Lives of the First World War

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ID: 1074214

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=D2061730
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UPP: GBM/MCI/1075257

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 7198902

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/328824/
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UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/241042

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Credit: © Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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ID: 7648302

Title: Walter de Winton

Description: In the uniform of a 2Lt in the 3rd Battn Coldstream Guards

Connected by: Robin40880

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ID: 7648313

Title: Battalion Diary of 3rd Coldstream Guards

Description: On the 6th of Sept the battalion advanced with the remainder of the 4th Guards' Brigade and took up a position at CHATEAU DE LA FORTELLE and in the action that ensued lost following casualty. 2Lt W. de Winton killed.

Connected by: Robin40880

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Additional: He was killed instantly when a shell passed through him, and was buried by Monsieur Muriband in the chateau's garden. His body was removed in 1924 and re-interred at Bouilly Cross Roads, I.G.1.

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ID: 8578464

Name: Vol. 1 Aug-Dec 1914; The Biographies: pg. 111

Title: The Bond of Sacrifice: Walter de Winton

Description: Entry in "The Bond of Sacrifice: a biographical record of all British officers who fell in the Great War".

Connected by: Hannah21187

URL: https://archive.org/stream/bondofsacrificeb01clut#page/110/mode/2up
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