People of World War 1
This page lists some of the people mentioned elsewhere on the site related to the First World War.
Captain Clarence Smith Jeffries, VC
Captain Jeffries was awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross for his actions during the attack by the ANZAC II Corps on 12th October 1917 during the Battle of Broodseinde Ridge.
Captain Clarence Smith Jeffries, VCSergeant Lewis McGee, VC
Sergeant Lewis McGee was awarded a Victoria Cross for his gallantry with the ANZAC II Corps on 4th October 1917 during the Battle of Broodseinde Ridge.
Sergeant Lewis McGee, VCMoina Michael
Moina Michael, also known as the ‘Poppy Lady’ was the American teacher from Georgia responsible for introducing the idea of the Red Flanders poppy as a symbol of remembrance.
Moina MichaelPrivate James Peter Robertson, VC
Private Robertson was killed in action on 6th November 1917 while serving with the Canadian 27th Battalion in the last days of the Third Battle of Ypres (the Battle of Passchendale). He was awarded a Victoria Cross for his gallantry.
Private James Peter Robertson, VCSergeant John William Streets
John William Streets “Will” was born on 24th March 1886. Will found himself in a very active sector of the battlefield at Serre. Behind the British Front Line the men of the Sheffield Pals spent this time training and practising for the battle of the Somme. During this busy time Will wrote poems and ideas in a red-covered pocket-book. Now and again he sent some of these poems home.
Sergeant John William Streets