Lives of the First World War

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ID: 222938

Reference: WO372/2

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=D1208528
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UPP: GBM/MCI/0223104

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 6993513

Title: Portrait photograph of S A N S Barthropp

Description: 2 Lieutenant Sidney Alfred Nathaniel Barthropp 3 Battalion (attached 2 Battalion), Royal Sussex Regiment Second Lieutenant Barthropp, the only son of an Essex family, was educated at Winchester School and Trinity College, Cambridge. He was a keen huntsman, becoming Master of Eastern Counties Otter Hounds in 1914. He enlisted on the outbreak of war in 1914, receiving his commission in August. On 11 January 1915, Lt Barthropp was posted to the same sector of the Western Front as Robert Graves (author of Goodbye to All That) but was killed in action, aged 22, within days of arriving in the front line. On 29 January 1915, his battalion came under heavy attack at the Brickfields, Cuinchy and a German sniper shot Lt Barthrop through the head, killing him instantly. He is buried at Cuinchy Cemetery, near Béthune.

Connected by: Charlotte33

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ID: 7310185

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/594102/
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UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/467620

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: 9557741

Reference: wwisd

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

Connected by: Yvonne27542

UPP: GBM/WWISD/1018290

Credit: © Naval and Military Press Ltd

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ID: 9557747

Reference: gbm_bond_of_sac

Title: British Army, Bond of Sacrifice: Officers Died in the Great War 1914-1916 Transcription

Connected by: Yvonne27542

UPP: GBM/BONDOFSACRIFICE/1534

Credit: © Trustees of the Honourable Artillery Company, London, England

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ID: 9557762

Title: Bond of Sacrifice article

Description: Bond of Sacrifice article about Second Lieutenant Sidney Alfred Nathaniel Barthropp, 3rd Battalion, attached to 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment.

Connected by: Yvonne27542

Additional: Image © IWM (HU 96611), shared under IWM Non Commercial Licence.https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205025958