Lives of the First World War

Source information

ID: 2521060

Reference: WO372/7

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=D3535074
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UPP: GBM/MCI/2523766

Credit: © The National Archives

Source information

ID: 6156922

Reference: wwisd

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

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UPP: GBM/WWISD/0241526

Additional: The regiment is same, first names fit, and surname nearly fits.Service number is different, but the number on the medal index begins '7/' which bits with the battallion

Credit: © Naval and Military Press Ltd

Source information

ID: 6156923

Title: Commonwealth War Graves site

Description: Gives details including memorial where his name is listed.

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URL: http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1557384/FORSTER,%20JOHN%20EDWARD
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Additional: Details fit army death record, except that name here given as Forster rather than Foster

Source information

ID: 6156926

Reference: 1911gbc

Title: 1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

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UPP: GBC/1911/RG14/31058/0443/6

Additional: Names fit, as do family details as recorded on CWG site

Credit: © The National Archives

Source information

ID: 6156927

Reference: 1901gbc

Title: 1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

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UPP: GBC/1901/0029230165

Additional: Names fit, as do family details as recorded on CWG site

Credit: © General Register Office

Source information

ID: 7483757

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/1557384/
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UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/800547

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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