Lives of the First World War

Source information

ID: 1757110

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.

URL: http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=D2746020
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UPP: GBM/MCI/1759233

Credit: © The National Archives

Source information

ID: 6972296

Title: CWGC entry for Robert Gilchrist 49373

Connected by: Anthony26083

URL: http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/873141/GILCHRIST,%20ROBERT
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Additional: Person's names, rank, regiment and service number match. Age is consistent with birth record and census information (as are parents' names)

Source information

ID: 6972333

Name: GRO birth index West Derby 1879/3 8B 204

Reference: From findmypast.co.uk

Title: Birth record for Robert Gilchrist

Description: Official birth record

Connected by: Anthony26083

Additional: Person's names, census ages and location match

Source information

ID: 6972337

Name: 1881 census record RG11 3669 47 35

Reference: From findmypast.co.uk

Title: 1881 census record for Robert Gilchrist

Description: Official census record

Connected by: Anthony26083

Additional: Names, age and place of birth of person match birth record. Names of parents match CWGC death record.

Source information

ID: 6972344

Name: 1891 census West Derby RG12 2960 105 51

Reference: From findmypast.co.uk

Title: 1891 census record for Robert Gilchrist

Description: Official census record

Connected by: Anthony26083

Additional: Person's names match, as do age, place of birth and parents' names

Source information

ID: 6972345

Name: 1901 census RG13 3467 65 2

Reference: From findmypast.co.uk

Title: 1901 census record for Robert Gilchrist

Description: Official census record

Connected by: Anthony26083

Additional: Person's names, age, place of birth, names of parents and address consistent with 1891 census

Source information

ID: 6972900

Name: WO 95/2427/1

Reference: The National Archives, Kew

Title: 4Bn King's Liverpool Regiment diary

Description: Officla war diary

Connected by: Anthony26083

Additional: Reference to battalion's action on the date of the person's death

Source information

ID: 7414614

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/873141/
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UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/697433

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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