Lives of the First World War

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ID: 1304477

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.

URL: http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=D2292421
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UPP: GBM/MCI/1305948

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 5494985

Title: UK, Silver War Badge Records, 1914- 1920

Description: Uk Silver War Badge Records, 1914- 1920. Ancestry.co.uk

Connected by: Katy7949

URL: http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=SilverWarBadgeMedals&rank=1&new=1&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=angs-d&gsfn=george+w&gsln=garft&dbOnly=_F000678D%7c_F000678D_x%2c_F8006879%7c_F8006879_x&uidh=9o3&pcat=39&fh=0&h=344204&recoff=&ml_rpos=1
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Additional: The persons name, regiment and regimental number match

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ID: 5495028

Title: British Army WW1 Pension Records, 1914- 1920

Description: British Army WW1 Pension Records Ancestry.co.uk

Connected by: Katy7949

URL: http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=britisharmy&new=1&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=angs-d&gsfn=george+w&gsln=garft&uidh=9o3&rank=1&pcat=39&fh=0&h=339417&recoff=&ml_rpos=1
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Additional: Names, regimental number, age match

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ID: 7100131

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/4028620/
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UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/1052229

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: 8492582

Reference: bmd_deaths

Title: England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 Transcription

Connected by: Sylvia3155

UPP: BMD/D/1918/4/AZ/000601/045

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 8492584

Reference: gbm_mcb_1914

Title: Manchester Regiment city battalions 1914-1916 Transcription

Connected by: Sylvia3155

UPP: GBM/MCB/00002572

Credit: Courtesy of Findmypast and Manchester and Lancashire Family History Society

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ID: 8492585

Reference: gbm_silver_war_bad1914_18

Title: Silver War Badge Roll Transcription

Connected by: Sylvia3155

UPP: GBM/SILVERWAR/BADGES/344265

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 8496568

Reference: 1911gbc

Title: 1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Sylvia3155

UPP: GBC/1911/RG14/21526/0017/3

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 8514144

Reference: bmd_births

Title: England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription

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UPP: BMD/B/1893/2/AZ/000220/013

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 8514147

Name: Cheshire Archives and Libraries

Reference: Knutsford Library

Title: The Knutsford Division Guardian

Description: Local paper for Knutsford in 1916. Now known as Knutsford Guardian. Entry: 1916, July 14th The War Page 4/5 reports of soldiers killed, wounded and or missing. Reports G.W Garft, son of Mr and Mrs H Garft of the Legh Arms Hotel, Chelford Road wounded

Connected by: Sylvia3155

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ID: 9001880

Title: MIC image (Ancestry)

Description: France 8-11-15 = 15 Star, BWM, VM, Disch 3-8-17, SWB list

Connected by: R58235

URL: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/1262/30850_A000586-00392/3796879?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.co.uk%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3fdb%3dMedalRolls%26gss%3dsfs28_ms_r_db%26new%3d1%26rank%3d1%26gsln%3dgarft%26gsln_x%3d1%26_F8007A65%3d8588%26_F8007A65_x%3d1%26MSAV%3d1%26uidh%3d2y5&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnSearchResults
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ID: 9080184

Reference: gbm_wo363-4

Title: British Army Service Records 1914-1920 Transcription

Connected by: Anne23518

UPP: GBM/WO363-4/7258535/32/383

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 9080365

Title: Manchester Regiment

Description: Badge/emblem

Connected by: R58235

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ID: 9083135

Title: Pvt George Walton Garft (Find a Grave)

Description: Incl. photo of his private family grave memorial headstone - Sale Brooklands Cemetery, Sale,

Connected by: R58235

URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/151414523/george-walter-garft
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Additional: Middle name is clearly "Walton"

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ID: 9532880

Title: The Knutsford Centennial War Memorial

Description: In 2014 Knutsford Town Council decided to establish a Centennial War Memorial in the centre of the town as the key component of their commemorative events to mark the Centenary of the end of the First World War in 2018. Private George Walton Garft is one of the men commemorated on the memorial which was dedicated on the 6th October 2018

Connected by: Sylvia3155