Lives of the First World War

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ID: 260779

Reference: WO372/2

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=D1246403
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UPP: GBM/MCI/0260979

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 9304215

Name: ISBN 978-1-8621812-6-7

Reference: Huddersfield Central Library

Title: Huddersfield’s Roll of Honour: 1914-1922

Description: A book detailing the 3,439 servicemen of Huddersfield and district who gave their lives during the First World War

Connected by: Holmfirth126389

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ID: 9304218

Name: ISBN 978-0-9569814-6-2

Reference: Huddersfield Central Library

Title: Dark Hours 1916 – A Valley at War

Description: A book illustrating how the First World War affected local events and people in the Holme Valley in West Yorkshire during 1916

Connected by: Holmfirth126389

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ID: 9304219

Name: Holmfirth Express 30 September 1916

Reference: Huddersfield Central Library

Title: Holmfirth Express 30 September 1916

Description: Report of missing after action

Connected by: Holmfirth126389

Source information

ID: 9304232

Name: Baptism Record

Title: Ancestry.co.uk

Description: Baptism Record showing date of birth

Connected by: Holmfirth126389

URL: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/2252/32355_248896-01441?pid=8157996&backurl=https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv%3D1%26dbid%3D2252%26h%3D8157996%26tid%3D%26pid%3D%26usePUB%3Dtrue%26_phsrc%3Dgje3580%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=gje3580&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true
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ID: 9304245

Title: Baptism Record from Ancestry.co.uk

Description: Baptism record showing date of birth and spelling of his name.

Connected by: Holmfirth126389

Source information

ID: 9370163

Title: Freddy Beardsell

Description: In uniform after enlisting

Connected by: Holmfirth126389

Source information

ID: 9495684

Name: Local Newspaper

Reference: Huddersfield Central Library, Holmfirth Library

Title: Holmfirth Express 7 July 1917

Description: Article reporting confirmation of the death of Freddie Beardsell

Connected by: Holmfirth126389

Source information

ID: 9537796

Title: Upperthong Memorial Plaque

Description: The Upperthong Memorial Plaque in St John's Church, Upperthong, West Yorkshire

Connected by: Vivien1174

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birth
burial
children
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death
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education
employment
enlistment
events
hospitalisation
internment
location
marriage
missing
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