Lives of the First World War

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ID: 1797

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=D986703
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UPP: GBM/MCI/0001798

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 7309839

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/597413/
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UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/470776

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: 7613116

Title: Portrait photograph of Geoffrey Dyett Abbott

Description: Lieutenant Geoffrey Dyett Abbott 1st Battalion, Connaught Rangers Lt Abbott died on 2 November 1914, aged 23, at Laventie on the Western Front. He was the son of Mrs. E. L. M. Abbott, of 6, Pall Mall, London and the late Col. Frank Abbott.

Connected by: Charlotte33

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ID: 8068952

Name: Vol. 1 Aug-Dec 1914; The Biographies: pg. 1

Title: The Bond of Sacrifice: Geoffrey Dyett Abbott

Description: Entry in "The Bond of Sacrifice: a biographical record of all British officers who fell in the Great War".

Connected by: Hannah21187

URL: https://archive.org/stream/bondofsacrificeb01clut#page/n63/mode/2up
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ID: 8068958

Reference: 1901gbc

Title: 1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Hannah21187

UPP: GBC/1901/0009023928

Credit: © General Register Office

Source information

ID: 8068959

Reference: wwisd

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

Connected by: Hannah21187

UPP: GBM/WWISD/1027015

Credit: © Naval and Military Press Ltd

Source information

ID: 8068961

Reference: gbm_bond_of_sac

Title: British Army, Bond of Sacrifice: Officers Died in the Great War 1914-1916 Transcription

Connected by: Hannah21187

UPP: GBM/BONDOFSACRIFICE/55

Credit: © Trustees of the Honourable Artillery Company, London, England

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ID: 8068962

Reference: 1911gbc

Title: 1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Hannah21187

UPP: GBC/1911/RG14/04602/0643/3

Credit: © The National Archives

Source information

ID: 8068970

Reference: gbm_derevigny

Title: British Army, De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-1918 Transcription

Connected by: Hannah21187

UPP: GBM/DR/6770

Credit: © Naval and Military Press

Source information

ID: 8068978

Name: Cheltenham Chronicle, 14th November 1914

Title: Cheltenham Chronicle, "Casualties to Local Officers", 14th November 1914

Description: Newspaper article re death of Lieut. G. D. Abbott.

Connected by: Hannah21187

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ID: 8068985

Name: Cheltenham Looker-On, 2nd January 1915

Title: Cheltenham Looker-On, "Lieutenant Geoffrey Dyett Abbott (O.C.)," 2nd January 1915

Description: Newspaper article following death of Lieutenant Abbott.

Connected by: Hannah21187

Source information

ID: 8910775

Title: Bond of Sacrifice Entry for Geoffrey Dyett Abbott

Description: Bond of Sacrifice Entry for Geoffrey Dyett Abbott https://archive.org/details/bondofsacrificeb01clut

Connected by: John94621

Source information

ID: 9100387

Title: Lieutenant Geoffrey Dyett Abbott

Description: Lieutenant Geoffrey Dyett Abbott. Unit: 1st Battalion, Connaught Rangers. Death: 02 November 1914 Laventie Western Front

Connected by: James201

Additional: From the IWM Bond of Sacrifice Collection - http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205289297

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