Lives of the First World War

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ID: 3031192

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.

UPP: GBM/MCI/3034307

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 6650186

Reference: wwisd

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

Connected by: Anne1202

UPP: GBM/WWISD/1022558

Additional: Names, military details and date of death match the records held b;y Bristol Cathedral

Credit: © Naval and Military Press Ltd

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ID: 6650192

Reference: bmd_births

Title: England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription

Connected by: Anne1202

UPP: BMD/B/1880/1/AZ/000384/369

Additional: Names, year and place of birth match the records held by Bristol Cathedral

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 6650201

Title: Captain Robert Patrick Miles 1879 - 1914

Description: In the uniform of the Yorkshire Light Infantry

Connected by: Anne1202

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ID: 8554432

Reference: gbm_cwgc_casualties_iwm_ww1

Title: Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Transcription

Connected by: Mark52796

UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/187875

Additional: The names, surname, date of death and military details match records already entered for this officer.

Credit: © Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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ID: 8590397

Reference: gbm_bond_of_sac

Title: British Army, Bond of Sacrifice: Officers Died in the Great War 1914-1916 Transcription

Connected by: Selena49658

UPP: GBM/BONDOFSACRIFICE/864

Credit: © Trustees of the Honourable Artillery Company, London, England

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ID: 8590419

Reference: 1881gbc

Title: 1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Selena49658

UPP: GBC/1881/0011303270

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 8590420

Reference: bmd_marriages

Title: England & Wales marriages 1837-2008 Transcription

Connected by: Selena49658

UPP: BMD/M/1914/1/AZ/000564/068

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 8843196

Name: Vol. 1 Aug-Dec 1914; The Biographies: pg. 267

Title: The Bond of Sacrifice: Robert Patrick Miles

Description: Entry in "The Bond of Sacrifice: a biographical record of all British officers who fell in the Great War".

Connected by: Hannah21187

URL: https://archive.org/stream/bondofsacrificeb01clut#page/266/mode/2up
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ID: 9020281

Title: Bedford Modern School WW1 Memorial

Description: Capt Robert Patrick Miles was educated at Bedford Modern School 1891 - 93 and appears on this memorial.

Connected by: Alexander119331

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ID: 9020282

Title: Headstone Capt R P Miles

Description: Estaires Communal Cemetery.

Connected by: Alexander119331

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ID: 9067878

Title: RMA Sandhurst Register dated December 1898

Description: R P Miles joined RMA Sandhurst in December 1898 and passed out on the 12/8/1899 commissioned in to the Shropshire Light Infantry.

Connected by: Alexander119331

URL: http://archive.sandhurstcollection.co.uk/view/12945/133957/
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Additional: Date of birth and names combined with known history match this to RP Miles.

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ID: 9067983

Title: Marlborough Collage Wiltshire

Description: R P Miles attended Marlborough Collage, Wiltshire during the period January 1894 to December 1897.

Connected by: Alexander119331

URL: http://archive.marlboroughcollege.org/Filename.ashx?systemFileName=%2fDOCS%2fMiles_RP.pdf&origFilename=
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Additional: It is known that RP Miles attended both Bedford Modern School and Marlborough Collage.

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ID: 9185205

Name: Publication date:17 March 1901 Issue:27293 Page:1767

Title: London Gazette - Appointed Lt, 1901

Description: The King's (Shropshire Light Infantry), Second Lieutenant R. P. Miles to be Lieutenant, vice A. T. C. Rundle. Dated 30th January, 1901.

Connected by: Alexander119331

URL: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/27293/page/1767
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Additional: Above details match.

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ID: 9185206

Name: Publication date:7 February 1908 Issue:28107 Page:900

Title: London Gazette - Appointed Army Staff, Gymnasia 1907

Description: ARMY STAFF. To be a Superintendent of Gymnasia. Lieutenant R. P. Miles, Shropshire Light Infantry. Dated 8th October, 1907.

Connected by: Alexander119331

URL: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/28107/page/900
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Additional: Above details match.

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ID: 9185215

Name: Publication date:4 May 1909 Issue:28247 Page:3389

Title: London Gazette - Appointed Captain 1909

Description: The King's (Shropshire Light Infantry), The undermentioned Lieutenants to be Captains. Dated 6th March, 1909:— Robert P. Miles,

Connected by: Alexander119331

URL: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/28247/page/3389
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Additional: Above details match.

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ID: 9185229

Reference: bmd_overseas_marriages_1

Title: British armed forces and overseas banns and marriages Transcription

Connected by: Alexander119331

UPP: BMD/OVS/ARM2/000106/117

Additional: Above details match.

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ID: 9185233

Title: OBMs Serving in the Forces 1914-15

Description: Bedford Modern School published this booklet in 1915 listing staff and alumni serving. R P Miles is annotated as "Fallen" and appears as "Shropshire L.I. attached to Irish Rifles."

Connected by: Alexander119331

Additional: Above details match.

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ID: 9185240

Name: Publication date:11 February 1913 Issue:28689 Page:1063

Title: London Gazette - notification of imported dogs for R P Miles, 1913

Description: DISEASES OF ANIMALS ACTS, 1894 TO 1911. BOARD OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES. 3rd February, 1913 - . Subject. Imported dogs belonging to (1) Lieutenant-Colonel K. P. Maxwell; (2) Captain R. P. Miles; and (3) Captain J. W. L. Scott

Connected by: Alexander119331

URL: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/28689/page/1063
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Additional: Above details match. Capt R P Miles married in India. This suggests his return to the UK.

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ID: 9364884

Title: 1914 Star

Description: 1914 Star, similar to the one which would have been awarded to Robert Miles.

Connected by: Vincent96527

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ID: 9364896

Title: Estaires Communal Cemetery and Extension, Nord 1

Description: Estaires Communal Cemetery and Extension, Nord, France where Robert Miles is honoured and buried.

Connected by: Vincent96527

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ID: 9364897

Title: Estaires Communal Cemetery and Extension, Nord 2

Description: Estaires Communal Cemetery and Extension, Nord, France where Robert Miles is honoured and buried.

Connected by: Vincent96527

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