Lives of the First World War

Source information

ID: 2136794

Reference: WO372/11

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/2139192

Credit: © The National Archives

Source information

ID: 5477552

Reference: 1911gbc

Title: 1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Kay92

UPP: GBC/1911/RG14/12985/0117/1

Additional: The surname and first names match with the known maternal grandfather of my step-father. His daughter was my step-father's mother and his age and residence fit with known facts.

Credit: © The National Archives

Source information

ID: 5477553

Reference: bmd_marriages

Title: England & Wales marriages 1837-2008 Transcription

Connected by: Kay92

UPP: BMD/M/1952/3/AO/000842/063

Additional: The surname and first name match. The date, place and name of his 2nd wife match with known facts.

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 5477554

Reference: gbm_silver_war_bad1914_18

Title: Silver War Badge Roll Transcription

Connected by: Kay92

UPP: GBM/SILVERWAR/BADGES/745684

Additional: The surname and first name initials match. His service number, rank and unit fit with Medal Index Card record

Credit: © The National Archives

Source information

ID: 5477555

Reference: bmd_births

Title: England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription

Connected by: Kay92

UPP: BMD/B/1880/2/AZ/000324/134

Additional: The surname and first names match with known facts as does the town of registration and year.

Credit: © General Register Office

Source information

ID: 5477556

Reference: bmd_marriages

Title: England & Wales marriages 1837-2008 Transcription

Connected by: Kay92

UPP: BMD/M/1908/3/AZ/000214/105

Additional: The surname and first names match plus his known wife and residence

Credit: © General Register Office

Source information

ID: 5477559

Reference: bmd_deaths

Title: England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 Transcription

Connected by: Kay92

UPP: BMD/D/1963/2/AZ/000434/009

Additional: The surname and first names match plus his age, death year and place fit with known facts.

Credit: © General Register Office

Source information

ID: 5477562

Title: Ancestry Website

Description: British Army WWI Service Records, 1914-1920 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008. Original data: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO). War Office: Soldiers’ Documents, First World War ‘Burnt Documents’ (Microfilm Copies); (The National Archives Microfilm Publication WO363); Records created or inherited by the War Office, Armed Forces, Judge Advocate General, and related bodies; The National Archives of the UK (TNA), Kew, Surrey, England.

Connected by: Kay92

URL: http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/1219/30599_156773-00583/1041355?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.co.uk%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3frank%3d1%26new%3d1%26MSAV%3d1%26msT%3d1%26gss%3dangs-c%26gsfn%3dWilliam%2bH%2bJ%26gsln%3dJolliffe%26cpxt%3d1%26uidh%3dqc3%26cp%3d11%26pcat%3d39%26h%3d1041355%26db%3dBritishArmyService%26indiv%3d1%26ml_rpos%3d63&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnRecord#?imageId=30599_156773-00592
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Additional: The image on this web page gives details pertaining to William Henry John Jolliffe's enlistment particulars which concur with my step-father's knowledge of his mother and grandparents.

Source information

ID: 5477590

Title: Ancestry Website

Description: British Army WWI Service Records, 1914-1920 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008. Original data: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO). War Office: Soldiers’ Documents, First World War ‘Burnt Documents’ (Microfilm Copies); (The National Archives Microfilm Publication WO363); Records created or inherited by the War Office, Armed Forces, Judge Advocate General, and related bodies; The National Archives of the UK (TNA), Kew, Surrey, England.

Connected by: Kay92

URL: http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/1219/30599_156773-00583/1041355?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.co.uk%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3frank%3d1%26new%3d1%26MSAV%3d1%26msT%3d1%26gss%3dangs-c%26gsfn%3dWilliam%2bH%2bJ%26gsln%3dJolliffe%26cpxt%3d1%26uidh%3dqc3%26cp%3d11%26pcat%3d39%26h%3d1041355%26db%3dBritishArmyService%26indiv%3d1%26ml_rpos%3d63&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnRecord#?imageId=30599_156773-00591
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Additional: The surname and first names match plus his age, service number and address concur with known facts.

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