Lives of the First World War

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ID: 1056433

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=D2043877
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UPP: GBM/MCI/1057404

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 7137007

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/198990/
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UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/150756

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: 7733676

Title: Horatio's death certificate

Description: the official death record from our family records

Connected by: Alex59779

Additional: This was my great great uncle who died aged 19

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ID: 9153280

Title: Horatio on holiday with family

Connected by: Alex59779

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ID: 9612672

Title: Horatio as a boy with his family

Description: a family holiday photo

Connected by: Alex59779

Additional: This is my great uncle

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ID: 9612735

Title: site of the 53rd casualty clearing station

Description: the 53rd CCS is where he died on his record, and is in Bailleuil, which was completely destroyed and now rebuilt

Connected by: Alex59779

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ID: 9612742

Title: visiting the grave of Horatio

Description: This is me visiting his grave just outside Bailieu by the 53rd CCS, and returning his medal of the great war to his grave. It was just after 100 year on

Connected by: Alex59779

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ID: 9612757

Title: visiting the grave

Description: the church spire in the background is of Baileuil and would have been his view if he was still alive for a time at the 53rd CCS

Connected by: Alex59779

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ID: 9612761

Title: death certificate

Description: death certificate with evidence of his death at the 53rd CCS

Connected by: Alex59779