Lives of the First World War

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ID: 236880

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.

UPP: GBM/MCI/0237058

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 7178586

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

UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/216797

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: 8625138

Reference: wwisd

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

Connected by: Linda571

UPP: GBM/WWISD/0357058

Credit: © Naval and Military Press Ltd

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ID: 8625193

Reference: 1901gbc

Title: 1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Linda571

UPP: GBC/1901/0004589960

Additional: Names and place of birth match SDGW, age is to within two years.

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 8625215

Name: Joseph Weston Bateman

Title: Army Register of Soldiers' Effects

Description: A listing of the disposal of deceased soldiers' back pay and war gratuity, usually names next of kin.

Connected by: Linda571

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ID: 8625228

Name: Joseph Bateman b.Blackheath, Staffordshire

Title: British Army Service Records 1760-1915 Transcription

Description: A transcription of part of these service records with link to the images on Find My Past.

Connected by: Linda571

URL: http://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=gbm%2fwo97%2f4327%2f509032
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Additional: Names, age and place of birth all match SDGW and CWGC

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ID: 8625255

Reference: bmd_births

Title: England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription

Connected by: Linda571

UPP: BMD/B/1877/3/AZ/000036/017

Additional: We know his middle name from the Soldiers' Effects records, also matches his age and place of birth.

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 8625265

Reference: 1891gbc

Title: 1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Linda571

UPP: GBC/1891/0015592449

Additional: Actually in Blackheath, Rowley Regis. Names and age match, family names and address match pre WW1 Service Records

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 8625286

Reference: 1911gbc

Title: 1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Linda571

UPP: GBC/1911/RG14/27537/0371/4

Additional: We know from the newspaper cutting that he lived in Hemsworth. We know his wife's name is Agnes and that he was born in Blackheath - from the CWGC and SDGW. Weston is his middle name when he is born.

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 8625289

Reference: bmd_marriages

Title: England & Wales marriages 1837-2008 Transcription

Connected by: Linda571

UPP: BMD/M/1905/4/AZ/000415/057

Additional: In the 1911 census, living in Hemsworth, he says he has been married to Agnes for 6 years.

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 8625295

Title: Marriage index entry Joseph Weston

Description: A snip from FreeBMD showing the marriage of Joseph Weston, as Joseph W Bateman was also known, and Agnes Cunningham in the Hemsworth district. We know from the 1911 census that they had been married six years by then.

Connected by: Linda571

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ID: 8625326

Title: Weston/Cunningham births in Hemsworth

Description: A FreeBMD snip showing the births of several children to a Weston, Cunningham pair in Hemsworth.

Connected by: Linda571

Additional: We know Joseph was using Weston in Hemsworth and that Agnes' maiden name was Cunningham.

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ID: 8625334

Title: Bateman/Cunningham births in Barnsley

Description: The births of the earlier children (twins?) in Barnsley in 1915 are followed by another child in 1921 which cannot be Joseph's.

Connected by: Linda571

Additional: We know Agnes Bateman or Weston's maiden name was Cunningham and that she came from Barnsley - see 1911 census. She may have gone home to her parents when Joseph enlisted.

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ID: 8625336

Name: Bateman

Reference: Barnsley Archives

Title: Burial Register from Barnsley Cemetery

Description: An alphabetical list of the burials in this Cemetery.

Connected by: Linda571

Additional: The burials of Joseph and Agnes twin sons are shown.

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ID: 8625345

Name: 5 January 1918

Reference: Barnsley Archives

Title: Barnsley Chronicle

Description: A cutting reporting Joseph's death.

Connected by: Linda571

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ID: 8625348

Title: KOYLI cap badge

Description: A white rose surrounded by a horn.

Connected by: Linda571

Additional: This is the cap badge of Joseph's regiment.

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ID: 8625350

Title: Marriage of Bateman to Bastow

Description: A FreeBMD snip showing the re-marriage of Joseph's widow.

Connected by: Linda571

Additional: We know from the CWGC entry that Agnes remarries and becomes Bastow.

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ID: 9560879

Title: Picture of Joseph in his uniform

Description: Picture of Joseph in his Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry uniform

Connected by: Daryll1417

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