Lives of the First World War

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ID: 1822325

Reference: WO372/9

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=D2811280
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UPP: GBM/MCI/1824493

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 7247984

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/518240/
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UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/397660

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: 8907494

Reference: bmd_births

Title: England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription

Connected by: Linda571

UPP: BMD/B/1885/2/AZ/000260/343

Additional: Unusual names and place fits CWGC.

Credit: © General Register Office

Source information

ID: 8907496

Reference: 1911gbc

Title: 1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Linda571

UPP: GBC/1911/RG14/06711/0237/2

Additional: Names, age and place of birth fit CWGC as does name of mother.

Credit: © The National Archives

Source information

ID: 8907499

Name: Hedley, Gerald Montague

Title: Prior Pursglove College Archive

Description: A web page with a brief biography of this man, who attended this educational establishment when it was a Grammar School. His name is recorded on the Grammar School’s War Honours Board.

Connected by: Linda571

URL: http://pursglovearchive.co.uk/people/gerald_hedley/
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ID: 8907501

Name: Hedley, Gerald Montague

Title: Google Books - Durham City in the Great War

Description: This man is included in a list in this book, being remembered on a memorial at Durham School.

Connected by: Linda571

URL: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=_DScDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA126&lpg=PA126&dq=%22gerald+montague+hedley%22&source=bl&ots=-0uR5_3_Gt&sig=CwnTi8WoTHaGHHx-0x-llCI7N7I&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj32cC70s7TAhUJI8AKHTlKAqsQ6AEIODAE#v=onepage&q=%22gerald%20montague%20hedley%22&f=false
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ID: 9505557

Reference: wwisd

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

Connected by: Peter6648

UPP: GBM/WWISD/1006213

Additional: matches CWGC

Credit: © Naval and Military Press Ltd

Source information

ID: 9505562

Reference: 1891gbc

Title: 1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Peter6648

UPP: GBC/1891/0028051310

Additional: His own name and his parents' name match CWGC casualty details

Credit: © General Register Office

Source information

ID: 9505565

Reference: 1901gbc

Title: 1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Peter6648

UPP: GBC/1901/0031962591

Additional: His own name, age and birthplace and his mother's name match 1891 census

Credit: © General Register Office

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