Lives of the First World War

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ID: 2183035

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.

URL: http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=D3172245
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UPP: GBM/MCI/2185458

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 7522756

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/1616872/
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UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/855774

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: 9063390

Title: Cheshire Regiment

Description: Badge/emblem

Connected by: R58235

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ID: 9063392

Title: Pvt Walter Morissey Jones (Find a Grave)

Description: Incl. a photo and photo of memorial inscription on family headstone - Overleigh Cemetery, Chester

Connected by: R58235

URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/140290964/walter-morissey-jones
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ID: 9063393

Title: MIC image (Ancestry)

Description: France 16-1-15 = 15 Star, BWM, VM

Connected by: R58235

URL: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/1262/30850_A000874-00449/5297898?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.co.uk%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3fdb%3dMedalRolls%26gss%3dsfs28_ms_db%26new%3d1%26rank%3d1%26msT%3d1%26gsln%3djones%26gsln_x%3d1%26_F8007A65%3d8768%26MSAV%3d1%26uidh%3d2y5&backlabel=ReturnSearchResults
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ID: 9457019

Name: ISBN 978-1-909817-27-2

Reference: Personal Copy purchased at St Werburgh's RC Church, Chester

Title: "We Shall Remember Them"

Description: Biography on page 135

Connected by: Harper140899

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ID: 9457031

Title: Memorial in Chester Overleigh Cemetery

Description: Headstone of the parents of W M Jones

Connected by: Harper140899

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ID: 9528687

Title: 1911 Census

Description: census provides evidence of names of parents, siblings and their ages.

Connected by: John141401

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ID: 9528728

Title: Baptism Register 1895 St. Werburgh's, Chester

Description: Baptism Register for Austin Jones provides date of birth and names of parents

Connected by: John141401

Additional: Register provides the date of birth of twin sister Winifred Dorothy

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ID: 9528770

Title: 1891 Census

Description: Census provides evidence that Walter Morissey and his twin sister were 6 months old. Baptism records, St. Francis Church, Chester, give the date of birth as 5 Sep 1890.

Connected by: John141401

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ID: 9528784

Title: Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920

Description: Medal Rolls Card, for Walter Morissey Jones provides evidence of his date of entry into the war and theatre of operation

Connected by: John141401

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ID: 9528804

Title: British Army WWI Service Records, 1914-1920

Description: Service Record provides evidence date of attestation, and physical characteristics

Connected by: John141401

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ID: 9528824

Title: Walter Morissey Jones

Description: Walter Morissey Jones photographed in Uniform of the Cheshire Regiment.

Connected by: John141401

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ID: 9544445

Title: Great War Memorial in St. Werburgh's, Chester

Description: New Great War Memorial in St. Werburgh's RC Church, Chester. The memorial was dedicated on 6th November 2018. Biographies of the men who are remembered on this memorial can be found in the 2015 book “We Shall Remember Them”.

Connected by: Harper140899

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