Lives of the First World War

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ID: 1944985

Reference: WO372/10

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=D2934016
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UPP: GBM/MCI/1947229

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 9651319

Title: Birth certificate

Description: This is a transcription of his birth certificate

Connected by: Sandra142469

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ID: 9651379

Title: Newspaper Obituary

Description: This is a copy of the obituary which appeared in the local newspaper at the time of his death

Connected by: Sandra142469

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ID: 9651565

Title: Menin Gate panel

Description: This shows the panel on which he is commemorated at the Menin Gate

Connected by: Sandra142469

Additional: We visited here during a tour of family war graves in France and Belgium in November 2018

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ID: 9651614

Title: British Army WWI Service Records, 1914 - 1920

Description: This is the service record for Robert as retained at the National Archives at Kew.

Connected by: Sandra142469

URL: https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=1219&h=954756&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=tvH12&_phstart=successSource
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Additional: Everything matches up

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ID: 9651672

Title: Army Registers of Soldiers Effects, 1901 - 1929

Description: This is a record of payments owed by the Army to his descendants following his death.

Connected by: Sandra142469

URL: https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=60506&h=833411&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=1219
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ID: 9651809

Title: Medal card

Description: This is the card all soldiers received with their war medals

Connected by: Sandra142469

URL: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/1262/30850_A000767-00695?pid=4642606&backurl=https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid%3D1262%26h%3D4642606%26indiv%3Dtry%26o_vc%3DRecord:OtherRecord%26rhSource%3D1101&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&usePUBJs=true
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ID: 9651890

Title: Menin Gate, Ypres

Description: Photo of the Menin Gate where Robert is commemorated on Panel 19 or 33

Connected by: Sandra142469

Additional: We visited here during a tour of family war graves in France and Belgium in Novmeber 2018

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