Lives of the First World War

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ID: 3492678

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.

UPP: GBM/MCI/3496162

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 7732727

Name: Birth registration, Richard Pettitt, Apr-Jun 1884, Newmarket 3b 559

Title: Birth record in Free BMD database

Description: Transcribed GRO Indexes. Birth registration, Richard Pettitt, Apr-Jun 1884, Newmarket 3b 559

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ID: 7732735

Name: Census 1891 England, Cambridgeshire, Woodditton, District 8 accessed via Ancestry

Title: Census 1891 England, Cambridgeshire, Woodditton

Description: The census information recorded Richard Pettitt (aged 7, scholar) at home with his father, David Pettitt (30, agricultural labourer); his mother, Sarah A. (31); and siblings, May L. (10, scholar), Charles S. (9, scholar), David N. (4), and Stephen (5 months). All the children were born in Woodditton. They lived at Park Cottages, Woodditton, Newmarket, East Cambridgeshire. The census detail is as of the night of 5/6 April 1891.

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ID: 7732739

Name: Census 1901 England, Cambridgeshire, Woodditton, District 8 accessed via Ancestry

Title: Census 1901 England, Cambridgeshire, Woodditton

Description: The census information recorded Richard Pettitt (aged 16, farm labourer) at home with his father, David Nelson Pettitt (42, farm labourer); his mother, Sarah (42); and siblings, David (13, farm labourer), Luke (7), Stephen (5) and Claudie (2). All the children were born in Woodditton. They lived at Church Cottages, Woodditton, Newmarket, East Cambridgeshire. The census detail is as of the night of 31 March/1 April 1901.

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Additional: The person's names match and the family details confirm the match

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ID: 7732758

Name: Census 1911 England, Cambridgeshire, Coton and Barton, District 5 accessed via Ancestry

Title: Census 1911 England, Cambridgeshire, Coton and Barton

Description: The census information recorded Richard Pettitt (26, a groom) at home with his wife, Claretta Alice (20), and daughter, Dorothy Ellen (1 year 6 months, b. Woodditton), living at Barton, Cambridgeshire. The census details were of the night 2/3 April 1911.

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Additional: The person's names match and the birth details confirm the match

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ID: 7732760

Name: Marriage registration, Richard Pettitt and Claretta Alice Ranson, Oct-Dec 1909, Newmarket 3b 1222

Title: Marriage record in Free BMD database

Description: Transcribed GRO Indexes. Marriage registration, Richard Pettitt and Claretta Alice Ranson, Oct-Dec 1909, Newmarket 3b 1222

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Additional: The person's names match and the family details confirm the match

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ID: 7732767

Name: Cambridge Independent Press, Friday 18 September 1914 p.6

Reference: Cambridgeshire Collection, Cambridge Central Library, Cambridge

Title: Cambridge Independent Press, Friday 18 September 1914 p.6

Description: Richard Pettitt (30), farm labourer, Trumpington, was in a list of men, who had recently enlisted in Cambridge to join the Second Army.

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Additional: The person's names match and the age and occupation confirm the match

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ID: 7732791

Name: British Army WWI Pension Records, 1914-1920, accessed via Ancestry

Title: British Army WWI Pension Records, 1914-1920

Description: The pension record for Richard Pettitt gave details including the following: date of birth 26 April 1884 at Woodditton, Cambridgeshire; enlisted at Cambridge on14 September 1914; occupation - farm labourer; physical details on medical history form; dates of promotion to lance sergeant (22.12.15) and sergeant (16.11.16); war service; wound information; and details of discharge to home address, Boot Inn, Histon, Cambridgshire.

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Additional: The person's names match and the birth details confirm the match

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ID: 7732826

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 Sergeant Richard Pettitt of the Suffolk Regiment, who was awarded the Victory Medal and the British War Medal

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Additional: The person's names match and the military details confirm the match

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ID: 7732829

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

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

Description: The entry recorded that Sergeant Richard Pettitt served in the 11th Battalion of the Suffolk Regiment

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ID: 7732846

Name: London Gazette Supplement to Issue 29719 23 August 1916 p.8363

Title: London Gazette Supplement to Issue 29719 23 August 1916 p.8363

Description: The name of L/Sjt R. Pettitt, Suff. R., Regtl no. 14418, was published in a list of Non-commissioned Officers and Men, who were awarded the Military Medal for bravery in the field.

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ID: 7732907

Name: Death registration, Richard Pettitt, Jul-Sep 1959, Cambridge 4a 188

Title: Death record in Free BMD database

Description: Transcribed GRO Indexes. Death registration, Richard Pettitt, aged 75, Jul-Sep 1959, Cambridge 4a 188

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ID: 8492980

Name: Birth registration, Herbert C. Pettitt, Jan-Mar 1913, Chesterton 3b 755

Title: Birth record of son in Free BMD database

Description: Transcribed GRO Indexes. Birth registration, Herbert C. Pettitt, Jan-Mar 1913, Chesterton 3b 755. Maiden name of mother, Ranson.

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ID: 8492982

Name: Death registration of Herbert C. Pettitt, Jan-Mar 1915, Cambridge 3b 870

Title: Death record of son in Free BMD database

Description: Transcribed GRO Indexes. Death registration of Herbert C. Pettitt, Jan-Mar 1915, Cambridge 3b 870. Herbert died aged 2 years.

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ID: 8518193

Name: Roll of Honour, Cambridgeshire, Histon & Impington War Memorial 1939-45

Title: Roll of Honour, Cambridgeshire, Histon & Impington War Memorial 1939-45

Description: Entry for George Robert Pettitt on the Histon and Impington War Memorial . Information from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission: Stoker 1st Class, P/KX 88290, Royal Navy, H.M. Submarine Triton, died on Wednesday 18th December 1940, aged 25. Son of Richard and Claretta Pettitt of Histon, Cambridgeshire; husband of Ethel May Pettitt. Commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire. Panel 42, Column 2.

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ID: 8529593

Title: Boot Inn, Histon, Cambridgeshire

Description: Boot Inn, Histon, was the home address of Richard and Claretta Pettitt in 1918. Boot Inn is a 17th century Grade II listed building with a post-1983 extension. Photograph: Andrew Roberts, 30 August 2015

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ID: 8560616

Reference: gbm_mci

Title: Medal Index Cards Transcription

Connected by: Fife3190

UPP: GBM/MCI/5086042

Additional: MM Card

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 8560617

Reference: gbm_wo363-4

Title: British Army Service Records 1914-1920 Transcription

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UPP: GBM/WO363-4/7272082/20/217

Additional: Details match

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 8593918

Title: L.Cpl R.Pettitt

Description: Lance Cpl in the 11th Battalion Suffolk Regt

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ID: 8594486

Title: Stocker George Pettitt

Description: George Pettitt in uniform serving on HMS Triton

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Additional: HMS Triton was sunk in the Adriatic, George was MPK

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