Lives of the First World War

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ID: 3159184

Reference: WO372/14

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=D4173722
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UPP: GBM/MCI/3162413

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 6194000

Title: Private Robert Lamb Muir S/4229 Gordon Highlanders

Description: In dress uniform of the Gordon Highlanders shortly after joining.

Connected by: Margot35677

Additional: This is my great uncle. The photo was given to me by my uncle. It is in a family collection about my parents' family history.

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ID: 6194282

Title: A young R L Muir

Description: In a formal family photo

Connected by: Margot35677

Additional: My great uncle, Robert, a boy of about eight around 1900.

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ID: 6194501

Title: Robert Lamb Muir, early WW1.

Description: A formal colour photograph of a newly enlisted young Robert L Muir

Connected by: Margot35677

Source information

ID: 6632038

Reference: 1901gbc

Title: 1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Margot35677

UPP: GBC/1901/0036805240

Additional: All the names and dates match and family members details are the same as those in our own family records.

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 6643179

Title: CWGC details of casualties and war graves at Abbeville Communal Cemetery

Description: Record of casualties and war grave locations including that of Private R L Muir in Abbeville Communal Cemetery

Connected by: Margot35677

URL: http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead.aspx?cpage=34
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Additional: The personal and military details recorded here are consistent with our family records.

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ID: 6643188

Title: Casualty details and CWGC archive for S/4229 Private Robert Lamb Muir

Description: Personal, family and military details of the death of S/4229 Private R L Muir including grave registration and headstone inscription information.

Connected by: Margot35677

URL: http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/76204/MUIR,%20R%20L
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Additional: The personal and military details of this soldier match the family information we have retained over the years.

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ID: 7020364

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/76204/
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UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/2933

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: 9070444

Reference: wwisd

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

Connected by: Guy74824

UPP: GBM/WWISD/0036903

Credit: © Naval and Military Press Ltd

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