Lives of the First World War

Source information

ID: 309482

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=D1295133
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UPP: GBM/MCI/0309709

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 7266753

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/567380/
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UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/442441

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

Source information

ID: 7657406

Reference: bmd_births

Title: England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription

Connected by: Nicola12591

UPP: BMD/B/1896/3/AZ/000048/130

Additional: Birth Arthur Benstead. He was aged 21 when he died in 1917.

Credit: © General Register Office

Source information

ID: 7657409

Reference: 1901gbc

Title: 1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Nicola12591

UPP: GBC/1901/0012025865

Additional: In 1901 Arthur was living with his Uncle and Aunt in Swaffham Prior

Credit: © General Register Office

Source information

ID: 7657412

Reference: wwisd

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

Connected by: Nicola12591

UPP: GBM/WWISD/0252871

Credit: © Naval and Military Press Ltd

Source information

ID: 8754448

Title: Arthur Benstead

Description: Picture from Cambridge Weekly News 4 August 1917.

Connected by: Joanna19174

Source information

ID: 8877871

Title: Grave

Description: Grave : Roeux, France, Brown's Copse cemetery

Connected by: Jean-Jacques112459

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