Lives of the First World War

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ID: 2302037

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=D3291329
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UPP: GBM/MCI/2304542

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 7374371

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/690120/
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UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/542605

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Credit: © Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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ID: 9090881

Reference: wwisd

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

Connected by: Andrew10867

UPP: GBM/WWISD/1016778

Additional: Name and date of death match

Credit: © Naval and Military Press Ltd

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ID: 9090886

Title: Lieutenant J N Lancaster

Description: From Birmingham Daily Post August 17, 1915

Connected by: Andrew10867

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ID: 9090890

Title: Ex-Councillor's Loss

Description: From Birmingham Daily Gazette August 18, 1915

Connected by: Andrew10867

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ID: 9090903

Title: 2nd Lieutenant J N Lancaster

Description: From The Sphere September 4, 1915

Connected by: Andrew10867

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ID: 9090908

Title: An Old Edwardians Death

Description: From Birmingham Mail August 17, 1915

Connected by: Andrew10867

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ID: 9090912

Title: Letters Home from the battle zone

Description: James Norman Lancaster was the son of William James Lancaster, a Birmingham camera manufacturer. The school holds a collection of his letters home from Gallipoli, together with a significant number of sympathy letters sent to his family following his death. They include a letter from the then editor of the Birmingham Mail...

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URL: http://www.birminghampost.co.uk/lifestyle/nostalgia/james-norman-lancasters-letters-home-7533762
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ID: 9090913

Reference: 1911gbc

Title: 1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Andrew10867

UPP: GBC/1911/RG14/17787/0279/2

Additional: Name, age and fathers name match

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 9090967

Reference: 1891gbc

Title: 1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Andrew10867

UPP: GBC/1891/0015453426

Additional: Name, age, birthplace and fathers name match

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 9090972

Reference: bmd_births

Title: England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription

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UPP: BMD/B/1888/2/AZ/000341/023

Additional: Name, age and birthplace match

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 9090973

Reference: 1901gbc

Title: 1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Andrew10867

UPP: GBC/1901/0016655985

Additional: Name, age and birthplace match

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 9090982

Title: The Badsey Society

Description: James was born in 1888 at Handsworth in Staffordshire, the youngest of five children of William James Lancaster by his first wife, Annie (née Davis)....

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URL: http://www.badseysociety.uk/sladden-archive/people/466
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ID: 9090991

Title: Parents 1901 Census entry

Description: Pine Crest, Shepley Road, North Bromsgrove, Worcs William James Lancaster Head 54 Florence Eleanor Lancaster Wife 35 Edgar Horace Lancaster Son 23 Walter Bervars Lancaster Son 18 Eleanor Marguerite Lancaster Daughter 1

Connected by: Andrew10867

URL: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/7814/WORRG13_2799_2800-0198?pid=15273932&backurl=https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db%3Duki1901%26h%3D15273932%26indiv%3Dtry%26o_vc%3DRecord:OtherRecord%26rhSource%3D2352&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&usePUBJs=true
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Additional: Fathers name, age and occupation match

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ID: 9091002

Title: Old Edwardians Roll of Service

Description: Old Edwardians Roll of Service, King Edwards School, Edgbaston, Birmingham

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ID: 9091009

Name: Issue 293 2015

Title: Old Edwardians Inside Gazette

Description: Second Lieutenant James Norman Lancaster 19 February 1888 - 10 August 1915 Worcestershire regiment, 9th Battalion, Commemorated on Helles Memorial in Turkey and on University of Birmingham Memorial Killed during the assault on Chunuk Bair. Lancaster was a strong academic with a talent for languages who gone on to manage the family camera and microscope manufacturing business

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ID: 9098158

Title: Probate

Description: 1915. LANCASTER James Norman of Northfield Road Kings Norton Birmingham camera manufacturers manager 2nd lieutenant 9th Service Battalion Worcestershire Regiment died 10 August 1915 at the Gallipoli peninsula in action Probate Birmingham 18 November to Edgar Horace Lancaster managing director of limited company and Eric Lancaster Heathcote chartered accountant. Effects £1393 13s 6d

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URL: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/1904/31874_222545-00019?pid=2324732&backurl=https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc%3DsTR7%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource%26usePUBJs%3Dtrue%26indiv%3D1%26db%3DUKProbateCal%26gss%3Dangs-d%26new%3D1%26rank%3D1%26msT%3D1%26gsfn%3DJames%2520Norman%26gsfn_x%3D0%26gsln%3DLancaster%26gsln_x%3D0%26msddy%3D1915%26MSAV%3D1%26uidh%3Dv9y%26pcat%3D36%26fh%3D0%26h%3D2324732%26recoff%3D%26ml_rpos%3D1&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=sTR7&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true
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ID: 9152675

Title: King Edwards Roll of Honour

Description: James Norman Lancaster (known as Jimmie) was born on 19th February 1888, and entered King Edward’s School in September 1903...

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URL: https://kes.org.uk/RollofHonour/biogs/lancaster-james-norman.html
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Additional: Name and date of death match

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