Lives of the First World War

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ID: 2257648

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=D3246899
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UPP: GBM/MCI/2260112

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 7493896

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/1617688/
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Credit: © Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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ID: 8569061

Name: John Kingham

Title: Mitchell Families Online also BMD for Ireland

Description: Family tree including John and Walter Kingham brothers killed in WW1. They were born on Tara St in Dublin Ireland. John was born on 2/12/1893 and died 17/2/1915.Walter was born on 27/7/1897 and died 24/4/1814. Buried at Houplines, Nord Pas De Calais France. They both attended the Hibernian Military School and were orphans.

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URL: http://info.meuk/getperson.php?personID=127447&tree=E`
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ID: 9011442

Reference: gbm_mci

Title: Medal Index Cards Transcription

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UPP: GBM/MCI/2260086

Additional: John is the brother of William Henry Kingham and Walter Kingham. They were all born in Dublin on Tara St. Their parents died, Father, William Kingham of Prince of Wales Own attested in August 1868 for 21 years and died in 1903 the year after he was discharged.He was born in 1851 in Little Kimble Buckinghamshire.The mother Mary Ann McDonald-Kingham died in 1904.She was the daughter of Roseanna and John McDonald.There was another brother George Kingham born in 1901. He was too young for WW1 but joined the Irish Free State Army in 1922.John and Walter attended the Royal Hibernian Military School in Phoenix park Dublin. John died on the 17th February 1915 and Walter died on April 17th 1915.

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ID: 9089713

Title: Dublin Boy Scout Memorial in St Patricks Cathedral

Description: Memorial of WW1 fallen who were also Boy Scouts in Dublin.

Connected by: christine54854

Additional: John and Walter Kingham are my great uncles,