Lives of the First World War

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ID: 2418803

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/2421438

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 8738223

Reference: bmd_deaths

Title: England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 Transcription

Connected by: Catherine91214

UPP: BMD/D/1972/2/AZ/000335/032

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 8738224

Reference: anguline_school_ImageUppId

Title: School & university registers Image

Connected by: Catherine91214

UPP: ANGUL/ARA101/0372

Credit: Courtesy of Findmypast

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ID: 9229839

Name: website accessed 30.04.2018

Title: Biography of Macormack Easmon

Description: Biography with photos researched by Bill Hern. Copyright (c) 2016 Historycal Roots.

Connected by: Deborah102878

URL: http://historycalroots.com/macormack-charles-farrell-easmon
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ID: 9229843

Reference: anguline_school_ImageUppId

Title: School & university registers Image

Connected by: Deborah102878

UPP: ANGUL/ARA101/0315

Credit: Courtesy of Findmypast

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ID: 9229847

Reference: 1911gbc

Title: 1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Deborah102878

UPP: GBC/1911/RG14/00147/1071/4

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 9229848

Title: Remembrance

Description: poppies

Connected by: Deborah102878

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ID: 9418341

Name: National Archives

Title: West Africa and the First World War

Description: Extensive file with mp3 audio over 20 minutes duration. "Macormack Charles Farrell Easmon was the first, if not the only black African to serve as an officer in the First World War. M.C.F., or Charlie as he was known, was born in 1890 to Sierra Leonean parents in Accra, Gold Coast (now Ghana). He was raised in London and educated at Colet Court School and Epsom College. He completed his medical studies with stellar grades at St. Mary’s Hospital and the London School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Yet on the basis of his skin color he was refused entry into the West African Medical Staff and was relegated to the position of ‘Native Medical Officer’.

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URL: https://media.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php/west-africa-first-world-war/
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Additional: Matches full name.

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ID: 9418434

Name: Publication date:16 May 1916 Issue:29583 Page:4855

Title: The London Gazette

Description: "The undermentioned to be temp. Lts. whilst empld. with the W. Afr. Frontier Force 13th Nov. 1914 Macormack Charles Farrell Easmon "

Connected by: Jonathan101862

URL: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29583/page/4855
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Additional: Matches full name, regiment and the military rank of Lieutenant.

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ID: 9418444

Name: Publication date:29 December 1953 Supplement:40053 Page:24

Title: The London Gazette

Description: Macormack Charles Farrell EASMON, Esq., M.D., Senior Medical Officer, Sierra Leone.

Connected by: Jonathan101862

URL: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/40053/supplement/24
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Additional: Matches full name.

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ID: 9418452

Name: Wikipedia

Title: Macormack Charles Farrell Easmon

Description: Biographical with photograph.

Connected by: Jonathan101862

URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macormack_Charles_Farrell_Easmon
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Additional: "Macormack Charles Farrell Easmon, OBE (11 April 1890 – 2 May 1972) matches full name, date of birth and year of death.

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ID: 9418482

Name: Sierra Leone Heritage

Title: MCF Easmon

Description: Biography with photograph. "One of the most significant figures in the preservation and promotion of Sierra Leonean’s cultural heritage is Dr. M.C.F. Easmon (1890-1972). "

Connected by: Jonathan101862

URL: http://www.sierraleoneheritage.org/sites/easmon/
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Additional: Looks like a very full biography with photograph.

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ID: 9418491

Title: M.C.F. Easmon

Description: Giving a speech at the opening of the Sierra Leone Museum.

Connected by: Jonathan101862

Additional: No indication of copyright though maybe polite to ask before using it as the profile picture. On the other hand, it does represent his heritage, so I really hope we can use it.

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ID: 9419689

Title: Nkrumah Statue, Accra

Description: Stamps first issued in 1959 to celebrate independence. No postmark, so unable to date further.

Connected by: Jonathan101862

Additional: Matches place of birth.

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ID: 9419696

Title: Ghana stamp

Description: Unable to date.

Connected by: Jonathan101862

Additional: Matches country of birth.

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ID: 9419782

Title: 3d Ghana Stamp

Description: "Gye Nyame".

Connected by: Jonathan101862

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ID: 9419851

Name: Wikipedia

Title: Sierra Leone National Museum

Description: "The Sierra Leone National Museum is the national museum of Sierra Leone. The museum is located at the junction of Siaka Stevens Street and Pademba Road in central Freetown, the capital of the country."

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URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra_Leone_National_Museum
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Additional: Place of speech in December 1957.

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ID: 9419865

Name: Wikipedia

Title: Postage stamps and postal history of Ghana

Description: "a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Ghana, known as the Gold Coast before independence."

Connected by: Jonathan101862

URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Ghana
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Additional: Relates to place of birth and history.

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ID: 9419873

Name: BBC on this day.

Title: 1957: Ghana celebrates independence

Description: History - but please see in context "Ghana was the first black African country to become independent."

Connected by: Jonathan101862

URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/6/newsid_2515000/2515459.stm
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Additional: Relates to place of birth.

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ID: 9419949

Name: Editor: John Birchall

Title: The Journal of Sierra Leone Studies

Description: Extensive - including the segregated West African Medical Staff was finally desegregated and re-organised as the Colonial Medical Service in 1943,232 a development for which Easmon could justly claim substantial credit. 91 pages, full of photographs, maps, references.

Connected by: Jonathan101862

URL: http://thejournalofsierraleonestudies.com/downloads/Version6.pdf
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Additional: For example an article "Lieutenant Macormack Charles Farrell Easmon: A Sierra Leonean Medical Officer in the First World WarBy Nigel Browne-Davies".

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