Lives of the First World War

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ID: 2526845

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=D3540861
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UPP: GBM/MCI/2529553

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 5521419

Title: Rifleman Albert Fowler, King's (Liverpool) Rifles

Description: Killed in action 5 May 1915, (1st Ypres)

Connected by: Louise21461

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ID: 5521423

Title: Personal Knowledge of Louise Provan

Description: This source of evidence is based on a Member's Personal Knowledge.

Connected by: Louise21461

Additional: This source of evidence is based on a Member's Personal Knowledge.

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ID: 5521451

Title: Rifleman Albert Fowler

Description: 2316, Kings Liverpool Rifles.

Connected by: Louise21461

Additional: This is my grandfather's brother. Family history research has found a good deal of information about his death at Flanders

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ID: 5521476

Name: Baptism Records St Saviour, Liverpool, 1890

Reference: Liverpool city council

Title: Baptism Record

Description: Copy of Baptism Records St Saviour Church, Liverpool 1890 (Albert Fowler's is last record on the page)

Connected by: Louise21461

Additional: This is my great uncle. Our family tree has collated this evidence

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ID: 5521488

Title: A Fowler Menin Gate

Description: Photograph of Albert Fowler's name inscribed on Menin Gate, Ypres. He died in action on 5th May 1915 fighting for Kings (Liverpool) Rifles

Connected by: Louise21461

Additional: This is my grandfather's elder brother. Records relating to his life and death in action are collected in our family tree

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ID: 5521496

Title: Personal Knowledge of Louise Provan

Description: This source of evidence is based on a Member's Personal Knowledge.

Connected by: Louise21461

Additional: This source of evidence is based on a Member's Personal Knowledge.

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ID: 7509493

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/1612885/
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UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/851962

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: 8795583

Title: Albert Fowler KIA here, 5.5.15.

Description: Between Zillebeke and Hill 60, viewed from Larch Wood Cem.

Connected by: Duncan106917

Additional: War diary research places 1/6th King's Liverpool Rifles C company here at the time of Albert's death.

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ID: 9330335

Title: Newspaper obituary for Albert (Bert) Fowler

Description: One of the newspaper clippings kept by Ethel, Bert’s sister.

Connected by: Cheryl65911

Additional: Albert was the brother of my husband’s grandmother, Ethel Fowler.

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ID: 9330362

Title: The wedding of Albert’s sister Ethel

Description: Ethel Fowler married John Haugh in August 1915, the marriage had been postponed due to Albert’s death. Albert’s parents Benjamin and Sarah are seated on the right of the photograph, Sarah is wearing black as she was still in mourning for her son. His other sisters, Gladys and Florence are the bridesmaids and his younger brother, Benjamin is the young boy with glasses on the back row of the photograph.

Connected by: Cheryl65911

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ID: 9330413

Title: Newspaper obituary

Description: An obituary that gave additional information about Albert’s life

Connected by: Cheryl65911

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ID: 9330415

Title: 35 Elm Vale

Description: The house where Albert lived with his family before he went to war.

Connected by: Cheryl65911

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ID: 9330417

Title: Shaw Street, Liverpool

Description: Albert went to school in Shaw Street.

Connected by: Cheryl65911

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ID: 9330418

Title: War Memorial

Description: The war memorial from St Saviours

Connected by: Cheryl65911

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ID: 9330419

Title: A brief history of the 6th Battalion Kings Regimen

Description: A reference to Hill 60

Connected by: Cheryl65911

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ID: 9330420

Title: St Saviours Liverpool

Description: The church that Albert attended.

Connected by: Cheryl65911

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ID: 9330427

Title: National Probate Calendar

Description: Albert bequeathed £292 6s.8d to his father, Benjamin Fowler

Connected by: Cheryl65911

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ID: 9330428

Title: UK, Army Registers of Soldiers’ Effects

Description: Albert’s effects

Connected by: Cheryl65911

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ID: 9330429

Title: Attestation1914

Description: Albert’s Attestation 1914

Connected by: Cheryl65911

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ID: 9330431

Title: British Army WW1Medal Rolls Index Cards

Description: Albert’s Medal Card

Connected by: Cheryl65911

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ID: 9336076

Title: Bell from HMT City of Edinburgh Trawler

Description: This is the bell taken from HMT City of Edinburgh Trawler which transported Albert and his Battalion to France.

Connected by: Cheryl65911

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ID: 9336079

Title: Albert’s signature

Description: Albert’s signature taken from his Attestation

Connected by: Cheryl65911

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ID: 9558003

Title: Liverpool Collegiate, Shaw Street, Liverpool

Description: Albert attended the Collegiate before getting a job.

Connected by: Cheryl65911

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ID: 9558012

Title: The Memorial to the Collegiate Old Boys

Description: Albert’s name can be found on the Liverpool Collegiate Memorial.

Connected by: Cheryl65911