Lives of the First World War

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ID: 2240423

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=D3229663
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UPP: GBM/MCI/2242876

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 7442373

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/798080/
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UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/628154

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: 8855333

Reference: wwisd

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

Connected by: Deborah102878

UPP: GBM/WWISD/1040719

Credit: © Naval and Military Press Ltd

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ID: 8855334

Reference: bmd_births

Title: England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription

Connected by: Deborah102878

UPP: BMD/B/1878/2/AZ/000337/310

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 8855335

Reference: 1881gbc

Title: 1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Deborah102878

UPP: GBC/1881/0001088308

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 8855338

Reference: 1891gbc

Title: 1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Deborah102878

UPP: GBC/1891/0001256106

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 8855340

Reference: 1901gbc

Title: 1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Deborah102878

UPP: GBC/1901/0007570940

Credit: © General Register Office

Source information

ID: 8855350

Name: PUBLISHER ID#: 0417061546ke, website accessed 18.02.2017

Title: Memorial plaque in Kenya Railways Museum, Nairobi

Description: Memorial for Uganda Railway staff. Photographs copyright Bob Barnes 2006-2007

Connected by: Deborah102878

URL: http://www.eamemorials.co.uk/EAMemorials/KENYA/Uganda%20Railways%20Memorial%20Plaque/URMemorial-Uganda-Railway-Memorial.htm
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Additional: matches service record

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ID: 8855353

Title: Out of many, one people

Description: Jamaica flag and motto

Connected by: Deborah102878

Additional: At one time Henry worked for the Jamaica Government Railway

Source information

ID: 8855358

Title: Memorial plaque for Uganda Railway

Description: Photographs copyright Bob Barnes 2006-2007 PUBLISHER ID#: 0417061546ke

Connected by: Deborah102878

Source information

ID: 8855608

Name: website accessed 18.02.2017

Title: Biography of Henry Valder Kershaw, South Africa War Graves project

Description: includes a description of Henry's part in the East African campaign, and his prior civilian life

Connected by: Deborah102878

URL: http://www.southafricawargraves.org/search/details.php?id=12083
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ID: 8855618

Name: website accessed 18.02.2017

Title: Biography of Henry Valder Kershaw, King's College, London

Description: includes details of Henry's theology studies

Connected by: Deborah102878

URL: http://www.kingscollections.org/warmemorials/kings-college/memorials/kershaw-henry-valder-revd
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ID: 8855637

Name: website accessed 18.02.2017

Title: The Uganda Railway Reserve 1914

Description: The role of one of the two armed military units in the British East Africa Protectorate

Connected by: Deborah102878

URL: http://www.kaiserscross.com/188001/293122.html
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ID: 8855646

Name: website accessed 18.02.2017

Title: 'The Lunatic Express' by Tayiana Chao

Description: photo essay about the creation of the Uganda Railway

Connected by: Deborah102878

URL: https://www.theeagora.com/the-lunatic-express-a-photo-essay-on-the-uganda-railway/
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