Lives of the First World War

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ID: 3247654

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=D4262270
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UPP: GBM/MCI/3250961

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 7961776

Title: Portrait of Antony Nightingale

Description: Probably taken in England before the Boer War.

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ID: 7961779

Name: Record M49Q-813 submitted by his niece.

Title: Ancestral File entry for Antony Nightingale on FamilySearch.org

Description: Antony Nightingale, 1875-1914.

Connected by: Russell64175

URL: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:1:M49Q-813
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Additional: His birth and Soldier's Will connect him to his family.

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ID: 7961780

Name: Entry for A. Nightingale, service number 4063

Title: Commonweath War Graves Commission

Description: Died 25 November 1914, includes burial details in France.

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URL: http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/278829/NIGHTINGALE,%20A
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Additional: His military number matches and gives the death information.

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ID: 7961781

Title: CWGC Report

Description: Burial report for soldiers at the St. Andre Communal Cemetery, Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC)

Connected by: Russell64175

Additional: Burial details for Pte. A. Nightingale in 1914, soldier number 4063, 16th Queens Lancers

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ID: 7964150

Name: Pancras District, volume 1B, page 114

Title: England & Wales Births 1837-2006 Transcription on findmypast

Description: Entry for Antony Nightingale, first quarter, 1875

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URL: http://search.findmypast.com/record?id=bmd%2fb%2f1875%2f1%2faz%2f000399%2f120
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ID: 7964155

Name: RG 11, Piece 187, Folio 97, Page 47, Pancras Reg. District

Title: 1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription on findmypast

Description: Antony is age 6 in the Shirley B. Nightingale household. He is with his parents and siblings.

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URL: http://search.findmypast.com/record?id=gbc%2f1881%2f0000923687
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Additional: This census also names family members including his sister, Tryphena, who received his war medals in 1920 after his death.

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ID: 7964157

Name: RG 12, Piece 491, Folio 88, Page 15, Camberwell Reg. District

Title: 1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription on findmypast

Description: Antony Nightingale, age 17, a barman, in the household of Alfred Bacon.

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URL: http://search.findmypast.com/record?id=gbc%2f1891%2f0004131602
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Additional: Antony (whose father was a Publican in Berkshire) is boarding with other barmen at this time. While he is not with family members, the name, age, and occupation match.

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ID: 7964159

Name: Unit: 16th (Queen's) Lancers, Rank: Private, Number: 4063

Title: Anglo-Boer War records 1899-1902 Transcription on findmypast

Description: Entry for A. Nightingale. Notes: The Queen's South Africa (QSA) Medal Clasps: Paardeberg, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen, Relief of Kimberley

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URL: http://search.findmypast.com/record?id=gbm%2fbw%2f239520
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Additional: The soldier number matches with his service in the Great War. This entry also explains his absence in the 1901 U.K. Census.

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ID: 7964163

Name: RG14PN2035 RG78PN71 RD25 SD3 ED29 SN327

Title: 1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription on findmypast

Description: Antony Nightingale, age 36, in the household of John Alfred Squirrel. Living in the Lambeth District of London.

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URL: http://search.findmypast.com/record?id=gbc%2f1911%2frg14%2f02035%2f0655%2f6
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Additional: Antony Nightingale has a similar occupation to the 1891 entry. This is his last census entry before the Great War and his death.

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ID: 7964167

Name: C. 1, page 207

Title: GRO WAR DEATHS ARMY OTHER RANKS (1914 to1921) Transcription on findmypast

Description: Similar details to entries in "Solders Died in the Great War"

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URL: http://search.findmypast.com/record?id=bmd%2fovs%2farr1%2f002695%2f001
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Additional: The name, rank, and soldier number match other records.

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ID: 7964175

Title: 1881 Census of Pancras District

Description: Household of Shirley B. Nightingale, Antony is age 6.

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Additional: This shows his parents and siblings.

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ID: 7964176

Title: 1891 Census of Camberwell District, London

Description: Antony Nightingale is a boarder in the Bacon household.

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Additional: Antony Nightingale is a barman, a similar occupation to his father's in that year.

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ID: 7964177

Title: 1891 Census of Lambeth District, London

Description: Antony Nightingale, age 36, in the Squirrell household.

Connected by: Russell64175

Additional: This is his last census entry before the Great War and his death in 1914.

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ID: 7964179

Title: Index to War Deaths, 1914-1921, Army--Other Ranks

Description: Alphabetic list. Antony Nightingale is the first entry.

Connected by: Russell64175

Additional: The name and soldier number match other publications.

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ID: 7965786

Title: Birth Certificate in 1875

Description: Birth record for Antony Nightingale, 1875, Pancras District, Somers Town, County of Middlesex.

Connected by: Russell64175

Additional: Civil registration and census records use the name Antony. The family lived at 7 Clarendon Place.

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ID: 7965827

Title: Soldiers Died in the Great War

Description: Page for the 16th Lancers (Queens).

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Additional: Published in 1921, I scanned this image from a published copy

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ID: 7965833

Title: Medal and Award Rolls 1901

Description: The South Africa Medal and Clasps for the 16th Queen's Lancers Regiment in 1901.

Connected by: Russell64175

Additional: Alphabetical list with A. Nightingale #4063.

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ID: 7965837

Title: Medal and Awards 1902

Description: The King's South Africa Medal in October 1902 for the 16th Lancers.

Connected by: Russell64175

Additional: Alphabetical, Pte. A. Nightingale, #4063

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ID: 7965839

Title: WWI Medal Index Card 1914-1920, Army Medal Office

Description: The index card for Antony Nightingale, #4063, published on Ancestry.com

Connected by: Russell64175

Additional: His sister, Mrs. Tryphena Shaft received the medals in 1920.

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ID: 7965889

Name: WO 110, Piece 118

Title: War Office: Campaign Medal and Award Rolls 1793-1949 (General Series) on Ancestry.com

Description: Alphabetic list for June 1901.

Connected by: Russell64175

URL: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=angs-c&gsfn=a&gsln=nightingale&gskw=4063&cpxt=0&uidh=ypc&cp=11&pcat=39&h=1803718&recoff=5+6&db=CampaignMedalRolls&indiv=1&ml_rpos=3
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Additional: Name and soldier number matches.

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ID: 7965891

Name: WO 100, Piece 305

Title: War Office: Campaign Medal and Award Rolls 1793-1949 (General Series) on Ancestry.com

Description: Alphabetic list of the King's South Africa Medal for service in October 1902.

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URL: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=angs-c&gsfn=a&gsln=nightingale&gskw=4063&cpxt=0&uidh=ypc&cp=11&pcat=39&h=2294864&recoff=5+6&db=CampaignMedalRolls&indiv=1&ml_rpos=2
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Additional: The name and soldier number matches.

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ID: 7965900

Name: WO 329, Piece 2397

Title: War Office and Air Ministry: Service Medal and Award Rolls, First World War on Ancestry.com

Description: Register of the soldiers in the16th Lancers

Connected by: Russell64175

URL: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=angs-c&gsfn=a&gsln=nightingale&gskw=4063&cpxt=0&uidh=ypc&cp=11&pcat=39&h=5170615&recoff=4+5&db=IWOServiceMedalAwardRolls&indiv=1&ml_rpos=1
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Additional: The name and soldier number matches.

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ID: 7966212

Name: Army Medal Office. WWI Medal Index Cards. In the care of The Western Front Association website.

Title: British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920 on Ancestry.com

Description: Index card for [Anthony] Nightingale, 16th Lancers, # 4063.

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URL: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=angs-c&gsln=nightingale&gskw=4063&cpxt=0&uidh=ypc&cp=11&pcat=39&h=1638957&recoff=9&db=MedalRolls&indiv=1&ml_rpos=3
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Additional: Apparently the Army Medal Office added his given name "Anthony" later. The card states that his sister, Mrs. T. Shaft received the medals in 1920.

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ID: 7966216

Name: Soldiers' Effects Records, 1901-60; NAM Accession #: 1991-02-333; Rec. # 158501-160000; Ref: 58

Title: UK, Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929 on Ancestry.com

Description: Register for Antony Nightingale in 1915. National Army Museum; Chelsea, London, England; Soldiers' Effects Records, 1901-60.

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URL: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=angs-c&gsln=nightingale&gskw=4063&cpxt=0&uidh=ypc&cp=11&pcat=39&h=638478&recoff=4&db=UKArmyRegistersEffects&indiv=1&ml_rpos=7
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Additional: The name, soldier number, and sister's name matches other records for Antony Nightingale (1875-1914).

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ID: 9572289

Title: Service Medal and Award Roll in 1917

Description: Lance Corporal Antony Nightingale, # 4063. TNA series WO 329/2397, image from Ancestry.com

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ID: 9572290

Title: Service Medal and Award Roll in 1919

Description: Lance Corporal Antony Nightingale, # 4063. TNA series 329/20, image from Ancestry.com

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ID: 9572291

Title: Soldiers' Effects Records, 1901-1919

Description: Entry # 158718, Antony Nightingale, # 4063. From the National Army Museum, Chelsea, London. (Image from Ancestry.com)

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ID: 9572292

Title: Soldiers' Wills: Nightingale in 1914

Description: Results for Antony Nightingale in 1914.

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URL: https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/Wills?Surname=Nightingale&SurnameGrants=Nightingale&YearOfDeath=1914&YearOfDeathGrants=1914&IsGrantSearch=False&IsCalendarSearch=False#soldiers
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ID: 9605504

Reference: gbm_cwgc_casualties_iwm_ww1

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

Connected by: Russell64175

UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/197630

Credit: © Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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