Lives of the First World War

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ID: 324485

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.

UPP: GBM/MCI/0324732

Credit: © The National Archives

Source information

ID: 6992494

Reference: gbm_wo363-4

Title: British Army Service Records 1914-1920 Transcription

Connected by: Linda571

UPP: GBM/WO363-4/7309633/8/143

Additional: Names and military details match seed data.

Credit: © The National Archives

Source information

ID: 6992495

Reference: wwisd

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

Connected by: Linda571

UPP: GBM/WWISD/0558319

Additional: Names and military details match seed data.

Credit: © Naval and Military Press Ltd

Source information

ID: 6992498

Reference: 1911gbc

Title: 1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Linda571

UPP: GBC/1911/RG14/27616/0627/1

Additional: Name and place of birth match SDGW entry.

Credit: © The National Archives

Source information

ID: 6992501

Reference: bmd_marriages

Title: England & Wales marriages 1837-2008 Transcription

Connected by: Linda571

UPP: BMD/M/1908/2/AZ/000033/225

Additional: We know his wife's name is Priscilla from the 1911 census.

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 6992503

Reference: gbm_wo363-4

Title: British Army Service Records 1914-1920 Transcription

Connected by: Linda571

UPP: GBM/WO363-4/7287288/45/1016

Additional: Names and military details match seed data.

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 6992504

Reference: gbm_wo363-4

Title: British Army Service Records 1914-1920 Transcription

Connected by: Linda571

UPP: GBM/WO363-4/7287288/45/1020

Additional: Names and military details match other service records for this man.

Credit: © The National Archives

Source information

ID: 6992508

Reference: 1911gbc

Title: 1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Linda571

UPP: GBC/1911/RG14/27361/0319/4

Additional: This is the 1911 census return for Edwin's father. Names and place match that declared by Priscilla, Edwin's widow, on the next of kin form in 1919.

Credit: © The National Archives

Source information

ID: 6992509

Reference: bmd_marriages

Title: England & Wales marriages 1837-2008 Transcription

Connected by: Linda571

UPP: BMD/M/1918/1/AZ/000078/138

Additional: We know Priscilla remarries from her surname on the next of kin form. But that looked like Pickering ...

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 6992510

Reference: bmd_marriages

Title: England & Wales marriages 1837-2008 Transcription

Connected by: Linda571

UPP: BMD/M/1884/1/AZ/000021/350

Additional: This is the marriage of Edwin's parents.

Credit: © General Register Office

Source information

ID: 6992511

Title: Marriage Entry for James and Bathsheba Fox

Description: Link to Ancestry West Yorkshire Parish Records

Connected by: Linda571

URL: http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/2253/32355_249111-01019/5834650?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.co.uk%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3fdb%3dwyorkcoemarriage%26so%3d2%26pcat%3dROOT_CATEGORY%26MS_AdvCB%3d1%26rank%3d1%26new%3d1%26MSAV%3d2%26msT%3d1%26gss%3dangs-g%26gsfn_x%3dXO%26gsln%3dBetony%26gsln_x%3dNS%26msypn__ftp%3dBarnsley%252c%2bYorkshire%252c%2bEngland%26msypn%3d88568%26msypn_PInfo%3d8-%257c0%257c0%257c3257%257c3251%257c0%257c0%257c0%257c5292%257c88568%257c0%257c%26msypn_x%3dXO%26msypn__ftp_x%3d1%26cpxt%3d1%26catBucket%3dr%26uidh%3dln3%26cp%3d11&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnSearchResults
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Additional: We know his mother was Bathsheba from the 1901 census and that his father was James from the 1919 next of kin from.

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ID: 6992512

Reference: 1891gbc

Title: 1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Linda571

UPP: GBC/1891/0026070334

Additional: Names match family details from 1901 census and Army Service next of kin from.

Credit: © General Register Office

Source information

ID: 6992705

Title: Edwin Betony obituary from Barnsley Independent

Description: A newspaper cutting reporting the death of Sergeant Betony from the Barnsley Independent (with thanks to Barnsley Archives).

Connected by: Linda571

Additional: This report was written specifically about Edwin Betony.

Source information

ID: 6992717

Title: Edwin Betony

Description: A three quarter length photo of a bare headed man in neat uniform. Posed in a studio, his sergeant's stripes can just be made out. Thanks to Steve Betony for this picture.

Connected by: Linda571

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ID: 6992719

Title: Edwin Betony's profile page on Steve Betony's Online Tree

Description: A link to the Ancestry website and the profile page for Edwin Betony.

Connected by: Linda571

URL: http://trees.ancestry.co.uk/tree/9899990/person/-726529847?ssrc=
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Additional: This is a page created by a family member.

Source information

ID: 6993434

Reference: 1901gbc

Title: 1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Linda571

UPP: GBC/1901/0026703713

Additional: His name and the name of his mother match the 1891 census.

Credit: © General Register Office

Source information

ID: 6995111

Title: Barnsley Soldiers Remembered Edwin Betony

Description: A web page specifically about this man with details of family and local information.

Connected by: Linda571

URL: http://barnsleysoldiersww1.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/edwin-betony-1889-1916.html
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Additional: This page is specifically about Edwin Betony.

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ID: 7227084

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

UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/390550

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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