Lives of the First World War

Type	Name
First Names	John Colin
Initials	JC
Last Name	Larkins
Source	2622309

Gender	Source
Male

Address	Country	Type	Date	Source
Chester Road, Sutton Coldfield, Warks	United Kingdom	parents address	known 31st March 1901
Mayfield Road, Penn Road, Erdington, Warks	United Kingdom	parents address	known 2nd April 1911

Service	Number	Unit	Section	Rank	Source
British Army	1062	Royal Warwickshire Regiment		Private
British Army		Royal Warwickshire Regiment	15th Battalion	Lieutenant

Name	Relationship	Dates	Source
Emily Laura Larkins	mother
Charles John Cooper Larkins	father

Name	Relationship	Dates
Lorna Alice Larkins	sister	1889
Doris Emily Larkins	sister	1890
Denis Frank Larkins	brother	1895
Kathleen Olga Larkins	sister	1897
Alison Mary Larkins	sister	1898
Marjorie Deborah Larkins	sister	1902
Eileen Margaret Larkins	sister	1903

Title	Connected by	More information
Medal Index Card
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records	Imperial1
Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 Transcription	Andrew10867
Birmingham City Battalions 1914-1918 Transcription	Andrew10867
Birmingham City Battalions 1914-1918 Transcription	Andrew10867
1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription	Andrew10867
England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription	Andrew10867
1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription	Andrew10867

Reference	Connected by	More information
Baptism	Andrew10867
Old Edwardians Inside Gazette	Andrew10867
Probate	Andrew10867
King Edwards Roll of Honour	Andrew10867

Title	Connected by	More information
A soldier of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment	David1424
Headstone	Andrew10867
Birmingham Officer Killed	Andrew10867
Lieut J Colin Larkins	Andrew10867
Old Edwardians Roll of Service	Andrew10867

ID: 2622309

Reference: WO372/12

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=D3636387
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UPP: GBM/MCI/2625079

Credit: © The National Archives

ID: 7198124

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/284667/
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UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/202872

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

ID: 7956111

Title: A soldier of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment

Connected by: David1424

ID: 9093377

Reference: wwisd

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

Connected by: Andrew10867

UPP: GBM/WWISD/1009379

Additional: Name and date of death match

Credit: © Naval and Military Press Ltd

ID: 9093379

Reference: gbm_bir_pals

Title: Birmingham City Battalions 1914-1918 Transcription

Connected by: Andrew10867

UPP: GBM/BIR-PALS/2146

Additional: Name, rank and regiment match

Credit: Courtesy of Findmypast

ID: 9093380

Reference: gbm_bir_pals

Title: Birmingham City Battalions 1914-1918 Transcription

Connected by: Andrew10867

UPP: GBM/BIR-PALS/1776

Additional: Name, rank and regiment match

Credit: Courtesy of Findmypast

ID: 9093384

Reference: 1911gbc

Title: 1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Andrew10867

UPP: GBC/1911/RG14/18376/0603/5

Additional: Name, age and parents names match

Credit: © The National Archives

ID: 9093518

Reference: bmd_births

Title: England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription

Connected by: Andrew10867

UPP: BMD/B/1894/4/AZ/000343/225

Additional: Name, age and place of birth match

Credit: © General Register Office

ID: 9093519

Reference: 1901gbc

Title: 1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Andrew10867

UPP: GBC/1901/0017247594

Additional: Name, age and family details match

Credit: © General Register Office

ID: 9093522

Title: Baptism

Description: Sutton Coldfield Warks, 1 Mar 1896 Lorna Alice, Charles John Cooper & Emily Laura, Larkins, Manor Hill Sutton Coldfield, Wholesale Warehouseman Doris Emily, Charles John Cooper & Emily Laura, Larkins, Manor Hill Sutton Coldfield, Wholesale Warehouseman John Colin, Charles John Cooper & Emily Laura, Larkins, Manor Hill Sutton Coldfield, Wholesale Warehouseman Dennis Frank, Charles John Cooper & Emily Laura, Larkins, Manor Hill Sutton Coldfield, Wholesale Warehouseman

Connected by: Andrew10867

URL: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/2446/4292078_00022?pid=3646674&backurl=https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db%3DWarwickCoEBaptisms%26h%3D3646674%26indiv%3Dtry%26o_vc%3DRecord:OtherRecord%26rhSource%3D2352&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&usePUBJs=true
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Additional: Name and family details match

ID: 9093524

Title: Headstone

Description: From Find a Grave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56711444/john-colin-larkins

Connected by: Andrew10867

ID: 9093528

Title: Birmingham Officer Killed

Description: From Birmingham Mail June 9, 1916

Connected by: Andrew10867

ID: 9093530

Title: Lieut J Colin Larkins

Description: From Birmingham Mail June 9, 1916

Connected by: Andrew10867

ID: 9093536

Title: Old Edwardians Roll of Service

Description: Old Edwardians Roll of Service, King Edwards School, Edgbaston, Birmingham

Connected by: Andrew10867

ID: 9093567

Name: Issue 295 2016

Title: Old Edwardians Inside Gazette

Description: Lieutenant John Colin Larkins 22 September 1894-4 June 1916 15th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Commemorated on King Edward's Square Memorial, Sutton Coldfield and buried in Faubourg D'Amiens Cemetary, France Killed, alongside six other men in a dugout in Arras when ti was hit by an 11-inch armour-piercing shell.

Connected by: Andrew10867

Additional: Name and date of death match

ID: 9100398

Title: Probate

Description: 1916. LARKINS John Colin of Mayfield House Penns Lane Sutton Coldfield Warwickshire first Lieutenant 15th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment died 4 June 1916 in action in France Administration Birmingham 2 September to Charles John Cooper Larkins wholesale draper. Effects £160 11s 10d

Connected by: Andrew10867

URL: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/1904/31874_222963-00025?pid=5453644&backurl=https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db%3DUKProbateCal%26h%3D5453644%26indiv%3Dtry%26o_vc%3DRecord:OtherRecord%26rhSource%3D2352&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&usePUBJs=true
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Additional: Name and date of death match

ID: 9152667

Title: King Edwards Roll of Honour

Description: John Colin Larkins, born on 22nd September 1894, was admitted to King Edward’s School in September 1907....

Connected by: Andrew10867

URL: https://kes.org.uk/RollofHonour/biogs/larkins-john-colin.html
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Additional: Name and date of death match

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