Lives of the First World War

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ID: 1492566

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=D2480806
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UPP: GBM/MCI/1494333

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 6630137

Name: ISBN 978-0-297-84709-0

Reference: My personal copy

Title: Tip & Run - The untold tragedy of the Great War in Africa by Edward Paice (2007)

Description: History of the Great War in East Africa, 1914 to 1918. See page 17: "Indeed, this had already occurred in West Africa, where, on 7 August, RSM Alhaji Grunshi had gained lasting notoriety by being the first British Soldier to fire a shot in anger in World War 1 as joint operations commenced to eliminate any naval threat emanating from Togo and destroy the German colony's high-power wireless station at Kamina." and also page 2 "The first British shots of the Great War were fired not in Europe but a RSM of the West African Frontier force in (German) Togoland ... "

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Additional: Name and regiment match. Rank given as RSM, rather than CSM but there is only one medal record with this name and regiment so must be correct match.

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ID: 6630150

Reference: gbm_mci

Title: Medal Index Cards Transcription

Connected by: Bryan5462

UPP: GBM/MCI/5046583

Additional: Name and service number match

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 6630157

Reference: gbm_mci

Title: Medal Index Cards Transcription

Connected by: Bryan5462

UPP: GBM/MCI/5177914

Additional: Name, regiment and service number all match

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 6630175

Title: Alhaji Grunshi

Description: Photo taken at the end of WW1, showing all his medals

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ID: 6630184

Title: Wikipedia entry : Alhaji Grunshi

Description: Account of how Alahaji Grunshi fired the first shot fired by a British soldier in WW1

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URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alhaji_Grunshi
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Additional: Name, Regiment and Rank match

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ID: 6630209

Title: How the Empire saved an outgunned, outmanned Britain in The Great War

Description: Article in the Sunday Express, by John Lewis-Stempel, 13 April 2014

Connected by: Bryan5462

URL: http://www.express.co.uk/news/world-war-1/470132/Great-War-Centenary-How-the-Empire-saved-an-desperately-outgunned-Britain-in-WWI
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Additional: Names and regiment match

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ID: 6630244

Title: The Great War and the butcher’s bill in Africa (27 June 2014)

Description: Africa Research Institute article about WW1 in Africa.

Connected by: Bryan5462

URL: http://www.africaresearchinstitute.org/blog/the-great-war-and-the-butchers-bill-in-africa/
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Additional: Names and regiment match

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ID: 6639311

Name: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/31227/page/3454

Reference: On line

Title: London Gazette, Issue 31227, Page 3454

Description: List of soldiers awarded Military Medal, including "5655 Sjt. Grunshi, A., Gold Coast R. (EAST AFRICA)"

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Additional: Names, Regiment and Service Number match

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ID: 6639380

Name: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30560/supplement/2891

Reference: On line

Title: London Gazette, Issue 30560, Supplement, page 2891

Description: Soldiers Mentioned in Dispatches in East Africa Campaign, published 5 March 1918 From GHQ, East Africa Force, 11 October 1917 "Alhaji Grunshi, No. 5655 Lce.-Corpl., Gold Coast Regt., W.A.F.F."

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Additional: Names, regiment and service number all match

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ID: 8503744

Title: Why was the first German defeat of WW1 in Africa

Description: Explanation of the importance to Germany of the Kamina radio station in Togoland

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URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/zck9kqt
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ID: 9418313

Name: National Archives

Title: West Africa and the First World War

Description: Extensive file with mp3 file audio over twenty minutes duration. Slide 17 Regimental Sergeant-Major Alhaji Grunshi

Connected by: Jonathan101862

URL: https://media.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php/west-africa-first-world-war/
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Additional: Matches name.

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ID: 9451962

Reference: gbm_mci

Title: Medal Index Cards Transcription

Connected by: Bryan5462

UPP: GBM/MCI/0012775

Credit: © The National Archives

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