Lives of the First World War

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ID: 1239673

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.

UPP: GBM/MCI/1241056

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 7109337

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

UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/141967

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: 8601714

Name: Entry for 1st june 1918

Title: The Sandbachian

Description: Edwin Firth killed in action at a place called Varennes, North West of Amiens on the 1 June 1918 while returning to the trenches a shell exploded just outside some woods killing Edwin and his party, he was only 29 Year‟s old. Edwin had been the principal Cornet Player with Foden‟s Band up until his last tour of duty www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/bygones/11688328.Tragic_tale_of_a_top_wartime_trumpeter/

Connected by: Nigel60830

URL: http://sandbachwhatson.weebly.com/uploads/2/0/2/0/20204185/sandbach_history_in_words.pdf
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ID: 8601716

Title: Tragic tale of a top wartime trumpeter

Description: News article

Connected by: Nigel60830

URL: http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/bygones/11688328.Tragic_tale_of_a_top_wartime_trumpeter/
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ID: 8601717

Title: Left

Description: SIGNED UP: Edwin Firth left, with members of his regiment. On June 1, 1918, he and his colleagues were killed by a shell

Connected by: Nigel60830

Additional: http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/bygones/11688328.Tragic_tale_of_a_top_wartime_trumpeter/

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ID: 8601719

Title: Close up cropped image

Description: In Uniform

Connected by: Nigel60830

Source information

ID: 8897118

Title: Headstone

Connected by: James105422

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