Lives of the First World War

Source information

ID: 1689873

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.

URL: http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=D2678725
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UPP: GBM/MCI/1691938

Credit: © The National Archives

Source information

ID: 7369168

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/754804/
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UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/588379

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

Source information

ID: 8721533

Title: CSR Cap Badge

Description: cb

Connected by: Michael40130

Source information

ID: 8748314

Name: 532123

Reference: Ancestry.Co.UK

Title: Register of Soldiers' Effects

Description: Unit confirmed as 1/15 Parents are James and Mary.

Connected by: Michael40130

Source information

ID: 9374199

Name: Catalogue number HU 121422

Title: Private William Graham Downie

Description: Photograph.

Connected by: Jonathan101862

URL: https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205293839
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Additional: Matches full name.

Source information

ID: 9374206

Reference: wwisd

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

Connected by: Jonathan101862

UPP: GBM/WWISD/0616338

Additional: Matches name, date of death and service number.

Credit: © Naval and Military Press Ltd

Source information

ID: 9374227

Title: Private William Graham Downie

Description: Head portrait photograph.

Connected by: Jonathan101862

Source information

ID: 9374240

Title: Private William Graham Downie

Description: Portrait photograph with typed information on backing paper.

Connected by: Jonathan101862

Additional: © IWM (HU 121422)

Source information

ID: 9374247

Reference: 1891gbc

Title: 1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Jonathan101862

UPP: GBC/1891/0017913728

Additional: Matches name, approximate year and place of birth, name of mother and place of enlistment - Grimsby.

Credit: © General Register Office

Source information

ID: 9374255

Reference: 1901gbc

Title: 1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Jonathan101862

UPP: GBC/1901/0019428953

Additional: Matches name, year and place of birth.

Credit: © General Register Office

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