Lives of the First World War

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ID: 3506955

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=D4630351
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UPP: GBM/MCI/3510452

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 8742293

Title: Royal Aero Club

Description: aero club

Connected by: john14663

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ID: 8997923

Reference: gbm_cwgc_casualties_iwm_ww1

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

Connected by: Hugh19032

UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/503559

Additional: Surname and forenames match and military details confirm identification.

Credit: © Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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ID: 8997925

Reference: wwisd

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

Connected by: Hugh19032

UPP: GBM/WWISD/1002081

Additional: Surname and forenames match and military details confirm the identification.

Credit: © Naval and Military Press Ltd

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ID: 9015915

Reference: bmd_births

Title: England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription

Connected by: Hugh19032

UPP: BMD/B/1893/3/AZ/000457/260

Additional: Surname and forenames match; place and year of birth match details elsewhere.

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 9015925

Reference: gbm_leic_rut

Title: Leicestershire and Rutland, Soldiers Died 1914-1920 Transcription

Connected by: Hugh19032

UPP: GBM/LEIC-RUT/10855

Additional: Surname and forenames match; military and family details confirm the match.

Credit: Courtesy of Findmypast

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ID: 9015929

Reference: gbm_air76

Title: British Royal Air Force, Officers' Service Records 1912-1920 Transcription

Connected by: Hugh19032

UPP: GBM/AIR76/71521

Additional: Surname and initials match; family and military details confirm the match.

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 9015932

Reference: gbm_univ_roll_1914

Title: Britain School & University rolls 1914-1918 Transcription

Connected by: Hugh19032

UPP: GBM/UNIV-ROLL/31158

Additional: Surname and initials match; military details confirm the match.

Credit: © Findmypast

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ID: 9015933

Reference: gbm_univ_roll_1914

Title: Britain School & University rolls 1914-1918 Transcription

Connected by: Hugh19032

UPP: GBM/UNIV-ROLL/50627

Additional: Surname and initials match; military details confirm the match.

Credit: © Findmypast

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ID: 9015935

Reference: gbm_bopow_1914

Title: Prisoners of War 1715-1945 Transcription

Connected by: Hugh19032

UPP: GMB/BOPOW/7541

Additional: Surname and initials match; military details confirm the match.

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 9015939

Name: Index card # 1536

Reference: Ancestry.co.uk online

Title: Royal Aero Club Aviator's Certificate

Description: "[#] 1536 | PHILPOTT, John Reginald | Southchurch Rectory, Southend-on-Sea. | [DoB] 12th July 1893 | [at] Stoke Albany, Northants. | 2nd Lieut. 10th Suffolk Regt. | [taken on] Hall Biplane | [at] Hall School, Hendon | [on] 5th August 1915. | [note] Died in Turkish hands 15th January 1918."

Connected by: Hugh19032

Additional: Surname and forenames match; date of death and military details confirm the match.

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ID: 9015947

Title: Holy Trinity Church, Southchurch, Southend-on-Sea

Description: Stained glass window memorial to Capt John Reginald Philpott MC.

Connected by: Hugh19032

Additional: Photograph © Michael Eighteen, http://southend19141918.co.uk/

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ID: 9015951

Name: "Personals - Casualties," "Flight & Aircraft Engineer," 28 February 1918, #479, 233b

Title: Obituary, "Flight & Aircraft Engineer"

Description: Flight was the official organ of the Royal Aero Club.

Connected by: Hugh19032

URL: https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1918/1918%20-%200237.html
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Additional: Surname and forenames match and the military details confirm the match.

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ID: 9015953

Name: Captain John Reginald Philpott, M.C.

Title: Biography, "History Pin"

Description: Biographical essay written by unknown author.

Connected by: Hugh19032

URL: https://www.historypin.org/en/explore/geo/37.77493,-122.419416,12/bounds/37.696191,-122.474519,37.853585,-122.364313/pin/1024906
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Additional: Biography of subject of Life Story.

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ID: 9118802

Name: Captain John Reginald Philpott

Title: Great War Lives Lost

Description: Profiles of those who fell 100 years ago.

Connected by: Anne1202

URL: https://greatwarliveslost.com
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Additional: Details match those of the CWGC and Prisoner of War Transcriptions.

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