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ID: 1053785

Reference: WO372/5

Title: Medal Index Card

Description: Medal index cards were created by the Army Medal Office towards the end of the First World War. They record the medals that men and women who served in the First World War were entitled to claim.

URL: http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=D2041227
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UPP: GBM/MCI/1054754

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 7530553

Reference: CWGCCASUALIWM

Title: Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records

Description: The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) commemorate First World War servicemen and women and members of some civilian organisations who died before 31 August 1921 while in Commonwealth military service or of causes attributable to service.

Connected by: Imperial1

URL: http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1608763/
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UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/848018

Additional: This record has been automatically matched to the Life Story by IWM, using rules based on name, rank, number, regiment and service.

Credit: © Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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ID: 7621161

Reference: wwisd

Title: Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 Transcription

Connected by: Yvonne27542

UPP: GBM/WWISD/1035125

Additional: The person's name, date of death, and military details match.

Credit: © Naval and Military Press Ltd

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ID: 7621736

Name: Compiled by Robert Coulson. Donated after his death to the Green Howards Museum in Richmond

Title: Memorial Roll of the Officers of Alexandra Princess of Wales Own Yorkshire Regiment

Description: Biographical details of the Officers of the Yorkshire Regiment who died 1914-1919.

Connected by: Yvonne27542

URL: http://www.ww1-yorkshires.org.uk/pdf-files/bob%20coulson/officers-died-ww1.pdf
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Additional: The person's name, date of death, and military details match.

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ID: 7621751

Name: B135.04, B135.20, B140.01, B140.03, B140.05, B140.15

Title: North East War Memorials Project - Memorials in Bishop Auckland and Barnard Castle

Description: Description and photographs of memorials that mention H W Cummins.

Connected by: Yvonne27542

URL: http://www.newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=6422
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ID: 8827247

Title: Photograph of Lieutenant Herbert Waller Cummins

Description: Lieutenant Herbert Waller Cummins. Unit: 1/4th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment. Death: 24 May 1915 Killed in action near Hooge Western Front.

Connected by: Yvonne27542

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ID: 8827249

Reference: gbm_bond_of_sac

Title: British Army, Bond of Sacrifice: Officers Died in the Great War 1914-1916 Transcription

Connected by: Yvonne27542

UPP: GBM/BONDOFSACRIFICE/1732

Credit: © Trustees of the Honourable Artillery Company, London, England

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ID: 9067112

Name: Register entitled “Barclay & Company Limited – Staff on Active Service”; Darlington LHO, page 1.

Reference: Barclays Group Archives

Title: Barclays Bank Active Service Register

Description: A register of Barclays staff on active service, arranged by local head office district. For each man it gives his branch/section at Barclays, whether married or single, the unit in which he was serving, his rank, salary, and a note if killed in action. Earlier entries contain full detail, whereas later entries often include just name. The data on the men’s salaries shows their normal bank salary, their Army pay, and how the bank made up the difference (and of course guaranteed their jobs for them). Further information about the person may be available in Barclays Group Archives. See https://www.archive.barclays.com/

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Additional: Match based on a combination of name, military details (if given), and other evidence confirming that he was a bank employee.

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ID: 9366271

Name: 19007

Title: Memorial plaque in St Peter's Church, Bishop Auckland - IWM information

Description: Memorial plaque on the south wall of the south aisle in St Peter's Church, Bishop Auckland. Inscription reads ... To the glory of God and in proud and loving memory of/ Herbert Waller Cummins/ Lieut. 4th Battn. Yorkshire Regt. T.F./ (Alexandra, Princess of Wales’ Own)/ Youngest and dearly loved son of Jane and the late W.J. Cummins/ Born March 18th 1880 – Killed in action in/ Zouave Wood. At the 2nd Battle of Ypres. May 24th 1915./ whilst gallantly defending his sector of trench/ For King, Country and Freedom/ I am the Resurrection and the life saith the Lord: He that believeth in me though/ he were dead, yet shall he live, and whosever liveth and believeth in me shall never die./ St John, XI, 25.26.

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URL: https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/19007
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ID: 9373716

Title: HW Cummins

Description: In WW1 uniform, family photo

Connected by: Carrie91612

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ID: 9373719

Title: Herbert Waller Cummins_obituary

Description: Obituary for Herbert Waller Cummins

Connected by: Carrie91612

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ID: 9373730

Title: Family memorial

Description: Plaque commemorating Herbert Waller Cummins, installed in St Peter's Church, Bishop Auckland, County Durham

Connected by: Carrie91612

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ID: 9383014

Title: Lt HW Cummins inscription on Menin Gate

Description: Photographed by Carrie Lowe

Connected by: Carrie91612

Additional: Official Menin Gate listing

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ID: 9383019

Title: Family bible - HW Cummins

Description: Our family bible recording Bertie's birth and death, among other family members

Connected by: Carrie91612

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ID: 9383020

Title: TA letter 26 Jun 1915

Description: Letter confirming Bertie's death

Connected by: Carrie91612

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ID: 9383024

Title: HW Cummins - probate

Connected by: Carrie91612

Additional: Probate record

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ID: 9606411

Title: Barclays Bank - We Will Remember Them

Description: Image from Barclays Bank Book of Remembrance - World War One. Completed in April 1959, with parchment pages, the book was decorated and gilded by Dorothy Hutton.

Connected by: James201

Additional: Image copyright Barclays Group Archives www.archive.barclays.com. Book reference 2111/1. This image has kindly been made available by Barclays Group Archives for publication on Lives of the First World War for personal use only, and is subject to Barclays Group Archives terms of use. For permission to publish this image in any form of publication please contact Barclays Group Archives via www.archive.barclays.com/contact.

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ID: 9607649

Title: Detail Page from Barclays Bank Book of Remembrance

Description: After WW2 it was decided that the permanent official Barclays Bank memorial should be an illuminated inscribed book of remembrance, one for each war. Originally put on display in a purpose-built wall case at 54 Lombard Street, the books were then put on display in the new head office building in the 1990s, and when the head office moved in 2005 to 1 Churchill Place, Canary Wharf, the books were put on display in cases there. The WW1 book lists members of staff who lost their lives serving in the armed forces, separated into Barclays Bank, London and South Western Bank, and London and Provincial Bank. The book has parchment pages, with leather binding, engrossed, decorated and gilded by Dorothy Hutton, and bound by Sydney M Cockerell, and includes illustrations of head offices and coats of arms of the three banks. The image shows the page of the WW1 book which features this person’s name as an employee of Barclays Bank Limited.

Connected by: James201

Additional: Image copyright Barclays Group Archives www.archive.barclays.com. Book reference 2111/1. This image has kindly been made available by Barclays Group Archives for publication on Lives of the First World War for personal use only, and is subject to Barclays Group Archives terms of use. For permission to publish this image in any form of publication please contact Barclays Group Archives via www.archive.barclays.com/contact.

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ID: 9611008

Name: File 3/1899 - papers about the Barclays war memorial fund

Reference: Barclays Group Archives

Title: Barclays Bank published list of Casualties - 1919

Description: Annotated roll published by Barclays in January 1919. The printed list is headed "Barclays Bank Limited. List of Local Directors and Members of the Staff killed in action, or who have died whilst serving with His Majesty's Forces. 1914-1918.". The hand-written annotations date between 1919 & 1924, and it looks as though they were writing to branches, local head offices and families to obtain details about the men who died. The printed information consists of name, rank, regiment, and bank branch. Written by each name is date of death, and a code indicating whether the person had originally been employed by one of the companies that Barclays had acquired during the war years – i.e., United Counties Bank, London & Provincial Bank Ltd, and London & South Western Bank. Some extra names have also been written on the list. Further information about the person may also be available in Barclays Group Archives. See https://www.archive.barclays.com/

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Additional: Match confirmed based on a combination of the person’s name, rank, regiment, date of death, and other evidence confirming that he was employed by the Bank.

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ID: 9621349

Title: Barclays Bank printed Roll of Honour

Description: Image of the original design for a Barclays Bank colour printed WW1 roll of honour. Reproduced in monochrome in “History of Barclays Bank Limited”, P W Matthews & A W Tuke, 1926, page 396.

Connected by: James201

Additional: Image copyright Barclays Group Archives www.archive.barclays.com, document reference 3/5050. This image has kindly been made available by Barclays Group Archives for publication on Lives of the First World War for personal use only, and is subject to Barclays Group Archives terms of use. For permission to publish this image in any form of publication please contact Barclays Group Archives via www.archive.barclays.com/contact.

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ID: 9621912

Title: Original Barclays Bank Memorial

Description: Image of the original Barclays Bank WW1 memorial panel formerly in the Great Hall at 54 Lombard Street. Published in Spread Eagle (the staff magazine of Barclays Bank), volume 26 (1951), page 461

Connected by: James201

Additional: Image copyright Barclays Group Archives www.archive.barclays.com. This image has kindly been made available by Barclays Group Archives for publication on Lives of the First World War for personal use only, and is subject to Barclays Group Archives terms of use. For permission to publish this image in any form of publication please contact Barclays Group Archives via www.archive.barclays.com/contact

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ID: 9639077

Title: Barnard Castle School WW1 web site

Description: Link to school WW1 information for Bernard Waller Cummins, including biographical information and photograph.

Connected by: Yvonne27542

URL: http://barnardcastleschoolww1.daisy.websds.net/RollofHonour.aspx?RecID=29&TableName=ta_factfileoffallen&BrowseID=1142
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