Lives of the First World War

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ID: 1854354

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=D2843340
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UPP: GBM/MCI/1856553

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 7012421

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/21006/
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UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/95046

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: 8982303

Name: Oldham Chronicle

Reference: Oldham Local Studies

Title: Oldham Chronicle

Description: Was a clerk in the Lancashire and Yorkshire Bank Oldham

Connected by: Cath3185

Additional: John worked in Oldham

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ID: 9026115

Reference: gbm_mci

Title: Medal Index Cards Transcription

Connected by: Yvonne27542

UPP: GBM/MCI/1856468

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 9026116

Reference: wwisd

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

Connected by: Yvonne27542

UPP: GBM/WWISD/0527306

Credit: © Naval and Military Press Ltd

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ID: 9026118

Reference: gbm_mcb_1914

Title: Manchester Regiment city battalions 1914-1916 Transcription

Connected by: Yvonne27542

UPP: GBM/MCB/00005022

Credit: Courtesy of Findmypast and Manchester and Lancashire Family History Society

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ID: 9026119

Name: March 1916; Page 95; Our Roll of Honour.

Reference: Barclays Group Archives

Title: Journal of the Institute of Bankers - Roll of Honour

Description: Brief notices of war deaths of members of the Institute of Bankers. See Stories section for full transcription.

Connected by: Yvonne27542

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ID: 9026120

Name: Page 4.

Title: Manchester Evening News - 8th February 1916

Description: Short article about John's death. See Stories section for full transcription.

Connected by: Yvonne27542

URL: https://search.findmypast.co.uk/bna/viewarticle?id=bl%2f0000272%2f19160208%2f051
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ID: 9633309

Title: Service Roll of Martins Bank - Cover

Description: A printed roll of honour entitled “Service Roll of Martins Bank”, listing “Those who did not return” and “Ex-Service Men 1914-1919”, was compiled in 1931 for the centenary of the Bank of Liverpool, and comprises of a list of staff of all the constituent banks in the Martins group (Bank of Liverpool, Martins Bank, Bank of Liverpool and Martins Limited, Lancashire & Yorkshire Bank, Cocks Biddulph, Palatine Bank, Halifax Commercial Bank, Cattle Trade Bank, Equitable Bank). It used to be on permanent display at the former Martins head office at Water Street in Liverpool, but was transferred to Barclays Group Archives in 2007 when Barclays sold the building. The image shows the cover of the book.

Connected by: James201

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ID: 9634434

Title: Service Roll of Martins Bank - Title Page

Description: A printed roll of honour entitled “Service Roll of Martins Bank”, listing “Those who did not return” and “Ex-Service Men 1914-1919”, was compiled in 1931 for the centenary of the Bank of Liverpool, and comprises of a list of staff of all the constituent banks in the Martins group (Bank of Liverpool, Martins Bank, Bank of Liverpool and Martins Limited, Lancashire & Yorkshire Bank, Cocks Biddulph, Palatine Bank, Halifax Commercial Bank, Cattle Trade Bank, Equitable Bank). It used to be on permanent display at the former Martins head office at Water Street in Liverpool, but was transferred to Barclays Group Archives in 2007 when Barclays sold the building. The image shows the title page of the book.

Connected by: James201

Additional: Image copyright Barclays Group Archives www.archive.barclays.com. Book reference 1585/1. This image has kindly been made available by Barclays Group Archives for publication on Lives of the First World War for personal use only, and is subject to Barclays Group Archives terms of use. For permission to publish this image in any form of publication please contact Barclays Group Archives via www.archive.barclays.com/contact.

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ID: 9639670

Title: Detail page from Service Roll of Martins Bank

Description: A printed roll of honour entitled “Service Roll of Martins Bank”, listing “Those who did not return” and “Ex-Service Men 1914-1919”, was compiled in 1931 for the centenary of the Bank of Liverpool, and comprises of a list of staff of all the constituent banks in the Martins group (Bank of Liverpool, Martins Bank, Bank of Liverpool and Martins Limited, Lancashire & Yorkshire Bank, Cocks Biddulph, Palatine Bank, Halifax Commercial Bank, Cattle Trade Bank, Equitable Bank). The information printed for each person consists of initials & surname, plus regiment. The image shows the page of the book which features this person’s name in the list of “Those who did not return”.

Connected by: James201

Additional: Image copyright Barclays Group Archives www.archive.barclays.com. Book reference 1585/1. This image has kindly been made available by Barclays Group Archives for publication on Lives of the First World War for personal use only, and is subject to Barclays Group Archives terms of use. For permission to publish this image in any form of publication please contact Barclays Group Archives via www.archive.barclays.com/contact.

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ID: 9653433

Title: Original Lancashire & Yorkshire Bank WW1 Memorial

Description: A WW1 memorial tablet to the fallen staff from the Lancashire & Yorkshire Bank was unveiled by the Chairman in the Banking Chamber at Head Office at 43 Spring Gardens, Manchester, in 1921, and framed photographs of the tablet were sent to relatives of the men. The panel was headed, “To the memory of our colleagues who made the supreme sacrifice in defence of their country during the Great War 1914-1919”, and the wording at the bottom was, “The Lancashire & Yorkshire Bank Limited”.

Connected by: Yvonne27542

Additional: Image from The Story of Lancashire & Yorkshire Bank Limited 1872-1922, photograph of memorial facing p.80. Freely available on the internet at https://ia701209.us.archive.org/25/items/TheStoryOfTheLancashireYorkshireBankLimited/TheStoryOfTheLancashireYorkshireBankLimited1872-1.pdf