Lives of the First World War

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ID: 1851794

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.

UPP: GBM/MCI/1853993

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 6975112

Reference: wwisd

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

Connected by: Michael3

UPP: GBM/WWISD/1007509

Additional: Name, rank and regiment all match information in Life Story. It is also known that this man died, as he is named on local war memorial

Credit: © Naval and Military Press Ltd

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ID: 6975129

Title: Gatehouse Folk -Then & Now

Description: Website providing historical biographical information of the inhabitants of the Gatehouse of Fleet, Kirkcudbrightshire, through history.

Connected by: Michael3

URL: http://www.gatehouse-folk.org.uk/ww1.asp?offset=110
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Additional: The information on this website relating to William George Hewitt clearly matches information already connected to his Life Story profile

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ID: 6975134

Title: William George Hewitt

Description: William George Hewitt as a boy

Connected by: Michael3

Additional: Came from a website entry devoted to his memory

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ID: 7152252

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

UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/198990

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: 8726972

Name: Vol. 1 Aug-Dec 1914; The Biographies: pg. 186

Title: The Bond of Sacrifice: William George Hewitt

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/186/mode/2up
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ID: 8726973

Title: The Bond of Sacrifice: William George Hewitt

Description: In uniform, as featured in "The Bond of Sacrifice"

Connected by: Hannah21187

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ID: 8726976

Title: Link to brother's record: James Francis Hewitt

Connected by: Hannah21187

URL: https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/1850827
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ID: 8726977

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/620

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

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ID: 9097457

Title: Second Lieutenant William George Hewitt

Description: Second Lieutenant William George Hewitt. Unit: 3rd Battalion, attached to the 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment). Death: 14 October 1914, killed in action at Ypres, Western Front.

Connected by: James201

Additional: From the IWM Bond of Sacrifice Collection - http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205301162

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