Lives of the First World War

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ID: 342240

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/0342504

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 6172578

Name: GRO Births 1888 Q3 p43 col 3

Title: GRO Index of Births Registered Jul, Aug, & Sep 1888

Connected by: Christine18916

URL: http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/8912/ONS_B18884AZ-0028/31929574?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.co.uk%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3findiv%3d1%26db%3dfreebmdbirth%26new%3d1%26gsfn%3dSydney%2bGuy%26gsln%3dBillington%26rank%3d1%26gss%3dangs-d%26sbo%3d0%26gsfn_x%3dXO%26gsln_x%3dXO%26pcat%3d34%26fh%3d0%26h%3d31929574%26recoff%3d7%2b8%2b9%26ml_rpos%3d1&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnRecord
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Additional: Names and age match, and place of birth is consistent with other relevant records.

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ID: 6172580

Name: RG12/2848 folio 147 p 2

Title: 1891 Census for Elton, near Congleton, Cheshire

Description: 1891 Census for Elton, near Congleton, Cheshire, including residents of Elton Hall, the family home

Connected by: Christine18916

URL: http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/6598/CHSRG12_2848_2850-0242/1536767?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.co.uk%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3fdb%3duki1891%26h%3d1536767%26indiv%3dtry%26o_vc%3dRecord%253aOtherRecord%26rhSource%3d8912&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnRecord
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Additional: Person's name matches. Other data is consistent with relevant records.

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ID: 6172584

Name: RG13/3353 folio 33 p 2

Title: 1901 Census for Elton, near Congleton, Cheshire

Description: 1901 Census for Elton, near Congleton, Cheshire, including residents of Elton Hall, the family home

Connected by: Christine18916

URL: http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/7814/CHSRG13_3349_3353-1049/19896938?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.co.uk%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3fdb%3duki1901%26h%3d19896938%26indiv%3dtry%26o_vc%3dRecord%253aOtherRecord%26rhSource%3d6598&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnRecord
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Additional: Person's name matches, other family info etc, consistent with other records.

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ID: 6172586

Name: RG14/18147 RD384 SD4 ED45 SN9999

Title: 1911 Census record for Queen's Hospital, Birmingham

Description: 1911 Census record for Queen's Hospital, Bath Row, Birmingham

Connected by: Christine18916

URL: http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/2352/rg14_18147_0023_29/25480160?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.co.uk%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3fdb%3d1911England%26h%3d25480160%26indiv%3dtry%26o_vc%3dRecord%253aOtherRecord%26rhSource%3d7814&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnRecord
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Additional: Person's name matches - consistent with career in RAMC and other records available

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ID: 6172589

Name: Staffordshire BMD Marriage search

Title: Marriage index from Staffordshire DIstricts

Description: Staffordshire BMD Marriage search for "BILLINGTON, Sydney".

Connected by: Christine18916

URL: http://www.staffordshirebmd.org.uk/cgi/marrind.cgi?county=staffordshire
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Additional: Person's name matches. Information consistent with other records available and family knowledge.

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ID: 6175197

Name: Medical Register for 1913 - page 130, Bil-Bin

Title: Medical Register for 1913

Description: List of medically qualified persons

Connected by: Christine18916

URL: http://search.findmypast.com/record?id=gbor%2fmeddir%2f1913%2f0130&parentid=gbor%2fmeddir%2f1913%2f222604
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Additional: The person's full name name matches. The qualification is in line with other records.

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ID: 6175227

Title: Marriage certificate 1923 - S G Billington

Description: A copy of the certificate for the 1923 marriage of Sydney Guy Billington to Alice Bennett

Connected by: Christine18916

Additional: Alice Bennett was my grandmother. This was her second marriage.

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ID: 6175234

Name: London Gazette Issue:34069 Page:4550 Publication date:13 July 1934

Title: London Gazette - Estate Notices

Description: Solicitors' notice of death of S G Billington, re potential claims on his estate.

Connected by: Christine18916

URL: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34069/page/4550
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Additional: Person's name matches. Other data consistent with known information.

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ID: 6175240

Title: Transcriptions of Newspaper Notice & Obituary 1934

Description: Transcription from newspaper notice and obituary: Leamington Spa & Warwick Standard 21 March 1934 (available in Leamington Spa Library)

Connected by: Christine18916

Additional: My son and I visited the Leamington Spa Library and obtained access to the image of the local newspaper in which the obituary was printed.

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ID: 6175258

Name: Marriages Apr-Jun 1930 p 90 BIG-BIL

Title: GRO Index of Marriages Registered Apr-Jun 1930

Description: GRO Index of Marriages Registered Apr-Jun 1930: Warwick 6d 2063.

Connected by: Christine18916

URL: http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/8753/ons_m19302az-0105/50882501?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.co.uk%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3findiv%3d1%26db%3donsmarriage1984%26new%3d1%26gsfn%3dSydney%2bG%26gsln%3dBillington%26rank%3d1%26gss%3dangs-d%26sbo%3d0%26pcat%3d34%26fh%3d0%26h%3d50882501%26recoff%3d%26ml_rpos%3d1&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnRecord
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Additional: The Person's name matches. Additional data matches known information.

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