Lives of the First World War

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ID: 1489005

Reference: WO372/8

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=D2477242
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UPP: GBM/MCI/1490769

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 7059477

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/1758385/
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UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/944083

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Credit: © Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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ID: 9328338

Name: General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes.

Title: Birth Registration

Connected by: Wendy1007

URL: https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=8912&h=7504072&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=qqS718&_phstart=successSource
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Additional: Family records - nephew of my great grandmother, Faith (Westwood) Holdcroft

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ID: 9328346

Name: Class: RG12; Piece: 2437; Folio: 20; Page: 36

Title: 1891 Census

Description: 1891 census with his birth family

Connected by: Wendy1007

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ID: 9328353

Name: Class: RG13; Piece: 2887; Folio: 73; Page: 29

Title: 1901 Census

Description: 1901 British Census with his birth family

Connected by: Wendy1007

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ID: 9328400

Name: WO364; Piece: 1456

Title: British Army WWI Pension Records

Description: Short Service Attestation, Worcestershire Regiment

Connected by: Wendy1007

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Additional: Mother, brothers Jack and Tom

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ID: 9348205

Title: ICRC

Description: Death

Connected by: john14663

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