Lives of the First World War

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ID: 1922337

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=D2911354
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UPP: GBM/MCI/1924567

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 7522508

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/1614496/
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UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/853515

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: 8511108

Title: Dead Man's Penny

Description: Memorial Plaque Scan.

Connected by: Nigel60830

Additional: Bought from a car boot sale in Crewe for a pound on 9th october 2013 currently in my possession (Nigel Peever) July 2015.

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ID: 8511110

Title: Commonwealth War Graves Information

Description: Rank:PrivateService No:11697Date of Death:08/05/1915Age:24Regiment/Service:Royal Fusiliers 3rd Bn. Panel Reference: Panel 6 and 8. Memorial:YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIALAdditional Information:Son of J. T. and Mary Hannah Holdcroft, of 98, Bagnall Rd., Milton, Stoke-on-Trent.

Connected by: Nigel60830

URL: http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1614496/HOLDCROFT,%20GEORGE%20HENRY
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ID: 8511111

Title: Back Medal Index

Description: Back of medal index card

Connected by: Nigel60830

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ID: 8511112

Title: Grave Inscription

Description: Nmae on Grave

Connected by: Nigel60830

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ID: 8511113

Title: Front Medal index

Connected by: Nigel60830

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ID: 8637236

Title: City of London regiment detail

Description: This site lists "city of london regiment"

Connected by: Nigel60830

URL: http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/search/results?collection=first%20world%20war&firstname=george&firstname_variants=true&lastname=holdcroft&yearofdeath=1915&yearofdeath_offset=2
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ID: 9631401

Title: PDF copy of birth certificate

Description: Copy of George H Holdcroft birth certificate.

Connected by: Claire15427

Source information

ID: 9631715

Title: George Henry Holdcroft

Description: Image taken from Staffordshire Weekly Sentinel.

Connected by: Claire15427

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