Lives of the First World War

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ID: 1515859

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=D2504204
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UPP: GBM/MCI/1517731

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 8479789

Title: 1911 cencus

Description: 1911 Cencus; date of birth 1890

Connected by: Sheila51159

URL: http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?gl=1911UKI&gss=sfs28_ms_r_f-1911uki&new=1&rank=1&gsfn=Mortinton&gsfn_x=1&gsln=Haigh&msbdy=1890&msbpn__ftp=Halifax%2C%20Yorkshire%2C%20England&msbpn=88859&msbpn_PInfo=8-%7C0%7C0%7C3257%7C3251%7C0%7C0%7C0%7C5292%7C88859%7C0%7C&_83004003-n_xcl=f&MSAV=1&uidh=67f
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Additional: name consistent through family history search, mentioned on family grave headstone

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ID: 9379770

Name: page 4 of 61

Title: Crossley and Sons Register of Children, 1902-1911, Occupation Records

Description: West Yorkshire England Occupation Records 1793-1930

Connected by: Sheila51159

URL: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/9011/41420_1831101881_1350-00004/40567?backurl=https://www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/person/tree/120071562/person/280188069912/facts
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Additional: the information matches name, dob, family, address, etc. as researched for my family tree:- Mortinton (Morty) was my maternal great-uncle

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ID: 9397284

Name: page 4 of 61

Title: Crossley and Sons Register of Children, 1902-1911, Occupation Records

Description: occupation record details name, date of birth, address & mother's name

Connected by: Sheila51159

URL: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/9011/41420_1831101881_1350-00004?pid=40567&backurl=https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv%3D1%26dbid%3D9011%26h%3D40567%26ssrc%3Dpt%26tid%3D120071562%26pid%3D280188069912%26usePUB%3Dtrue&ssrc=pt&treeid=120071562&personid=280188069912&hintid=&usePUB=true&usePUBJs=true
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ID: 9397287

Name: page 288 of 314

Title: UK Army Registers of Soldiers Effects 1901-1927

Description: National Army Museum sourced through Ancestry.co.uk

Connected by: Sheila51159

URL: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/60506/42511_6117463_0081-00289/371219?backurl=https://www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/person/tree/120071562/person/280188069912/facts/citation/862027165462/edit/record
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Additional: names and military records confirm match

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ID: 9415749

Title: Pte Mortinton Haigh

Description: The only existing photo of "Morty" taken from an article in the local newspaper reporting his death

Connected by: Sheila51159

Source information

ID: 9415897

Title: Obituary in Halifax Courier

Description: Halifax Courier 12 May 1917

Connected by: Wayne51525

Source information

ID: 9415900

Title: Double obituary with brother

Description: Halifax Courier 9 June 1917

Connected by: Wayne51525

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