Lives of the First World War

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ID: 2914848

Reference: WO372/13

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=D3929170
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UPP: GBM/MCI/2917862

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 7364184

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/654033/
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UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/521396

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Credit: © Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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ID: 8788102

Title: Caribbean Roll of Honour Website Entry on 6829 Cyril Mapson

Connected by: Keith22624

URL: http://caribbeanrollofhonour-ww1-ww2.yolasite.com/bwir-m.php
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ID: 8788105

Title: British West Indies Regiment Cap Badge

Connected by: Keith22624

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ID: 8788340

Title: The Long Long Trail website on The British West Indies Regiment

Connected by: Keith22624

URL: http://www.1914-1918.net/britishwestindiesregiment.html
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ID: 8788361

Title: Private Cyril Mapson's Grave - From the Find a Grave Website

Connected by: Keith22624

URL: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Mapson&GSbyrel=in&GSdyrel=in&GSob=n&GRid=22750163&
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ID: 8788369

Title: Private Cyril Mapson's Gravestone

Connected by: Keith22624

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ID: 8788370

Title: Detail From Private Cyril Mapson's Gravestone

Connected by: Keith22624

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ID: 8935160

Title: Cenotaph at St. Georges, Grenada

Description: Cyril Mapson

Connected by: Deborah102878

Additional: photo courtesy of Beverley A Steele, Resident Tutor/Head School for Continuing Studies, Grenada Centre, University of West Indies 2002

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ID: 8935708

Title: website 'How Grenada Won World War II' by Beverley A. Steele

Description: website 'How Grenada Won World War II' by Beverley A. Steele - Resident Tutor/Head School for Continuing Studies, Grenada Centre

Connected by: Keith22624

URL: http://www.open.uwi.edu/sites/default/files/bnccde/grenada/conference/papers/Steele.html
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ID: 8935712

Title: Detail From St. George's Grenada War Memorial

Description: War memorial at the Botanic Gardens, St. George's Grenada with all due credit to website 'How Grenada Won World War II' by Beverley A. Steele - Resident Tutor/Head School for Continuing Studies, Grenada Centre (which does not claim copyright).

Connected by: Keith22624

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ID: 8935899

Title: Ever conscious of God we aspire, build and advance

Description: Grenada

Connected by: Deborah102878

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ID: 8937634

Title: Website – The Caribbean’s Great War

Description: Website – The Caribbean’s Great War – includes access to the War Diary of the 1st Battalion of the British West Indies Regiment with which Cyril Mapson served. [The diary is copyright of the West India Committee].

Connected by: Keith22624

URL: http://westindiacommittee.org/caribbeansgreatwar/archives/
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ID: 8951634

Title: Ramleh War Cemetery, Israel - 1

Description: Ramleh War Cemetery, Israel, where Cyril Mapson is buried.

Connected by: Vincent96527

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ID: 8951636

Title: Ramleh War Cemetery, Israel - 2

Description: Ramleh War Cemetery, Israel, where Cyril Mapson is buried.

Connected by: Vincent96527

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ID: 8951637

Title: Ramleh War Cemetery, Israel - 3

Description: Ramleh War Cemetery, Israel, where Cyril Mapson is buried.

Connected by: Vincent96527

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ID: 8951645

Title: Ramleh War Cemetery, Israel - 4

Description: Ramleh War Cemetery, Israel, where Cyril Mapson is buried.

Connected by: Vincent96527

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ID: 8951647

Title: Ramleh War Cemetery, Israel - 5

Description: Ramleh War Cemetery, Israel, where Cyril Mapson is buried.

Connected by: Vincent96527

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ID: 9353478

Name: Ancestry

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

Description: National Army Museum; Chelsea, London, England; Soldiers' Effects Records, 1901-60; NAM Accession Number: 1991-02-333; Record Number Ranges: 970001-971500; Reference: 598

Connected by: Deborah102878

URL: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/60506/42511_6129999_0195-00282/871089?backurl=&ssrc=&backlabel=Return
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ID: 9353479

Name: Ancestry

Title: UK, Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929 (2)

Description: National Army Museum; Chelsea, London, England; Soldiers' Effects Records, 1901-60; NAM Accession Number: 1991-02-333; Record Number Ranges: 884501-886000; Reference: 541

Connected by: Deborah102878

URL: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/60506/42511_6129999_0167-00189?pid=278390&backurl=https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc%3DAkp18195%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource%26usePUBJs%3Dtrue%26indiv%3D1%26db%3Dukarmyregisterseffects%26cp%3D0%26msddy%3D1918%26msddy_x%3D1%26msddm%3D10%26msddm_x%3D1%26_F00061C3%3DBritish%2520West%2520Indies%26_F00061C3_x%3D1%26new%3D1%26redir%3Dfalse%26uidh%3Duvj%26gss%3Dangs-d%26rank%3D1%26pcat%3D39%26fh%3D56%26h%3D278390%26recoff%3D%26fsk%3DBEGdVAEIgADsWgAF7xo-61-%26bsk%3D%26pgoff%3D%26ml_rpos%3D57&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=Akp18195&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true
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ID: 9353481

Name: WO 329; Piece Number: 2326

Title: UK, WWI Service Medal and Award Rolls, 1914-1920

Description: The National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; WWI Service Medal and Award Rolls; Class: WO 329; Piece Number: 2326

Connected by: Deborah102878

URL: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/5119/41629_626640_11941-00266/3594072?backurl=&ssrc=&backlabel=Return
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