Lives of the First World War

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ID: 1226501

Reference: WO372/7

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.

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UPP: GBM/MCI/1227858

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 7087052

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.

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URL: http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1742332/
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UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/929990

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Credit: © Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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ID: 9571368

Name: UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919: Charles Sidney Fern

Title: UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919

Description: Listing for Private Charles Sidney Fern 54711, 2/4th Hampshire Regiment, who was killed in action on 30 September 1918. Formerly 235638 Royal Field Artillery. He enlisted in Hammersmith, London.

Connected by: Joanna64499

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ID: 9571429

Name: NAM Accession Number: 1991-02-333; Record Number Ranges: 790001-791500; Reference: 478

Title: UK, Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929

Description: Entry for C S Fern. War Gratuity of £5. Mother Elizabeth is his legatee.

Connected by: Joanna64499

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ID: 9572055

Name: Class: RG13; Piece: 48; Folio: 18; Page: 28

Title: 1901 England Census

Description: Entry for the Fern family living at 81 Cardross Street, Hammersmith. Father James (42) is a plasterer. Mother is Elizabeth (43). Children are Frederick J (18), Elizabeth S (17), Ellen L (15), Margaret H (12), Alice S (7), Charles S (3). All in the household have been born in Hammersmith.

Connected by: Joanna64499

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ID: 9572083

Name: Class: RG14; Piece: 245

Title: 1911 England Census

Description: Entry for the Fern family living at 81 Cardross Street, Hammersmith, London. Father James (52) is a plasterer. Mother Elizabeth is (52). Children Ellen (25), Margueretta (22), Alice (17), [Charles] Sidney (13). He is at school.

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ID: 9572098

Name: Memorial ID 56666597

Title: Findagrave.com website

Description: Information about the commemoration of Charles Sidney Fern at the Vis en Artois Memorial to the Missing and photographs of panel 6 on which his name is commemorated.

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URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56666597
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Additional: The details match for Charles Sidney Fern.

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ID: 9572110

Name: Archive reference ARR1, Vol I.57, Hampshire Regiment, Type Armed Forces, Page 317

Title: Gro War Death Army Other Ranks (1914 To 1921)

Description: Listing for C S Fern, died 1918.

Connected by: Joanna64499

URL: https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=BMD/OVS/ARR1/001204/041
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Additional: The details match for Charles S Fern.

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ID: 9574984

Name: Charles Sidney Fern 54711

Title: Commonwealth War Graves Commission Register of the Fallen

Description: Register of the Fallen page for Charles Sidney Fern. Page includes downloadable archive documents of the memorial register and the typed list of men commemorated on Panel 6.

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URL: https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1742332/fern,-charles-sidney/
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ID: 9575037

Name: WWI Medal Index Cards: Charles Sidney Fern 54711

Title: British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920

Description: Medal Index Card for Charles Sidney Fern, confirming his eligibility for the British War Medal and Victory Medal.

Connected by: Joanna64499

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ID: 9575044

Name: Class: WO 329; Piece Number: 1268

Title: UK, WWI Service Medal and Award Rolls, 1914-1920

Description: Medal Roll for the Hampshire Regiment, confirming that Charles Sidney Fern was eligible for the British War Medal and Victory Medal.

Connected by: Joanna64499

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ID: 9575054

Title: Vis-en-Artois Memorial to the Missing

Description: View of the northern wing of the memorial. Photograph by Joanna Legg, 12 November 2011.

Connected by: Joanna64499

Additional: Photograph of the CWGC memorial on which Charles Sidney Fern is commemorated.

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ID: 9575061

Title: Vis-en-Artois Memorial to the Missing

Description: Stone of Remembrance and the southern wing of the memorial where the panels of names are located.

Connected by: Joanna64499

Additional: Photograph of the memorial on which Charles Sidney Fern is commemorated.

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ID: 9575508

Title: Next of Kin Memorial Plaque, Charles Sidney Fern

Description: Bronze plaque with Charles Sidney Fern's name on it. The plaque was found in an antique shop in south London in 1985 by Joanna Legg. (Photograph by Joanna Legg)

Connected by: Joanna64499

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ID: 9575527

Name: London Parish Register; Reference Number: P80/INN/A/01/003

Title: London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1917

Description: Register of the baptism of Charles Sydney Fern in Hammersmith on 27 June 1897. Parents are James and Elizabeth. His father is a plasterer. They live at 81 Cardross Street.

Connected by: Joanna64499

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Additional: The details match for Charles Sidney Fern.

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ID: 9575537

Name: Inferred County: London, Volume: 1a, Page: 200

Title: England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915

Description: Registration of the birth of Charles Sidney Fern in Jul-Aug-Sep 1897 in the district of Fulham.

Connected by: Joanna64499

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ID: 9575550

Name: Reference Number: 11/PP/44929, /D/29

Title: UK, WWI Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923

Description: Pension Ledger Card for C S Fern. His mother is named as the claimant of his pension at 81 Cardross Street, Hammersmith. She is aged 60.

Connected by: Joanna64499

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Additional: The details on the card match for Charles Sidney Fern.

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ID: 9575654

Reference: bmd_births

Title: England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription

Connected by: Peter6648

UPP: BMD/B/1897/3/AZ/000196/043

Additional: Matches GRO cert already loaded as external evidence but provides mother's maiden name

Credit: © General Register Office

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