Behind the Voices

Civilian balloonist and parachutist, Volunteer with Women's Emergency Corps and Women's Volunteer Reserve in London area 1914-1917. Driver mechanic with Women's Auxiliary Army Corps at Queen Mary's Camp, Calais, France, 1917-1918.

In France when Armistice declared. Age 31.

Served as a Holt Tractor driver with Mechanical Transport Section; Army Service Corps attached to Siege Batteries of Royal Artillery in GB and on Western Front, 1915-1918.

In France when Armistice declared. Age 25.

Swansea born NCO, served with 15th, 2nd and 6th Bns, Welch Regt on Western Front and Germany, 1917-1919.

At Sambre-Oise Canal, France when Armistice declared. Age 20.

Nurse, served with Red Cross Voluntary Aid Detachment in Camiers, France, 1915-1919.

At VAD hospital in Camiers, France, when Armistice declared.

NCO served with Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regt in GB and on Western Front, 1916-1918.

In Mormal Forest, France, when Armistice declared. Age 21.

Served with 15th Bn Durham Light Infantry on Western Front, 1917-1918.

At Engelfontaine, France when Armistice declared. Age 19.

Served with 16th Bn Welch Regt in GB and on Western Front, 1915-1916; NCO served as driver of water carts with Army Service Corps on Western Front, 1917-1918.

In France when Armistice declared.

London born Civilian who worked at Schneiders Garment Factory in Mile End, London, 1914-1919.

In London when Armistice declared. Age 18.

Schoolchild in Hull, GB, 1914-1918; nurse with Hull Royal Infirmary, Swansea General Hospital and Dewsbury Hospital, GB, 1939-1945.

In Hull when Armistice declared. Age 13.

Schoolchild in Bushey, Hertfordshire, 1914-1918.

In Trafalgar Square, London, on Armistice Day. Age 10.

Served with 17th Machine Gun Coy, Machine Gun Corps on Western Front, 2-11/1918.

In Bavai, France when Armistice declared. Age 20.

Served with 2/5th Bn Warwickshire Regt and 2/5th Bn Lancashire Fusiliers on Western Front, 1916-1918.

In Maubeuge, France when Armistice declared. Age 22.

Civilian pacifist organised women's trade unions in GB, 1910-1922.

In Newcastle-under-Lyme when Armistice declared. Age 23.

Schoolchild in London and Torquay, 1915-1921.

In Torquay when Armistice declared. Age 3 years.

Civilian in Scarborough, Yorkshire, 1914-1918.

In Scarborough when Armistice declared. Age 9.

Civilian absolutist conscientious objector imprisoned in Warwick Barracks, Wormwood Scrubs and Dorchester Prisons, 1917-1919.

In Wormwood Scrubs Prison, London, when Armistice declared. Age 33.

NCO served with 1/7th Bn Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regt in GB and on Western Front, 1914-1918.

On leave in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, when Armistice declared. Age 22.

Schoolchild in London, 1914-1918.

In London when Armistice declared. Age 11.

Sapper served as signaller with Royal Engineers on Western Front, 1918.

In Cornwall when Armistice declared. Age 19. 

Civilian munitions worker at Slade Green and Woolwich Arsenal, London, 1914-1918.

In London when Armistice declared. Age 19.

Served with 15th Bn Durham Light Infantry on Western Front, 1918; POW in Belgium and Germany, 1918.

POW in Germany when Armistice declared. Age 19.

Served with 7th Bn Worcestershire Regt in GB and on Western Front, 1916-1917.

In Bristol when Armistice declared. Age 21.

Civilian involved in anti-war movements in GB during First and Second World Wars.

Working in father’s tailoring shop in Glasgow when Armistice declared. Age 15.

Served with 4th Bn Royal Fusiliers in GB, on Western Front and in Germany, 1909-1919.

In Germany when Armistice declared. Age 26.

Served with 14th Bn London Regt (London Scottish) in GB, 1914-1916; 1st Bn Gordon Highlanders on Western Front, 1916-1918. 

Near Boulogne, France when Armistice declared. Age 20.

Served with 2/4th and 2/2nd Bns, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) on Western Front, 1918.

In Belgium when Armistice declared. Age 19.

Clerk, served with Woman’s Army Auxiliary Corps and Queen Mary’s Auxiliary Corps in GB and France, 1917-1919.

In Calais, France when Armistice declared. Age 22.

Served with 2/1st Bn City of London Regt in GB, Malta, Gallipoli, Egypt and on Western Front, 1914-1916.

At Royal Defence Corps POW Camp, Leigh, Lancashire when Armistice declared. Age 23.

Officer served with Machine Gun Corps in GB, Palestine and on Western Front, 1916-1918.

In Huddersfield when Armistice declared. Age 21.

Gunner, served with B Battery, 245 Bde, Royal Field Artillery in GB and on Western Front, 1914-1917. Leg amputated, 1917.

In Leeds when Armistice declared. Age 22.

British civilian artist in Ugley, Essex, 1914-1918.

In Ugley, Essex, when Armistice declared. Age 4.   

British schoolchild in village of Backwell near Bristol, 1904-1919

In Blackwell when Armistice declared. Age 14.