Lives of the First World War

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ID: 1565230

Reference: WO372/9

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=D2553664
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UPP: GBM/MCI/1567191

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 7221052

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/449298/
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UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/335852

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: 8568246

Name: National Army Museum; Chelsea, London, England; Soldiers' Effects Records, 1901-60

Title: UK, Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929

Description: UK, Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929 at Ancestry.co.uk

Connected by: Liz37211

URL: http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=UKArmyRegistersEffects&gss=angs-d&new=1&rank=1&gsfn=william&gsfn_x=0&gsln=harmer&gsln_x=0&MSAV=0&uidh=xy8&pcat=39&fh=1&h=104529&recoff=3+4&ml_rpos=2
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Additional: details match this soldier

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ID: 9400132

Title: LINDENHOEK CHALET MILITARY CEMETERY, BELGIUM

Description: CWGC Cemetery

Connected by: Liz37211

Additional: https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/449298/

Source information

ID: 9400136

Reference: 1911gbc

Title: 1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Liz37211

UPP: GBC/1911/RG14/18927/0229/2

Additional: Details match this man

Credit: © The National Archives

Source information

ID: 9400137

Reference: gbm_wo363-4

Title: British Army Service Records 1914-1920 Transcription

Connected by: Liz37211

UPP: GBM/WO363-4/7401415/9/189

Additional: Details match this man

Credit: © The National Archives

Source information

ID: 9400145

Reference: wwisd

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

Connected by: Liz37211

UPP: GBM/WWISD/0073066

Additional: Details match this man

Credit: © Naval and Military Press Ltd

Source information

ID: 9400152

Title: WILLIAM R HARMER

Description: Market Harborough Congregational Church Memorial

Connected by: Liz37211

Source information

ID: 9400154

Title: Market Harborough Congregational Church Memorial

Description: World War One Memorial

Connected by: Liz37211

Additional: By kind permission of Market Harborough Congregational Church http://mhcongregational.church/wp/our-buildings/first-world-war-memorial/

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ID: 9400156

Title: Market Harborough Congregational Church Memorial

Description: Left panel

Connected by: Liz37211

Additional: By kind permission of Market Harborough Congregational Church http://mhcongregational.church/wp/our-buildings/first-world-war-memorial/

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ID: 9400158

Title: Market Harborough Congregational Church Memorial

Description: Centre panel

Connected by: Liz37211

Additional: By kind permission of Market Harborough Congregational Church http://mhcongregational.church/wp/our-buildings/first-world-war-memorial/

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ID: 9400159

Title: Market Harborough Congregational Church Memorial

Description: Right panel

Connected by: Liz37211

Additional: By kind permission of Market Harborough Congregational Church http://mhcongregational.church/wp/our-buildings/first-world-war-memorial/

Source information

ID: 9400180

Name: April 13, 1915, edition of the Market Harborough Advertiser

Title: Newspapers and the Great War blog by John Dilley

Description: Blog compiled from contemporary local newspaper reports

Connected by: Liz37211

URL: https://newspapersandthegreatwar.wordpress.com/2015/04/13/april-13-1915/
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Additional: Although the initial is incorrect, all other details match this soldier.

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ID: 9475418

Name: April 20, 1915, edition of the Market Harborough Advertiser

Title: Newspapers and the Great War blog by John Dilley

Description: Blog compiled from contemporary newspaper reports

Connected by: Liz37211

URL: https://newspapersandthegreatwar.wordpress.com/2015/04/20/april-20-1915/
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Additional: Details match this man

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ID: 9475427

Title: Pte. W. Harmer

Description: In uniform, with horse. As published in Market Harborough Advertiser, 20 April 1915

Connected by: Liz37211

Additional: https://newspapersandthegreatwar.wordpress.com/2015/04/20/april-20-1915/

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