Lives of the First World War

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ID: 2535957

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=D3549977
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UPP: GBM/MCI/2538669

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 6148662

Reference: gbm_wo363-4

Title: British Army Service Records 1914-1920 Transcription

Connected by: Bridget3206

UPP: GBM/WO363-4/7306475/13/348

Additional: He is named on the memorial in North Bradley, where he was born.

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 6148666

Reference: bmd_births

Title: England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription

Connected by: Bridget3206

UPP: BMD/B/1892/3/AZ/000205/014

Additional: The only birth of relevant name in appropriate District

Credit: © General Register Office

Source information

ID: 6148669

Reference: wwisd

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

Connected by: Bridget3206

UPP: GBM/WWISD/0583337

Additional: There is only one Walter Foyle born in North Bradley known to have died in WW1

Credit: © Naval and Military Press Ltd

Source information

ID: 6148670

Reference: gbm_wo363-4

Title: British Army Service Records 1914-1920 Transcription

Connected by: Bridget3206

UPP: GBM/WO363-4/7306475/13/337

Additional: Only one Walter Foyle born in North Bradley in WW1 Army records

Credit: © The National Archives

Source information

ID: 6148681

Reference: 1901gbc

Title: 1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Bridget3206

UPP: GBC/1901/0012865046

Additional: Only one Walter Foyle born in North Bradley in WW1 Army records, this one right age

Credit: © General Register Office

Source information

ID: 6148686

Reference: 1911gbc

Title: 1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Bridget3206

UPP: GBC/1911/RG14/12125/0121/1

Additional: Only one Walter Foyle born in North Bradley in WW1 Army records, this one right age

Credit: © The National Archives

Source information

ID: 6148702

Reference: bmd_overseas_deaths_arr1

Title: GRO WAR DEATHS ARMY OTHER RANKS (1914 to1921) Transcription

Connected by: Bridget3206

UPP: BMD/OVS/ARR1/001280/098

Additional: Previously established Walter foyle was Rifleman

Credit: © General Register Office

Source information

ID: 6154640

Reference: 1891gbc

Title: 1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Bridget3206

UPP: GBC/1891/0011609945

Additional: This census was approximately a year before Walter Foyle was born. It includes his grandmother and the two brothers who match the family Walter Foyle was found in, in the same location as in later censuses.

Credit: © General Register Office

Source information

ID: 6154651

Name: Walter Foyle, North Bradley War Memorial

Title: Wiltshire Soldiers

Description: Researched from primary sources by Richard Broadhead, this web page includes details such as Service Number, place of birth, date of death.

Connected by: Bridget3206

URL: http://www.wiltshiresoldiers.co.uk/item-detail/?id={FEBE67EE-3107-4D41-88D6-81D170E780E4}
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Additional: Names, year and place of birth, service number all match

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ID: 6171255

Title: Personal Knowledge of Vivien Birch

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

Connected by: Bridget3206

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

Source information

ID: 6173242

Title: North Bradley WW1 memorial

Description: The plaque In St Nicholas Church, North Bradley. an identical plaque is in the Baptist Church.

Connected by: Bridget3206

Source information

ID: 7238073

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/451148/
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UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/337610

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: 8477488

Reference: bmd_deaths

Title: England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 Transcription

Connected by: Bridget3206

UPP: BMD/D/1929/3/AZ/000291/013

Additional: Names, age and geographical area match Walter Foyle's mother.

Credit: © General Register Office

Source information

ID: 8538417

Reference: 1911gbc

Title: 1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Bridget3206

UPP: GBC/1911/RG14/11989/0171/4

Additional: Connects family names of Foyle and Gibbons, as his now married mother (Gibbons, named in other records) is living with her widowed (Foyle) mother, along with her own husband and children. Also matches location (North Bradley).

Credit: © The National Archives

Source information

ID: 8904532

Reference: 1881gbc

Title: 1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Bridget3206

UPP: GBC/1881/0009387446

Additional: Mother known to be Elizabeth Foyle from CWGC, only one of right age in area she and son associated with.

Credit: © General Register Office

Source information

ID: 9074253

Name: NAM, London; Soldiers' Effects Recs; Acc. No. 1991-02-333; Rec. No. Ranges 250001-251500; Ref: 119

Title: Ancestry - UK, Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929

Description: Image of page of Register of Soldiers' Effects showing Walter Foyle, 8th Rifle Brigade.

Connected by: Bridget3206

URL: https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc=XOg1674&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&indiv=1&db=UKArmyRegistersEffects&gss=angs-d&new=1&rank=1&gsfn=walter&gsfn_x=NP_NN&gsln=foyle&gsln_x=0&msddd=9&msddm=12&msddy=1915&_F8007A65=10461&_F00061C3=rifle%20brigade&MSAV=1&uidh=a0g&pcat=39&fh=0&h=491516&recoff=3%204%2067%2068&ml_rpos=1
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Additional: Name and military details match.

Source information

ID: 9264218

Name: WO 95/1895/1

Reference: The National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, England

Title: War Diary of 8th Battalion Rifle Brigade

Description: War Diary of Walter Foyle's unit.

Connected by: Bridget3206

Additional: War Diary of Walter Foyle's unit.

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