Lives of the First World War

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ID: 1750473

Reference: WO372/7

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=D2739379
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UPP: GBM/MCI/1752592

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 7366754

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/747884/
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UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/581711

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: 9487971

Title: Badshot Lea War Memorial

Description: This Memorial, on which George Gates is named is unusual, in that it is on the wall of the school. This is because of a disput between the C of E and the Primitive Methodists as ti its location. The School was a compromise.

Connected by: Maurice156503

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ID: 9487993

Title: Details about George Gates

Description: In the 1911 census George Gates was living in Military Aldershot, working as a servant waiter in a soldiers home . He was aged 23 and was born in Aldershot. When he enlisted in the 1st Queens. he was living in Badshot Lea. He landed in France on 10-12-1915. Taken from "Lest We Forget" a pamphlet by Maurice and Judy Hewins about the Badshot Lea war memorial.

Connected by: Maurice156503