Lives of the First World War

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ID: 1494418

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.

UPP: GBM/MCI/1496186

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 7443935

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/618569

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: 7616202

Title: Tom Guest from Barnsley Pals

Description: Head and shoulders (image in book full length) picture of an officer in the York and Lancaster Regiment, cap badge visible. From Jon Cooksey's book, 'Barnsley Pals', p.37

Connected by: Linda571

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ID: 7944332

Title: Tom Guest Illustrated London News

Description: Part of a photo gallery of officers killed in the war, from the Illustrated London News 19 August 1916.

Connected by: Linda571

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ID: 7944333

Reference: bmd_marriages

Title: England & Wales marriages 1837-2008 Transcription

Connected by: Linda571

UPP: BMD/M/1905/4/AZ/000159/207

Additional: Names match.

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 7944334

Reference: 1911gbc

Title: 1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Linda571

UPP: GBC/1911/RG14/05117/0217/4

Additional: Names match.

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 7944335

Reference: 1881gbc

Title: 1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Linda571

UPP: GBC/1881/0017935128

Additional: Names, age place of birth match.

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 7944336

Reference: bmd_births

Title: England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription

Connected by: Linda571

UPP: BMD/B/1875/2/AZ/000227/067

Additional: Names match.

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 7944340

Name: 3 October 1905, Darton church

Title: Marriage entry for Thomas Guest and Mabel Fountain

Description: An entry in the parish register.

Connected by: Linda571

URL: http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/2253/32355_249024-01064/6215721?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.co.uk%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3fdb%3dWYorkCoEMarriage%26rank%3d1%26new%3d1%26so%3d3%26MSAV%3d1%26msT%3d1%26gss%3dms_db%26gsfn%3dThomas%2b%26gsln%3dGuest%26msgdy%3d1905%26uidh%3dln3&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnSearchResults
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Additional: Names and date match.

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ID: 7944443

Name: 5 August 1916

Reference: Barnsley Archives

Title: Barnsley Chronicle

Description: A newspaper cutting reporting the circumstances around Major Guest's death.

Connected by: Linda571

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ID: 7944449

Reference: wwisd

Title: Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 Transcription

Connected by: Linda571

UPP: GBM/WWISD/1024767

Additional: Names and military details match.

Credit: © Naval and Military Press Ltd

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ID: 7944450

Reference: bmd_marriages

Title: England & Wales marriages 1837-2008 Transcription

Connected by: Linda571

UPP: BMD/M/1872/4/AZ/000148/271

Additional: We know the names of his parents from the 1881 census and his place of birth matches this marriage index entry.

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 7944451

Name: 1916 - Guest, Thomas Heald - Probate London 20 December

Title: Probate Calendar Entry

Description: An index entry for the Probate of Thomas' will on Ancestry.

Connected by: Linda571

URL: http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/1904/31874_222803-00417/314863?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.co.uk%2f%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3fdb%3dUKProbateCal%26h%3d314863%26ti%3d5538%26indiv%3dtry%26gss%3dpt%26ssrc%3dpt_t4764452_p6109402040_kpidz0q3d6109402040z0q26pgz0q3d32768z0q26pgplz0q3dpid&ssrc=pt_t4764452_p6109402040_kpidz0q3d6109402040z0q26pgz0q3d32768z0q26pgplz0q3dpid&backlabel=ReturnRecord
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Additional: Names and date of death plus name of his wife all match.

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ID: 7944454

Name: 23 Oct 1872, St James, Birch in Rusholme, Lancs

Title: Online Parish Clerk - Lancashire

Description: An online transcription of the marriages in this parish.

Connected by: Linda571

URL: http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/Manchester/Rusholme/stjames/index.html
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Additional: This is Thomas' parents' marriage.

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ID: 7944522

Title: Bloxham School Great War Roll of Honour

Description: A website with biographies of ex-pupils of this school who fell in WW1.

Connected by: Linda571

URL: http://www.bloxhamschoolwardead.co.uk/
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Additional: He attended this school between 1886 and 1889 apparently.

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ID: 7944546

Name: T H Guest Sergeant Imperial Yeomanry

Title: Medal Roll for South Africa 1899-1902 from Ancestry

Description: A list of medals and clasps awarded in 1902.

Connected by: Linda571

URL: http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/1686/31794_221453-00581/1246996?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.co.uk%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3fdb%3dCampaignMedalRolls%26rank%3d1%26new%3d1%26so%3d3%26MSAV%3d1%26msT%3d1%26gss%3dms_db%26gsfn%3dThomas%26gsln%3dGuest%26dbOnly%3d_F0005C4A%257c_F0005C4A_x%26dbOnly%3d_F0005C50%257c_F0005C50_x%26dbOnly%3d_F00057CC%257c_F00057CC_x%26uidh%3dln3&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnSearchResults
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Additional: We know from newspaper reports that he was a Sergeant in the Boer War.

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ID: 7944548

Name: T H Guest Private Cape Mounted Riflemen

Title: Medal Roll for South Africa (1901) from Ancestry

Description: A list of the initial medals awarded to these men.

Connected by: Linda571

URL: http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/1686/31794_221496-00034/1384471?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.co.uk%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3fdb%3dCampaignMedalRolls%26rank%3d1%26new%3d1%26so%3d3%26MSAV%3d1%26msT%3d1%26gss%3dms_db%26gsfn%3dThomas%26gsln%3dGuest%26dbOnly%3d_F0005C4A%257c_F0005C4A_x%26dbOnly%3d_F0005C50%257c_F0005C50_x%26dbOnly%3d_F00057CC%257c_F00057CC_x%26uidh%3dln3&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnSearchResults
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Additional: His father's business address is noted on this document - "Medals reissued 19/08/08 to c/o Thomas Guest & Co Carruthers Street, Manchester."

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ID: 7944553

Title: All Saints Darton

Description: A church set in a graveyard, with a square tower.

Connected by: Linda571

Additional: This is a photo of the church where Thomas married Mabel.

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ID: 7944554

Title: Barnsley Soldiers Remembered - Thomas Heald Guest 1875-1916

Description: A web page with family information about this man. Includes a newspaper cutting reporting his death.

Connected by: Linda571

URL: http://barnsleysoldiersww1.blogspot.com/2015/03/thomas-heald-guest-1875-1916.html
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Additional: This piece was written specifically about Tom Guest.

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ID: 7944555

Name: ISBN: 9781844157075

Reference: Own Copy

Title: Barnsley Pals by Jon Cooksey

Description: A book about the 13th and 14th Battalions of the York and Lancaster Regiment - the Barnsley Pals.

Connected by: Linda571

Additional: Tom Guest features many times in this book.

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ID: 7945611

Name: A Barnsley Historian's View - 6 March 2015

Title: A Trail of Clues leading to the Guest Family - Grocers of Market Hill, Barnsley

Description: A blog post describing the research process involved in finding out more about this man's family connections to Barnsley.

Connected by: Linda571

URL: http://barnsleyhistorian.blogspot.com/2015/03/a-trail-of-clues-leading-to-guest.html
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Additional: This post was written about this man and his family.

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ID: 8451536

Name: Battalion Diary 13th York & Lancasters 1st July 1916 7.30am

Title: Battalion Diary 13th York & Lancasters 1st July 1916 7.30am

Description: A page from the war diary recording the death of Major Guest.1

Connected by: Linda571

URL: http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/60779/43112_2365_2-00021/509026?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.co.uk%2f%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3frank%3d1%26new%3d1%26MSAV%3d0%26msT%3d1%26gss%3dangs-c%26gskw%3dBarnsley%26uidh%3dln3%26pcat%3dUK_WAR_DIARIES%26h%3d509026%26db%3dUKWarDiariesWWI%26indiv%3d1%26ml_rpos%3d17&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnRecord
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