Lives of the First World War

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ID: 3286782

Reference: WO372/15

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=D4410013
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UPP: GBM/MCI/3290114

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 6191367

Title: Arthur Edward Norton (known as Teddy)

Description: Studio Portrait.

Connected by: Blanche33069

Additional: Arthur Edward (Teddy) Norton is my uncle - my late father's oldest brother

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ID: 6191371

Title: Original memorial scroll

Description: This memorial scroll was presented to my grandparents - Teddy Norton's parents: Charles & Eva Norton, East Dulwich

Connected by: Blanche33069

Additional: Teddy Norton is my uncle. His scroll was passed to me from my late father, Teddy's youngest brother

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ID: 6191373

Title: Teddy's original grave marker

Description: This photograph of Teddy's original grave marker was given to Teddy's parents, Charles & Eva Norton, of East Dulwich. Teddy (Cpl A E Norton) died of wounds sustained in the Battle of Flers-Courcelette (Somme) and is buried at Grove Town Cemetery, Méaulte.

Connected by: Blanche33069

Additional: Teddy Norton is my uncle. This photo was handed down to me by my late father, Teddy's youngest brother.

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ID: 6191374

Title: Rifle Brigade memorial in Winchester Cathedral

Description: Since Winchester was the HQ of the Rifle Brigade, this memorial is found in Winchester Cathedral, where the pages are turned daily, commemorating those who died on that particular date.

Connected by: Blanche33069

Additional: Teddy Norton was my uncle. I live in New Zealand but on one of my viits to England I visited Winchester Cathedral and was able to photograph the entry for Uncle Teddy (my father's oldest brother).

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ID: 6191376

Title: Uncle Teddy's Rifle Brigade hat badge

Description: Hat badge of the Rifle Brigade. This belonged to my uncle, Arthur Edward (Teddy) Norton.

Connected by: Blanche33069

Additional: This Rifle Brigade hat badge belonged to my Uncle Teddy and was inherited by my father, his youngest brother. It is now in my possession.

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ID: 6191380

Title: "Dead Man's Penny"

Description: This plaque, known as the "Dead Man's Penny", was given to the family of those servicemen who were killed in WW1. This one was given in recognition of Arthur Edward (Teddy) Norton.

Connected by: Blanche33069

Additional: This plaque was passed on to me by my late father, who was Teddy Norton's youngest brother. My father would have been 9 years old when "brother teddy" died in September 1916, barely two weeks after his 21st birthday.

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ID: 6191382

Title: CWGC

Description: CWGC Casualty Details for Arthur Edward (Teddy) Norton

Connected by: Blanche33069

URL: http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/31523/NORTON,%20ARTHUR%20EDWARD
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Additional: All the details match, and Arthur Edward Norton's parents, named in this entry, were my grandparents. My late father, their youngest son, lived throughout his childhood at the address given in this record.

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ID: 6191390

Name: NORTON Family History Unlimited

Title: Memorial to Arthur Edward (Teddy) Norton

Description: This is my personal website, devoted to the genealogy of my Norton family. This particular page is my memorial to my Uncle Teddy (my father's oldest brother) and includes a downloadable PDF of an article I wrote for the Family Tree Magazine.

Connected by: Blanche33069

URL: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~blanchec/AENORTON.htm
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Additional: This is my personal website and this memorial pertains to my Uncle Teddy (Arthur Edward Norton). All information verified by both family knowledge and official documentation.

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ID: 6192203

Title: Death Certificate

Description: Copy Certificate for the death of Cpl Arthur E Norton

Connected by: Blanche33069

Additional: This certificate shows the death details of my uncle, Arthur Edward Norton (known as Teddy, in the family).

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ID: 6192207

Title: 1901 Census

Description: The Norton (and extended) family in 1901, including Arthur Edward (Teddy) Norton, aged 5 yrs.

Connected by: Blanche33069

Additional: This is the family of my grandparents, Charles and Mary Evelyn Norton (nee Rogers), along with my grandmother's mother and unmarried siblings, and showing Arthur Edward (Teddy) aged 5 years.

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ID: 6192210

Title: 1911 Census

Description: Census entry for Norton family in 1911

Connected by: Blanche33069

Additional: This is the 1911 Census return, completed by my grandfather, Charles Norton, for his immediate family. It shows my uncle Teddy (Arthur Edward), aged 15, and my father, Philip Sydney Norton, his youngest brother, aged 4.

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ID: 6192212

Title: Birth Certificate

Description: Copy certificate showing birth details of Arthur Edward Norton

Connected by: Blanche33069

Additional: This is the birth certificate for Arthur Edward Norton.

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ID: 6192788

Title: Parents' Marraige certificate

Description: Copy marriage certificate of Charles Norton & Mary Evelyn (Eva) Norton

Connected by: Blanche33069

Additional: These are my grandparents, and parents of Arthur Edward (Teddy) Norton

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ID: 6192801

Title: Charles Norton (1869 - 1947)

Description: Charles Norton, father of Arthur Edward (Teddy) Norton

Connected by: Blanche33069

Additional: This is my grandfather, father of Arthur Edward (Teddy) Norton and my father, Philip Sydney Norton, Teddy's youngest brother

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ID: 6192804

Title: Mary Evelyn (Eva) Norton (1868 - 1936)

Description: Mary Evelyn (Eva) Norton, nee Rogers, mother of Arthur Edward (Teddy) Norton

Connected by: Blanche33069

Additional: This is my grandmother, Mary Evelyn (Eva) Norton, nee Rogers - mother of Arthur Edward (Teddy) Norton and my father, Philip Sydney Norton, his youngest brother

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ID: 6192811

Title: Frederick John and Philip Sydney Norton

Description: Brothers Frederick John (L) and Philip Sydney Norton, c 1909

Connected by: Blanche33069

Additional: My father, Philip Sydney Norton (1907-1989) and his older brother, Frederick John Norton (1904-1986), taken c1909. After the death of their oldest brother, Arthur Edward (Teddy) in 1916, they were the only survivors of the 5 children of Charles and Eva Norton.

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ID: 6192814

Title: Frederick John and Philip Sydney Norton

Description: My father, Philip Sydney Norton and his older brother, John.

Connected by: Blanche33069

Additional: My father, Philip Sydney Norton (known as Timmy) and his older brother, John (Frederick John), in their garden at 11 Solway Road, East Dulwich. This would have been taken during the period of WW1.

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ID: 6192818

Title: Sarah Rogers (1839-1919)

Description: Sarah Rogers, maternal grandmother of Arthur Edward (Teddy) Norton. She lived with the Norton family throughout Teddy's life.

Connected by: Blanche33069

Additional: This is my great-grandmother, the beloved grandmother of my father, Philip Sydney Norton and his older brothers, including Arthur Edward (Teddy) Norton. This photo was handed down to me by my father.

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ID: 6192838

Reference: wwisd

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

Connected by: Blanche33069

UPP: GBM/WWISD/0583612

Additional: All details match other proven details for Arthur Edward Norton

Credit: © Naval and Military Press Ltd

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ID: 6192840

Reference: 1901gbc

Title: 1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Blanche33069

UPP: GBC/1901/0004402172

Additional: All details are correct for Arthur Edward Norton and his parents (my grandparents) and other family members

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 6192841

Reference: 1911gbc

Title: 1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Blanche33069

UPP: GBC/1911/RG14/02467/0741/3

Additional: All details are correct for Arthur Edward Norton, his parents (my grandparents), my uncle Frederick John Norton and my father, Philip Sydney Norton

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 6192846

Title: Birth Certificate, brother Charles Edgar Norton

Description: Copy birth certificate for Charles Edgar Norton, brother of Arthur Edward (Teddy) Norton

Connected by: Blanche33069

Additional: This is my uncle, Charles Edgar Norton, brother of Arthur Edward (Teddy) Norton, and of my father, Philip Sydney Norton

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ID: 6192852

Title: Birth Certificate, brother Frederick John Norton

Description: Copy birth certificate for Frederick John Norton, brother of Arthur Edward (Teddy) Norton

Connected by: Blanche33069

Additional: This is my uncle, Frederick John Norton, brother of Arthur Edward (Teddy) Norton, and of my father, Philip Sydney Norton

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ID: 6192854

Title: Birth Certificate, brother Leslie Francis Norton

Description: Copy birth certificate for Leslie Francis Norton, brother of Arthur Edward (Teddy) Norton

Connected by: Blanche33069

Additional: This is my uncle, Leslie Francis Norton, brother of Arthur Edward (Teddy) Norton, and of my father, Philip Sydney Norton

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ID: 6192856

Title: Birth certificate, brother Philip Sydney Norton

Description: Copy birth certificate for Philip Sydney Norton, brother of Arthur Edward (Teddy) Norton

Connected by: Blanche33069

Additional: This is my father, Philip Sydney Norton, brother of Arthur Edward (Teddy) Norton

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ID: 6192857

Title: Death Certificate, brother Charles Edgar Norton

Description: Copy death certificate for Charles Edgar Norton, brother of Arthur Edward (Teddy) Norton

Connected by: Blanche33069

Additional: This is my uncle, Charles Edgar Norton, brother of Arthur Edward (Teddy) Norton, and of my father, Philip Sydney Norton

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ID: 6192858

Title: Death Certificate, brother Leslie Francis Norton

Description: Copy death certificate for Leslie Francis Norton, brother of Arthur Edward (Teddy) Norton

Connected by: Blanche33069

Additional: This is my uncle, Leslie Francis Norton, brother of Arthur Edward (Teddy) Norton, and of my father, Philip Sydney Norton

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ID: 6192896

Title: Personal Knowledge of Blanche Charles

Description: This source of evidence is based on a Member's Personal Knowledge.

Connected by: Blanche33069

Additional: This source of evidence is based on a Member's Personal Knowledge.

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ID: 6192945

Title: Arthur Edward Norton (known as Teddy)

Description: Official portrait in uniform

Connected by: Blanche33069

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ID: 7104560

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/31523/
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UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/104708

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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ID: 9475187

Title: War Memorial, St John's Anglican Church, East Dulwich

Description: War Memorial, St John's Anglican Church, East Dulwich - webpage devoted to the men named on it

Connected by: Blanche33069

URL: http://www.stjohnseastdulwich.org/memorial
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Additional: (Arthur) Edward Norton named on the memorial of the church he attended near his home in East Dulwich

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ID: 9615916

Title: Headstone, Arthur Edward Norton

Description: Grove Town Cemetery, Meaulte: headstone of Cpl Arthur Edward (Teddy) Norton

Connected by: Blanche160683

Additional: This photo is of my uncle - my father's oldest brother. It was taken by New Zealand's Ambassador to France, who visited the grave on my behalf in 2016, during his tour of the CWG Cemeteries on the Somme.

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ID: 9615918

Title: In remembrance: 2016

Description: New Zealand's Ambassador to France (2016) placing a poppy on Uncle Teddy's grave

Connected by: Blanche160683

Additional: This photo is of New Zealand's Ambassador to France, who visited the grave on my behalf in 2016, during his tour of the CWG Cemeteries on the Somme. The headstone records my uncle - Cpl Arthur Edward Norton, my father's oldest brother - who lost his life on 16 September 1916.

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ID: 9653959

Title: 1901 Census

Description: 1901 Census return: Class: RG13; Piece: 497; Folio: 100; Page: 10. Registration district: Camberwell ; Sub-registration district: Camberwell; ED, institution, or vessel: 23; Household schedule number: 55.

Connected by: Blanche33069

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