Lives of the First World War

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ID: 1756754

Reference: WO372/8

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/1758877

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 6148129

Name: Application Number R004163

Reference: General Register Office

Title: Copy of Birth Certificate for Charles Towell Gilchrist

Description: Full Birth Certificate obtained in 1994

Connected by: Bruce17099

Additional: This individual is my first cousin.

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ID: 6148146

Name: Application Number RO10937/B

Reference: General Register Office

Title: Copy of death Certificate for Charles Towell Gilchrist

Description: This is a copy of his Death Certificate obtained in 1997.

Connected by: Bruce17099

Additional: This individual is my first cousin.

Source information

ID: 9073687

Reference: gbm_cwgc_casualties_iwm_ww1

Title: Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Transcription

Connected by: Anne23518

UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/960903

Credit: © Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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ID: 9073688

Reference: bmd_births

Title: England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription

Connected by: Anne23518

UPP: BMD/B/1888/1/AZ/000216/087

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 9073689

Reference: bmd_deaths

Title: England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 Transcription

Connected by: Anne23518

UPP: BMD/D/1919/1/AZ/000504/034

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 9073695

Title: Royal Engineers

Description: Badge/emblem

Connected by: R58235

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ID: 9073708

Title: MIC image (Ancestry)

Description: France 20.1.15 = 15 Star, BWM, VM

Connected by: R58235

URL: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/1262/30850_A000603-01269/2567826?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.co.uk%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3f_phsrc%3diGu4888%26_phstart%3dsuccessSource%26usePUBJs%3dtrue%26db%3dMedalRolls%26gss%3dangs-d%26new%3d1%26rank%3d1%26_F8007A65%3d*9588%26MSAV%3d1%26uidh%3d2y5%26gl%3d%26gst%3d%26hc%3d50%26fh%3d50%26fsk%3dBELq368IgAAE7gAS8Sk-61-&backlabel=ReturnSearchResults
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ID: 9073719

Title: War Memorial, St Paul's Church, Macclesfield, Cheshire

Description: Alongside St Paul's Church, Macclesfield, Cheshire. A stone cross. "SACRIFICE. IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN OF St PAULS CHURCH WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919" The names of those of the area who fell in the first world war are engraved on the base - incl: Charles GILCHRIST. "LET US BE TRUE TO THE LAND FOR WHICH THEY DIED"

Connected by: R58235

URL: http://www.carlscam.com/macclesfield/warpaul.htm
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ID: 9087440

Title: Charles Towel Gilchrist (Find a Grave)

Description: Incl. photo of his CWGC headstone - St Paul Churchyard Macclesfield, Cheshire

Connected by: R58235

URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/88877622/charles-towel-gilchrist
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ID: 9501319

Reference: 1911gbc

Title: 1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Rosie34810

UPP: GBC/1911/RG14/21472/0205/6

Credit: © The National Archives

Source information

ID: 9501382

Reference: 1901gbc

Title: 1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Rosie34810

UPP: GBC/1901/0019392072

Credit: © General Register Office

Source information

ID: 9506041

Title: National Probate Calendar, 1919, page 421

Description: Probate for Charles Towell Gilchrist, of Memorial House, Buxton Road, Macclesfield, died 13 February 1919 at Liscard, Cheshire...

Connected by: Rosie34810

URL: https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/1904/31874_222418-00430
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ID: 9506050

Name: Chatham, page 58, no 883264

Title: Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects

Description: Gilchrist, Charles Towel, RE, Spr 29588, died 13 2 1919 at his home while on demob leave Wallasey.

Connected by: Rosie34810

URL: https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/60506/42511_6117462_0202-00059
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ID: 9506064

Reference: bmd_marriages

Title: England & Wales marriages 1837-2005 Transcription

Connected by: Rosie34810

UPP: BMD/M/1914/2/AZ/000443/076

Credit: © General Register Office

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