Lives of the First World War

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ID: 3358447

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=D4481732
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UPP: GBM/MCI/3361833

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 8795691

Title: A soldier of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment

Connected by: David1424

Source information

ID: 9202070

Reference: gbm_cwgc_casualties_iwm_ww1

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

Connected by: Andrew10867

UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/384776

Additional: Name (nearly), rank, regiment and service number match

Credit: © Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Source information

ID: 9202076

Reference: wwisd

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

Connected by: Andrew10867

UPP: GBM/WWISD/0655962

Additional: Name and date of death match

Credit: © Naval and Military Press Ltd

Source information

ID: 9202084

Reference: gbm_bir_pals

Title: Birmingham City Battalions 1914-1918 Transcription

Connected by: Andrew10867

UPP: GBM/BIR-PALS/3754

Additional: Name, rank, regiment and service number match

Credit: Courtesy of Findmypast

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ID: 9202091

Title: Local Roll of Honour

Description: From Birmingham Mail August 2, 1916

Connected by: Andrew10867

Source information

ID: 9202104

Title: Midlands, England, Electoral Registers, 1920

Description: 30 Endwood Court Road, Sandwell, Handsworth Amy Orford Fred Stanley John Gardner Orford John Orford

Connected by: Andrew10867

URL: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/2584/m0454g-00389?pid=4116355&backurl=https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc%3DrXd4264%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource%26usePUBJs%3Dtrue%26gss%3Dangs-c%26new%3D1%26rank%3D1%26msT%3D1%26gsfn%3Drobert%2520john%26gsfn_x%3D0%26gsln%3Dorford%26gsln_x%3D0%26msbdy%3D1889%26msbpn__ftp%3DBirmingham,%2520Warwickshire,%2520England%26msbpn%3D1652385%26cpxt%3D1%26cp%3D11%26catbucket%3Drstp%26MSAV%3D1%26uidh%3Dv9y%26pcat%3DCEN_1920%26h%3D4116355%26recoff%3D5%25206%26dbid%3D2584%26indiv%3D1%26ml_rpos%3D2&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=rXd4264&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true
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Additional: Surname and address match CWGC record

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ID: 9202113

Title: Parents 1911 Census entry

Description: Studholme, Driffold, Sutton Coldfield Amy Orford 45 Frederic Stanley Orford 17 John Gardner Orford 14

Connected by: Andrew10867

URL: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/2352/rg14_18379_0419_03?pid=26353165&backurl=https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc%3DrXd4270%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource%26usePUBJs%3Dtrue%26gss%3Dangs-g%26new%3D1%26rank%3D1%26msT%3D1%26gsfn%3DFred%2520Stanley%2520John%2520Gardner%2520%26gsfn_x%3D0%26gsln%3DOrford%26gsln_x%3D0%26cpxt%3D1%26cp%3D11%26catbucket%3Drstp%26MSAV%3D1%26uidh%3Dv9y%26pcat%3DROOT_CATEGORY%26h%3D26353165%26dbid%3D2352%26indiv%3D1%26ml_rpos%3D5&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=rXd4270&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true
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Additional: Family details match 1920 electoral roll

Source information

ID: 9202122

Reference: 1891gbc

Title: 1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Andrew10867

UPP: GBC/1891/0016928739

Additional: Name, age, birthplace and mothers name match

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 9202124

Reference: 1901gbc

Title: 1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Andrew10867

UPP: GBC/1901/0018645022

Additional: Name, age, birthplace and grandmothers name match

Credit: © General Register Office

Source information

ID: 9202130

Reference: 1911gbc

Title: 1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Andrew10867

UPP: GBC/1911/RG14/18688/0421/3

Additional: Name, age and birthplace match

Credit: © The National Archives

Source information

ID: 9202137

Title: Parents marriage in 1889

Description: Name: Robert James Orford / Amy Cutler Registration Year: 1889 Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar Registration district: St George Hanover Square Volume: 1a Page: 584

Connected by: Andrew10867

URL: https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc=rXd4280&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&gss=angs-c&new=1&rank=1&msT=1&gsfn=robert%20james&gsfn_x=0&gsln=orford&gsln_x=0&cpxt=1&cp=11&catbucket=rstp&MSAV=1&uidh=v9y&pcat=BMD_MARRIAGE&h=21408781&recoff=10%2011%2012&dbid=8913&indiv=1&ml_rpos=1
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Additional: Name and mothers name match

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ID: 9202143

Title: Fathers medical record in 1920

Description: ORFORDm Robert Jas., Stroud, N.S.W. - M.R.C.S. L.R.C.P. Lond 1890; (Westm); Govt Med Off Stroud Dist; late M.O.H. Market Bosworth R.D.

Connected by: Andrew10867

URL: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/61053/43274_263021009496_0646-01764?pid=623556&backurl=https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc%3DrXd4276%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource%26usePUBJs%3Dtrue%26gss%3Dangs-c%26new%3D1%26rank%3D1%26msT%3D1%26gsfn%3Drobert%2520john%26gsfn_x%3D0%26gsln%3Dorford%26gsln_x%3D0%26MSAV%3D1%26uidh%3Dv9y%26pcat%3DUK_WELLCOME_LIBRARY%26h%3D623556%26dbid%3D61053%26indiv%3D1%26ml_rpos%3D7&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=rXd4276&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true
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Additional: Name and fathers name and occupation match

Source information

ID: 9202149

Reference: bmd_births

Title: England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription

Connected by: Andrew10867

UPP: BMD/B/1889/2/AZ/000430/349

Additional: Name, age and birthplace match

Credit: © General Register Office

Source information

ID: 9202156

Title: Bob Eldon (killed in action)

Description: From The Stage August 10, 1916

Connected by: Andrew10867

Source information

ID: 9202239

Title: Actors and the War

Description: From The Stage December 16, 1915

Connected by: Andrew10867

Source information

ID: 9202242

Title: The Empire, Dudley

Description: From The Era February 26, 1910

Connected by: Andrew10867

Source information

ID: 9202562

Title: Old Edwardians Roll of Service

Description: Old Edwardians Roll of Service, King Edwards School, Edgbaston, Birmingham

Connected by: Andrew10867

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