Lives of the First World War

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ID: 160121

Reference: WO372/1

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/0160239

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 7355828

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/560354

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: 8503127

Name: England Marriage Index on freebmd database

Title: England and Wales Marriage Registration Index 1837-2008

Description: England marriage on FreeBMD website

Connected by: Jean45090

URL: http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search
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Additional: This is the marriage of Arthur John Ballard and Rose Florence Stoner in Cuckfield, Sussex in Mar Q 1908. His names, spouse and location match

Source information

ID: 8503129

Name: England Birth Index on freebmd database

Title: England and Wales Birth Registration Index 1837-2008

Description: England Birth on FreeBMD website

Connected by: Jean45090

URL: http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search
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Additional: This is the birth of Arthur's son Charles T Ballard, mother nee Stoner, in Steyning district, Sussex in Mar Q 1913. His parents' names and date and location match

Source information

ID: 8503131

Name: England Birth Index on freebmd database

Title: England and Wales Birth Registration Index 1837-2008

Description: England Birth on FreeBMD website

Connected by: Jean45090

URL: http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search
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Additional: This is the birth of Arthur's daughter Lilian R Ballard, mother nee Stoner, in Cuckfirld, Sussex in Mar Q 1915. The parents' names and location match.

Source information

ID: 8503135

Name: Sussex, Cuckfield Roll of Honour on-line

Title: Cuckfield, Sussex Roll of Honour

Description: Casualty Details on Cuckfield, Sussex Roll of Honour website

Connected by: Jean45090

URL: http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Sussex/Cuckfield.html
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Additional: Arthur John's names, spouse, location and military history match. His age is slightly inaccurate and his mother was called Harriet not Jane. Maybe Jane is his grandmother, there is a Jane, wife of Charles, in 1891 census. His mother Harriet is unmarried and in the Basingstoke workhouse in 1891, when Arthur is age 7.

Source information

ID: 8503137

Name: England Birth Index on freebmd database

Title: England and Wales Birth Registration Index 1837-2008

Description: England Birth on FreeBMD website

Connected by: Jean45090

URL: http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search
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Additional: This is the birth of Arthur John Ballard in Basingstoke, Hampshire in Jun Q 1884. His names and place of birth match. There is no birth listed for Arthur John in 1887 in FreeBMD indexes.

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ID: 8503138

Name: 1891 England Census on freecen database

Title: 1891 England Census Transcription

Description: 1891 England Census on FreeCEN website

Connected by: Jean45090

URL: http://www.freecen.org.uk/cgi/search.pl
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Additional: Arthur John's names, age and place of birth match. His mother Harriet is single, laundress, age 29. There is also a brother, George age 3

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ID: 8503528

Name: 1901 England and Wales Census on ancestry.co.uk on-line database

Title: 1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Description: 1901 England Census on ancestry website

Connected by: Jean45090

URL: http://www.ancestry.co.uk
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Additional: Arthur's names, age, place of birth, location, mother Harriet and brother George match

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 8503547

Name: 1911 England and Wales Census on ancestry.co.uk on-line database

Title: 1911 Sussex Census Transcription

Description: 1911 England Census on ancestry website

Connected by: Jean45090

URL: http://www.ancestry.co.uk
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Additional: Arthur's names, age, place of birth and location match

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ID: 8503549

Name: Uk Ballard Pedigrees Person Pages 255 & 182 on paul-ballard.com on-line

Title: UK Ballard Pedigrees

Description: UK Ballard Pedigrees on paul-ballard.com website

Connected by: Jean45090

URL: http://www.paul-ballard.com/pedigrees/p255.htm
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Additional: Pedigrees of Arthur John and mother Harriet Ballard match

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