Lives of the First World War

Source information

ID: 2392376

Reference: WO372/6

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/2394981

Credit: © The National Archives

Source information

ID: 6967853

Reference: wwisd

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

Connected by: Joanna19174

UPP: GBM/WWISD/0253054

Additional: Names, regiment and service number match.

Credit: © Naval and Military Press Ltd

Source information

ID: 6967858

Reference: 1911gbc

Title: 1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Joanna19174

UPP: GBC/1911/RG14/09200/0099/1

Additional: Names match. Birthplace matches, and current location matches enlistment place.

Credit: © The National Archives

Source information

ID: 7337873

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/588438

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

Source information

ID: 9013942

Name: Ancestry website

Title: January 1883

Description: Born in January 1883 at Dipton, Durham, England.

Connected by: Janice122307

URL: http://www.ancestry.co.uk
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Additional: He was my great grandfather.

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ID: 9013949

Name: Ancestry

Title: Suffolk Regiment

Description: Served with Suffolk Regiment during WW1 in Battle of the Somme

Connected by: Janice122307

URL: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/
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Additional: This is my great grandfather

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ID: 9016302

Title: 1891 Census

Description: when and where born

Connected by: Janice122307

URL: http://www.ancestry.co.uk
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Source information

ID: 9016433

Name: Cambridge Independent Press, 18/8/1916

Reference: Cambridgeshire Collection, Cambridge Central Library

Title: Local Casualties (Ely)

Description: List of local casualties for the Isle of Ely.

Connected by: Joanna19174

Additional: Name, area of residence, regiment and date of death match.

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