Lives of the First World War

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ID: 2582099

Reference: WO372/10

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/2584840

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 7305921

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/448337

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: 9460020

Name: ISBN 978-1-909817-27-2

Reference: Personal Copy purchased at St Werburgh's RC Church, Chester

Title: "We Shall Remember Them"

Description: Biography

Connected by: Harper140899

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ID: 9533813

Title: CWGC for John Ernest Harrison Jankinson

Description: Web site provides evidence of date of birth and location of grave

Connected by: John141401

URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24366824
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ID: 9533832

Title: 1911 Census

Description: Census provides names and ages of parents and siblings

Connected by: John141401

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ID: 9533881

Title: British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards

Description: Medal Roll Index Card provides evidence of date of entry into theatre of war

Connected by: John141401

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ID: 9533898

Title: Pension Record Card for James Ernest Harrison Jankinson

Description: Record card provides evidence that John's father served with the 23rd battalion, Cheshire Regiment

Connected by: John141401

URL: https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=61588&h=990452&ssrc=pt&tid=158374978&pid=302077924910&usePUB=true
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ID: 9534051

Title: British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards 1914-1920

Description: Medal Roll Index Card provides evidence that Arthur Harrison Hankinson, one of John's younger brothers also served in the Great War

Connected by: John141401

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ID: 9534075

Title: John E H Jankinson in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1837-1915

Description: Record provides evidence of marriage to Elizabeth Harnott

Connected by: John141401

URL: https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=8913&h=15533513&ssrc=pt&tid=158374978&pid=302077924909&usePUB=true
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ID: 9534140

Title: England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915 for Kathleen E H Jankinson

Description: Civil Registration proves Kathleen's birth was registered Q2 1915. The 1939 England and Wales Register shows the date of birth as 1 Jun 1915.

Connected by: John141401

URL: https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/8912/ONS_B19152AZ-0794/14430549?backurl=https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/158374978/person/302077925113/facts/citation/902105427737/edit/record
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ID: 9544434

Title: Great War Memorial in St. Werburgh's, Chester

Description: New Great War Memorial in St. Werburgh's RC Church, Chester. The memorial was dedicated on 6th November 2018. Biographies of the men who are remembered on this memorial can be found in the 2015 book “We Shall Remember Them”.

Connected by: Harper140899

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