Lives of the First World War

Source information

ID: 315054

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=D1300717
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UPP: GBM/MCI/0315293

Credit: © The National Archives

Source information

ID: 6637689

Reference: gbm_mci

Title: Medal Index Cards Transcription

Connected by: Helen29195

UPP: GBM/MCI/5182048

Additional: The surname and first name match, along with the military regiment.

Credit: © The National Archives

Source information

ID: 6637693

Reference: bmd_deaths

Title: England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 Transcription

Connected by: Helen29195

UPP: BMD/D/1920/1/AZ/000079/076

Additional: The surname and first name match, along with the details on cwgc stating his death was in 1920.

Credit: © General Register Office

Source information

ID: 6637698

Reference: 1911gbc

Title: 1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Helen29195

UPP: GBC/1911/RG14/18646/0319/1

Additional: The surname and first name match, along with the being in Shirley, Solihull.

Credit: © The National Archives

Source information

ID: 6637701

Reference: 1881gbc

Title: 1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Helen29195

UPP: GBC/1881/0003732241

Additional: The surname and first name match.

Credit: © General Register Office

Source information

ID: 6637704

Reference: 1891gbc

Title: 1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Helen29195

UPP: GBC/1891/0004586352

Additional: The surname and first name match.

Credit: © General Register Office

Source information

ID: 6637707

Reference: 1901gbc

Title: 1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Helen29195

UPP: GBC/1901/0005687599

Additional: The surname and first name match, along with training to be a doctor?

Credit: © General Register Office

Source information

ID: 6642581

Name: Friday 9 January 1920 pg 5

Title: Newspaper article from 'East Kent News'

Description: Description of Charles Bernays death, article title: Sudden death of Hospital House Surgeon.

Connected by: Helen29195

URL: http://search.findmypast.co.uk/bna/viewarticle?id=bl%2f0000330%2f19200109%2f027
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Additional: The surname and first name match along his job and details of his war efforts.

Source information

ID: 6642589

Name: 16 January 1920, pg5

Title: Newspaper article from the 'Dover Express'

Description: Article about the funeral of Charles Bernays entitled: Funeral of the Dover Hospital Surgeon.

Connected by: Helen29195

URL: http://search.findmypast.co.uk/bna/viewarticle?id=bl%2f0000330%2f19200116%2f034
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Additional: The surname and first match, along with the fact this funeral follows his death, reported earlier in the same year.

Source information

ID: 7103047

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/75230228/
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UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/1078213

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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