Lives of the First World War

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ID: 16880

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.

URL: http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=D1002315
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UPP: GBM/MCI/0016891

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 5489299

Name: Debt of Honour Register

Title: Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Description: Register of those servicemen who fell in the Great War

Connected by: Dorothy468

URL: http://www.cwgc.org
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Additional: Gives the cemetery in which he is buried, and names and address of his parents.

Source information

ID: 6155382

Reference: 1901gbc

Title: 1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Preston485

UPP: GBC/1901/0022964561

Additional: Surname, first names, place match

Credit: © General Register Office

Source information

ID: 6155384

Reference: bmd_births

Title: England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription

Connected by: Preston485

UPP: BMD/B/1899/4/AZ/000008/271

Additional: Names match, place of birth.

Credit: © General Register Office

Source information

ID: 6155385

Reference: 1911gbc

Title: 1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Preston485

UPP: GBC/1911/RG14/25317/0189/3

Additional: Surname and first names match, date of birth and family details. Also Preston.

Credit: © The National Archives

Source information

ID: 6183686

Reference: wwisd

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

Connected by: Dorothy468

UPP: GBM/WWISD/0196970

Additional: Shows surname, first forename, place of birth, place of enlistment, rank and number, regiment and battalion, date of death, theatre of death, how died.

Credit: © Naval and Military Press Ltd

Source information

ID: 6986073

Title: Preston Roll of Honour form for Private Allan

Description: This is the Roll of Honour form completed and submitted by a relative of Private Herbert William Allan for the Preston Memorial Roll of Honour in the Harris Library, Museum and Art Gallery, finished in 1927. Transcription: Name:- Herbert William Allan. Address:- 13 Bolton Street, Preston. Occupation:- Wages Clerk, Dick Kerr & Co, Strand Road. Regiment:- 16th Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Rank and Regimental Number:- Private 73512. Date of Death:- 22nd April 1918. Place where killed:- in action in France. Remarks:- Ernest W. Allan father of above now residing at 28 Canon Cockin St, Sunderland. Co. Durham.

Connected by: Preston485

Source information

ID: 7135170

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/202438/
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UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/154114

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