paul John | 15/03/1918 | Leading Signalman | J/11940 | Royal Navy | H.M. Submarine D.3. |
Asprea | David | 01/07/1916 | Private | 240259 | South Staffordshire Regiment | 1st/6th Battalion |
Asprey | Harry | 18/10/1916 | ||||
Asprey | Thomas H. or N. | 1921 | Sapper | 89828 | Royal Engineers | |
Asson | John William | 14/02/1919 | Serjeant | 32136 | Lincolnshire Regiment | 1st Garrison Battalion |
Astbury | D. | Unknown | ||||
Astbury | Samuel | 22/08/1917 | Gunner | 75743 | Royal Field Artillery | “B” Battery, 160th Brigade |
Astbury | Thomas Leslie | 21/03/1918 | Captain | South Staffordshire Regiment | 6th Battalion | |
Astle | William Leslie | 15/10/1915 | Lance Sergeant | 2824 | South Staffordshire Regiment | 1st/6th Battalion |
Astley | Luke | 21/03/1918 | Private | 41936 | Worcestershire Regiment | 3rd Battalion |
Aston | Charles Henry | 05/09/1917 | Private | 29957 | East Lancashire Regiment | 2nd/5th Battalion |
Aston | Frederick | 23/01/1916 | Private | 7464 | North Staffordshire Regiment | 1st Battalion |
Aston | James | 22/12/1916 | Private | 8470 | North Staffordshire Regiment | 7th Battalion |
Aston | Joseph | 26/06/1918 | Bombardier | 77196 | Royal Field Artillery | 41st Brigade |
Atkins | John | 26/09/1917 | Private | 78202 | Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) | 2nd/5th Battalion |
Atkins | Kenneth Croydon | 30/05/1918 | Second Lieutenant | Worcestershire Regiment | 6th Battalion, attended 10th Battalion | |
Atkinson | Bernard Stewart | 30/11/1917 | Captain | South Staffordshire Regiment | 2nd/6th Battalion | |
Attwood | Joseph George | 29/10/1918 | Serjeant | 241200 | Royal Welsh Fusiliers | 16th Battalion |
Austin | Frederick Hubert | 12/11/1918 | Second Lieutenant | Essex Regiment | 1st Battalion | |
Austin | Harry | 28/04/1916 | Private | 7901 | Worcestershire Regiment | “C” Company, 3rd Battalion |