Lives of the First World War

Source information

ID: 1676548

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.

UPP: GBM/MCI/1678608

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 6171286

Title: Wikipedia entry for General Horace Smith-Dorrien

Connected by: C2356

URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_Smith-Dorrien
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Additional: Matches name, rank and units

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ID: 6171289

Title: General Horace Smith-Dorrien

Description: Public domain image from Wikipedia

Connected by: C2356

Source information

ID: 6993915

Name: Document held in The National Archives, number WO 95-1560

Reference: Accessed through the British Council Football Remembers Resource

Title: Orders issued by General Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien, 4 December 1914

Description: Referenced in the British Council Football Remembers Resource

Connected by: Imperial1

Additional: Matches Medal Index Card

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ID: 6993926

Name: Document held in The National Archives, number WO 95-1560

Reference: Accessed through the British Council Football Remembers Resource

Title: Confidential memorandum from General Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien, 27 December 1914

Description: Accessed through the British Council Football Remembers Resource

Connected by: Imperial1

Additional: Matches Medal Index Card

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ID: 7622824

Reference: bmd_deaths

Title: England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 Transcription

Connected by: Charlotte33

UPP: BMD/D/1930/3/AZ/000753/073

Additional: Matches Wikipedia entry

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 8847601

Name: lifestory/7676106

Title: Lives of the First World War - Olive Smith-Dorrien

Description: Life Story for Horace's wife, Olive, who was president of both the Blue Cross Society and her own Hospital Bag Fund.

Connected by: Kristen1288

URL: https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/7676106
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ID: 9054399

Title: War diary entry about him

Description: A quick mention of him in the private diary of Lt. H. Robinson of the 8th Field Ambulance.

Connected by: Edwin110085

Source information

ID: 9235852

Title: Distinguished Service Order

Description: Distinguished Service Order Medal

Connected by: Keith133517

Source information

ID: 9584526

Title: Governor of Gibraltar - 1921

Description: Esplanade and Steps Plaque - Gibraltar

Connected by: Ian105013

Additional: Photo: Ian Cameron February 2019

Source information

ID: 9584566

Title: Governor of Gibraltar

Description: "Smith-Dorrien's last position was as Governor of Gibraltar from 9 July 1918 – 26 May 1923, where he introduced an element of democracy and closed some brothels. According to Wyndham Childs in the summer of 1918, Smith-Dorrien tried, and nearly succeeded, in uniting the Comrades of the Great War, the National Association of Discharged Sailors and Soldiers, and the National Federation of Discharged and Demobilized Sailors and Soldiers into one body. The merger later took place in 1921 to form the British Legion."

Connected by: Ian105013

URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_Smith-Dorrien
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