Lives of the First World War

Source information

ID: 275396

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.

UPP: GBM/MCI/0275605

Credit: © The National Archives

Source information

ID: 6248598

Reference: 1891gbc

Title: 1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Anne1202

UPP: GBC/1891/0004596922

Additional: Name, age and birth town all match

Credit: © General Register Office

Source information

ID: 6248606

Reference: wwisd

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

Connected by: Anne1202

UPP: GBM/WWISD/0121124

Additional: Name and military details match also birthplace

Credit: © Naval and Military Press Ltd

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ID: 6249365

Title: Memorial to Amy Beechey and her 5 lost sons

Description: Picture of the memorial to Amy Beechey and the five sons she lost in WW1

Connected by: Anne1202

Additional: Picture courtesy of The Royal Anglian and Royal Lincolnshire Regiment Association

Source information

ID: 7432332

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/698637

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: 7605496

Title: royal east anglian and Lincs Association

Description: biographical details

Connected by: debbie2674

URL: http://www.thelincolnshireregiment.org/beechey.shtml
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Additional: match known details

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ID: 7900364

Name: Lincolnshire Echo, "Five Sons Killed", 21 January 1918

Title: Lincolnshire Echo, "Five Sons Killed", 21 January 1918

Description: Newspaper article re the deaths of five sons of Rev. and Mrs. Beechey, including Bernard Beechey.

Connected by: Hannah21187

Source information

ID: 7900368

Reference: bmd_births

Title: England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription

Connected by: Hannah21187

UPP: BMD/B/1877/2/AZ/000042/331

Additional: Note slight discrepancy of age: 1877 rather than 1878.

Credit: © General Register Office

Source information

ID: 7900369

Reference: 1901gbc

Title: 1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Hannah21187

UPP: GBC/1901/0018755284

Additional: Occupation matches newspaper article.

Credit: © General Register Office

Source information

ID: 7900370

Reference: 1911gbc

Title: 1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Hannah21187

UPP: GBC/1911/RG14/12383/0129/4

Additional: Occupation matches newspaper article.

Credit: © The National Archives

Source information

ID: 7900371

Reference: 1881gbc

Title: 1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Hannah21187

UPP: GBC/1881/0014511783

Credit: © General Register Office

Source information

ID: 7900372

Title: Link to brother's record: Charles Reeve Beechey

Connected by: Hannah21187

URL: https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/275405
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ID: 7900388

Title: Link to brother's record: Leonard Reeve Beechey

Connected by: Hannah21187

URL: https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/275447
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ID: 7900430

Title: Link to brother's record: Eric Reeve Beechey

Connected by: Hannah21187

URL: https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/275412
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ID: 7900436

Title: FreeBMD: Sibling search

Description: Search "Beechey" in Spalding and Lincoln registration districts. Sibling information cross-referenced with census (and sibling census information).

Connected by: Hannah21187

URL: http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl
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ID: 8512302

Title: Photo

Description: Barnard Reeve Beechey. Photo from the Daily Mail 11 Nov 2011. Article about the mother who lost 5 sons in WW1

Connected by: Cynthia60869

Source information

ID: 8555098

Name: see URL

Title: The Beechey Boys Letters

Description: Collection of letters donated by Josephine (Joey) Warren daughter of Edie, a younger sister to the boys.

Connected by: Janet2378

URL: http://www.lincstothepast.com/exhibitions/the-beechey-boys-/the-beechey-boys-letters/63.article
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Additional: also provides a reference to the "Lincs to the Past" website and exhibition(s).

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ID: 8943731

Title: Stamford School

Description: Aerial view of the school

Connected by: Jonathan101862

Additional: From a History of Stamford School by B.L Deed (1954). Thanks to Stamford Endowed Schools for giving kind permission to share.

Source information

ID: 9440317

Name: 1911

Title: UK Army List

Description: 2nd Lieutenant, Dorchester Grammar School OTC

Connected by: Lorraine154945

Source information

ID: 9440328

Title: Letter from Barnard to his mother

Description: Promoted to Lance Sergeant

Connected by: Lorraine154945

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