Lives of the First World War

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ID: 3248055

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.

UPP: GBM/MCI/3251362

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 8709800

Name: Birth registration, Joe Nightingale, Oct-Dec 1879, Chesterton 3b 474

Title: Birth record in Free BMD database

Description: Transcribed GRO Indexes. Birth registration, Joe Nightingale, Oct-Dec 1879, Chesterton 3b 474

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ID: 8840483

Name: Cambridgeshire Family History Society

Title: Trumpington Parish Baptism Register 1880

Description: Trumpington Parish Baptism Register 1880 - Jan 18 NIGHTINGALE Joe of Joe & Jane of this parish. Father's occupation - brewer

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ID: 8840496

Name: Census 1881 England, Cambridgeshire, Trumpington, District 11, accessed via Ancestry

Title: Census 1881 England, Cambridgeshire, Trumpington, District 11

Description: The census information recorded Joe Nightingale (aged 1, b. Trumpington) at home with his father, Joe Nightingale (48, carpenter, brewer, publican); his mother, Jane W. (35); and siblings, Florence (10), Elizabeth H. (9), Ellen J. (7), Maude M. (5), and Jane (3). They lived at Cambridge Road, Trumpington, Cambridgeshire. The census details were as of the night of 3/4 April 1881.

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ID: 8840535

Name: Census 1891 England, Cambridgeshire, Trumpington, District 3, accessed via Ancestry

Title: Census 1891 England, Cambridgeshire, Trumpington, District 3

Description: The census information recorded Joe Nightingale (aged 11, scholar) at home with his father, Joe (58, brewer and beer retailer); his mother, Jane W. (45); and sibling, Florence (20 domestic servant), Elizabeth H. (19 pupil teacher), Ellen J. (17, laundry maid), Maude M. (15, scholar), Jane (13, school monitress), Jessie (9), Emily M. (8), Rose (5), Alice (3) and John W. (1). They lived at The Volunteer, London Road, Trumpington, Cambridgeshire. The census details were as of the night of 5/6 April 1891.

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ID: 8840541

Name: Census 1901 England, Cambridgeshire, Cherry Hinton, District 9, accessed via Ancestry

Title: Census 1901 England, Cambridgeshire, Cherry Hinton, District 9

Description: The census information recorded Joe Nightingale (aged 21, compositor) at home with his mother, Jane (55, widow, inn-keeper); his sibling, Ellen (27, laundry maid), Jessie (19, laundry maid), Rose (15, laundry maid), Alice (13) and John (11); and Jane's grandson, Victor (7). They lived at High Street, Cherry Hinton, Cambridgeshire. The census details were as of the night of 31 March/1 April 1901.

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ID: 8840546

Name: Census 1911 England, Cambridgeshire, Trumpington, District 20, accessed via Ancestry

Title: Census 1911 England, Cambridgeshire, Trumpington, District 20

Description: The census information recorded Joe Nightingale (aged 32, compositor) at home with his wife of 5 years, Elizabeth Mary (32); and children, Herbert Merry (9), Leslie Harley (4) and Reginald George (2 months). They lived at 9 North Terrace, Trumpington, Cambridgeshire. The census details were as of the night of 2/3 April 1911.

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ID: 8840553

Name: Marriage registration, Joe Nightingale and Elizabeth Mary Merry, Apr-Jun 1904, Chesterton 3b 1025

Title: Marriage record in Free BMD database 1904

Description: Transcribed GRO Indexes. Marriage registration, Joe Nightingale and Elizabeth Mary Merry, Apr-Jun 1904, Chesterton 3b 1025

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ID: 8840558

Name: Cambridge Independent Press, Friday 22 December 1916, p.8

Reference: Cambridgeshire Collection, Cambridge Central Library

Title: Cambridge Independent Press, Friday 22 December 1916, p.8

Description: Cambridge Independent Press, Friday 22 December 1916, p.8, under the subheading 'Trumpington':-- "In hospital - News was received on Tuesday morning that Pte. J. Nightingale, Suffolks, has been admitted to hospital, but whether from wounds or illness is not stated. Previous to joining up, Nightingale was employed at the Cambridge University Press."

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ID: 8840561

Name: British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920, accessed via Ancestry

Title: British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920

Description: Entry for Joe Nightingale, Private, Essex Regiment, Regtl. No. 40993, and then Labour Corps, Regtl. No. 672572

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ID: 8840564

Name: UK, WWI Service Medal and Award Rolls, 1914-1920, accessed via Ancestry

Title: UK, WWI Service Medal and Award Rolls, 1914-1920

Description: Entry for Joe Nightingale, Private, Essex, and then the Labour Corps. He was entitled to the Victory and British War Medals.

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ID: 8840571

Name: Electoral Register for Cambridge 1934 - 1941

Reference: Cambridgeshire Collection, Cambridge Central Library

Title: Electoral Register for Cambridge 1934 - 1941

Description: Entry for Joe and Elizabeth Nightingale who resided at 9 North Cottages, Trumpington, Cambridgeshire.

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ID: 8840575

Name: Death registration, Joe Nightingale, Apr-Jun 1941, Cambridge 3b 1072

Title: Death record in Free BMD database 1941

Description: Transcribed GRO Indexes. Death registration, Joe Nightingale, Apr-Jun 1941, Cambridge 3b 1072. Age at death - 61 years

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ID: 8840582

Name: Cambridgeshire Family History Society

Reference: Cambridgeshire Collection, Cambridge Central Library

Title: Trumpington Parish Burial Register 1941

Description: Trumpington Parish Burial Register 1941 - Jun 9 NIGHTINGALE Joe of 9 North Cottages 61

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ID: 8841259

Title: Joe Nightingale, Headstone, Trumpington

Description: Photograph of the grave of Joe Nightingale and his wife, Elizabeth, at Trumpington Churchyard Extension. Harry died aged 61 on 5 June 1941 and Ellen died aged 74 on 2 August 1952. The churchyard extension is located at the junction of Hauxton Road and Shelford Road, Trumpington. Photograph: Wendy Roberts, 3 February 2017.

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ID: 8841263

Title: Joe Nightingale, Headstone locn., Trumpington

Description: Photograph to indicate the location of the grave in the churchyard extension at the junction of Hauxton Road and Shelford Road, Trumpington. Photograph: Wendy Roberts, 3 February 2017

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ID: 8911305

Name: War Record of the Cambridge University Press 1914 – 1919

Reference: Cambridgeshire Collection, Cambridge Central Library, Cambridge

Title: War Record of the Cambridge University Press 1914 – 1919

Description: Entry for Joe Nightingale, who enlisted in June 1916 in the Suffolk Regt. In the following September he joined the 2nd Bn. Essex Regt. in France, where he served until October 1917. He was then transferred to a Home Service Employment Coy., being 40 years of age at the time, and he was demobilized in February 1919.

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