Lives of the First World War

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ID: 1505704

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=D2494032
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UPP: GBM/MCI/1507559

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 7249449

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/448510/
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UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/335121

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

Source information

ID: 8581464

Name: Vol. 1 Aug-Dec 1914; The Biographies: pg. 164

Title: The Bond of Sacrifice: Alexander Grant Gwyer

Description: Entry in "The Bond of Sacrifice: a biographical record of all British officers who fell in the Great War".

Connected by: Hannah21187

URL: https://archive.org/stream/bondofsacrificeb01clut#page/164/mode/2up
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Additional: Note discrepancy of forename: Alexander in BOS; Alistair on CWGC.

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ID: 8581465

Reference: wwisd

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

Connected by: Hannah21187

UPP: GBM/WWISD/1002705

Credit: © Naval and Military Press Ltd

Source information

ID: 8581466

Reference: gbm_bond_of_sac

Title: British Army, Bond of Sacrifice: Officers Died in the Great War 1914-1916 Transcription

Connected by: Hannah21187

UPP: GBM/BONDOFSACRIFICE/556

Credit: © Trustees of the Honourable Artillery Company, London, England

Source information

ID: 8581467

Reference: gbm_derevigny

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

Connected by: Hannah21187

UPP: GBM/DR/10077

Credit: © Naval and Military Press

Source information

ID: 8581473

Reference: 1911gbc

Title: 1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Hannah21187

UPP: GBC/1911/RG14/08284/0191/3

Credit: © The National Archives

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