Lives of the First World War

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ID: 3427003

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=D4550327
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UPP: GBM/MCI/3430428

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 6192553

Title: John Patterson's grave marker

Description: John Patterson's grave marker at Canterbury Cemetery; the inscription reads: 'John Patterson, died April 7, 1969'.

Connected by: Clare35583

Additional: John Patterson's grave marker is part of the Patterson family grave at Canterbury Cemetery, Kent. John Patterson was my great-uncle, and I photographed the grave some decades ago.

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ID: 6193107

Title: Trumpeter John (Jack) Patterson, c.1910.

Description: Trumpeter John (Jack) Patterson, wearing the uniform of the 4th Dragoon Guards, with a trumpeter's badge on his arm, photographed in Canterbury, Kent, in around 1910.

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ID: 6193608

Name: The Kentish Gazette and Canterbury Press, September 19, 1936

Title: Obituary of 'The Late Mr Robert Patterson'

Description: The obituary of John Patterson's father.

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Additional: His father's obituary names John as his son.

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ID: 6193609

Name: Mar 1894 Colchester 4a 613

Title: Registration of birth

Description: John Patterson's birth registration

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URL: http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=PY12gMLUbuatk3vaQowNVg&scan=1
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Additional: This is the registration of John Patterson's birth in Colchester, which accords with the Regimental Registers.

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ID: 6193611

Name: Deaths Jun 1969 Canterbury 5f 22

Title: Registration of death

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Additional: Family knowledge confirms the match.

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ID: 6193633

Name: ISBN: 978-0-00-713752-7

Title: 'Tommy', Richard Holmes

Description: Tommy: The British Soldier on the Western Front, 1914-1918, Harper Perrennial, 2005, p.449

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Additional: Holmes quotes Corporal Harry Easton of the 9th Lancers, who charged at Elouges on 24 August 1914: ‘I can remember very distinctly seeing the whole line at a hand canter and the trumpeter of the 4th Dragoon Guards was Jackie Patterson a big friend of mine from early days in Canterbury where his parents kept a pub . . . [He galloped towards] a huge brick yard surrounded by a 12 foot high barbed wire fence we were very close when my horse fell and threw me. I am not sure whether she had been hit or stumbled.’ [Harry Easton Papers, Liddle Collection, Brotherton Library, University of Leeds.]

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ID: 6193639

Name: 2361 Tptr PATTERSON, J

Reference: HHQ RDG, York

Title: Record from the 4th Dragoon Guards' archive

Description: 2361 Tptr PATTERSON J Embarked with regiment 15/8/14 Wounded and Missing 24/8/14 Prisoner of War at Münster Repatriated arrived at Hull 30/12/18

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Additional: The service number and name match, as do the details of John Patterson's First World War experiences.

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ID: 6195246

Name: ISBN 978-1-873376-55-3, Spellmount Limited, Staplehurst, 1996

Title: 'Tickled to Death to Go: Memoirs of a Cavalryman in the First World War'

Description: 'Tickled to Death to Go: Memoirs of a Cavalryman in the First World War', book edited by Richard van Emden.

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Additional: Benjamin Clouting served with John/Jack Patterson in the 4th Dragoon Guards and his memoirs, edited by Richard van Emden, include a number of anecdotes about him (on pages 19, 25, 13, 33, 47, 53 and 56), plus a photograph © The National Army Museum.

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ID: 6195267

Name: Kentish Gazette, 1919

Title: 'Four Year's Travail in Germany: The experiences of Trumpeter Patterson'

Description: An interview with 24-year-old 'Trumpeter Jack Patterson, 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards' on his return to his home town of Canterbury, Kent, in 1919 following '52 months captivity' as a prisoner of war.

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Additional: All the biographical details given confirm the match.

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ID: 6245594

Name: 'Kentish Observer', 26 May 1960

Title: 'People and things: A Canterbury causerie'

Description: An interview with John Patterson, Canterbury.

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Additional: All the biographical details in the interview confirm the match.

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ID: 6651926

Name: PA 2586

Title: Prisoners of the First World War ICRC Historical Records

Description: A list of English prisoners of war dated 3 June 1915 for Cellelager, Germany, includes the following reference: 'Patterson, Jack / Colchester [place of birth] / Soldat [soldier] / 4 Dragoner [4 Dragoon Guards] / C Esc [C Squadron] / Gefang. in Mons [Taken prisoner in Mons] / Gefangener Cellela [Prisoner at Cellelager]

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URL: http://grandeguerre.icrc.org/en/List/1491180/1562/2586/
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Additional: The names and other details match known facts.

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ID: 6651927

Name: PA 252

Title: Prisoners of the First World War ICRC Historical Records

Description: A list of English cavalry soldiers includes the following reference: 'Patterson, John / Gem. [?] / Kav [cavalry] / Drag [dragoons] / Beinschuss [shot in the leg] / Re. Laz. Alfeld/Leine [military hospital Alfeld an der Leine].

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URL: http://grandeguerre.icrc.org/en/List/4806382/1562/252/
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Additional: The details match known facts.

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ID: 6651930

Name: PA 430

Title: Prisoners of the First World War ICRC Historical Records

Description: A page of English prisoners includes the following details: 'Patterson, John. / Gem. [?] / Kav. [cavalry] / Beinschuss. [shot in the leg] / Reform-Laz. Alfeld. Alfeld a./d. Leine [Military Hospital Alfeld, Alfeld an der Leine].

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URL: http://grandeguerre.icrc.org/en/List/4806382/1562/430/
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Additional: The details match the known facts.

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ID: 6973976

Reference: bmd_deaths

Title: England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 Transcription

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UPP: BMD/D/1969/2/AZ/000890/045

Additional: The names, dates and place match.

Credit: © General Register Office

Source information

ID: 6973980

Reference: 1901gbc

Title: 1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Clare35583

UPP: GBC/1901/0004877348

Additional: The names, dates and places match.

Credit: © General Register Office

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