Lives of the First World War

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ID: 1502884

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=D2491211
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UPP: GBM/MCI/1504738

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 6982372

Title: Hector Maclennan Guthrie

Description: The second son of James Guthrie, a draper, and Bella Guthrie (nee Murray). Born in Portsoy on 11 July 1892 and subsequently living in Roseacre Street, he was educated at Fordyce Academy and received an Honours Degree (1st) in English from Aberdeen University in July 1914. A sergeant in ‘U’ Company of the 4th Battalion Gordon Highlanders, he proceeded to Bedford for service with the Battalion in August 1914 and subsequently applied for and obtained a commission in the 3rd Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers in October 1914. He arrived in the Dardanelles in May 1915 on attachment to the 1st Bn when he assisted in taking out a draft and was reported wounded and missing after an attack on Turkish trenches during the Third Battle of Krithia on 4 June 1915 aged 22. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Helles Memorial, Turkey. “Thus were cut off a character of uncompromising honour and an intellect of exceptional keenness…Though he died "unknown to fame," those who knew Guthrie in

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ID: 7375488

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.

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URL: http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/694008/
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UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/546290

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Credit: © Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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ID: 9417935

Reference: gbm_derevigny

Title: British Army, De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-1918 Transcription

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UPP: GBM/DR/10070

Credit: © Naval and Military Press

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ID: 9417936

Reference: gbm_univ_roll_1914

Title: Britain School & University rolls 1914-1918 Transcription

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UPP: GBM/UNIV-ROLL/21

Credit: © Findmypast

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ID: 9417938

Reference: wwisd

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

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UPP: GBM/WWISD/1014026

Credit: © Naval and Military Press Ltd

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ID: 9417941

Title: Helles Memorial, Turkey 1

Description: Helles Memorial, Turkey where Hector Guthrie is honoured and remembered.

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ID: 9417942

Title: Helles Memorial, Turkey 2

Description: Helles Memorial, Turkey where Hector Guthrie is honoured and remembered.

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ID: 9417943

Title: Helles Memorial, Turkey 3

Description: Helles Memorial, Turkey where Hector Guthrie is honoured and remembered.

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ID: 9417945

Title: Lancashire Fusiliers Cap Badge

Description: Lancashire Fusiliers Cap Badge, similar to the one which would have been worn by Hector Guthrie.

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ID: 9417949

Title: Ancestry - Register of Soldiers Effects

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URL: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/60506/42511_6117462_0266-00088?pid=779981&usePUB=true&backurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ancestry.co.uk%2Fsearch%2Fcollections%2Fukarmyregisterseffects%2F%3Fname%3Dhector%2Bmaclennan_guthrie%26keyword%3Dlancashire%2Bfusiliers%26viewMode%3Dcategory%26qh%3Df59QlDq55JX3MM2GviqSuQ%253D%253D
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