Lives of the First World War

Source information

ID: 1633818

Reference: WO372/6

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.

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UPP: GBM/MCI/1635845

Credit: © The National Archives

Source information

ID: 6630581

Name: Grave Ref:XIII.F.2

Title: War Grave

Description: Sergeant Francis Dickson Northumberland Fusiliers 20th (Tyneside Scottish)Bn,service number 20/150,Died 1st July 1916,Buried Ovillers Military Cemetery,Somme,France.

Connected by: Dorothy1355

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Additional: Correct service number,surname and initial

Source information

ID: 6630601

Reference: wwisd

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

Connected by: Dorothy1355

UPP: GBM/WWISD/0233785

Additional: Service number correct,name and rank correct.

Credit: © Naval and Military Press Ltd

Source information

ID: 6630831

Name: Newcastle Daily Journal July 29 1916

Title: Newspaper

Description: Northumberland Fusiliers:Mrs Dickson 19 Clarke Street,Gateshead has received word from the War Office that her husband Sergeant Frank Dickson was killed in action July 1

Connected by: Dorothy1355

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Additional: Name,regiment,town and date of death correspond

Source information

ID: 6630846

Reference: bmd_marriages

Title: England & Wales marriages 1837-2008 Transcription

Connected by: Dorothy1355

UPP: BMD/M/1910/1/AZ/000084/353

Additional: Esther,his wife is recorded with Francis Dickson born Wardley,in the 1911 census

Credit: © General Register Office

Source information

ID: 6630861

Reference: 1911gbc

Title: 1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Dorothy1355

UPP: GBC/1911/RG14/30422/0591/1

Additional: Name,years of marriage,wife correspond as does place of birth

Credit: © The National Archives

Source information

ID: 6630870

Reference: 1901gbc

Title: 1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Dorothy1355

UPP: GBC/1901/0031881111

Additional: Name,date of birth,place of birth and profession match

Credit: © General Register Office

Source information

ID: 7291552

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/545728/
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UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/422089

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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