Lives of the First World War

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ID: 3584451

Reference: WO372/16

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=D4707918
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UPP: GBM/MCI/3588019

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 7508566

Reference: CWGCCASUALIWM

Title: Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records

Description: The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) commemorate First World War servicemen and women and members of some civilian organisations who died before 31 August 1921 while in Commonwealth military service or of causes attributable to service.

Connected by: Imperial1

URL: http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1586997/
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UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/829010

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Credit: © Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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ID: 9627274

Name: Tamworth 6B 477

Title: George Preedy Birth Record

Description: George Preedy record of birth, Tamworth, 1895.

Connected by: Josephine145903

URL: https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=bmd%2fb%2f1895%2f2%2faz%2f000473%2f137
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ID: 9627344

Name: RG13/ 2653/ 125/ 14

Title: 1901 Census

Description: Residence: Church Farm, Village, Drayton Bassett, Tamworth, Staffs. Head of household: Joseph Preedy (b. 1872) aged 29, born in Tadmarton, Oxfordshire, occupation: Agricultural Labourer; Maria Preedy (b. 1874), wife, aged 27, born in Kingsbury, Warwickshire; Charles Preedy (b. 1893), son, aged 8, born in Kingsbury, Warwickshire; Alice Preedy (b. 1894), daughter, aged 7, born in Middleton, Warwickshire; George Preedy (b. 1895), son, aged 6, born in Drayton Bassett, Staffs.; Ellen Preedy (b. 1897), daughter, aged 4, born in Drayton Bassett, Staffs.; Margaret Preedy (b. 1900), daughter, born in Drayton Bassett, Staffs.; Edward Allen, (b. 1897), nephew, aged 4, born in Kingsbury, Warwickshire.

Connected by: Josephine145903

URL: https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=GBC/1901/0016317144
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ID: 9627380

Name: RG14PN16732 RG78PN1037 RD364 SD2 ED6 SN50

Title: 1911 Census

Description: Residence: Newton Admaston Rugeley, Blithfield, Staffordshire. Head of household: Joseph Preedy (b. 1869) aged 42, born in Tadmarton, Oxfordshire, occupation: Farmer; Maria Preedy (b. 1871), wife, aged 40, born in Kingsbury, Warwickshire; George Preedy (b. 1895), son, aged 16, born in Drayton Bassett, Staffs., occupation: Assists on Farm; Nellie Preedy (b. 1897), daughter, aged 14, born in Drayton Bassett, Staffs.; Margaret Preedy (b. 1900), daughter, aged 11, born in Drayton Bassett, Staffs.

Connected by: Josephine145903

URL: https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=GBC/1911/RG14/16732/0099/3
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Additional: Occupation

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ID: 9627416

Name: Soldiers Died in The Great War 1914-1919

Title: Soldiers Died In The Great War 1914-1919

Description: George Preedy, Service Number: 15113, Private, Regiment: Household Cavalry and Cavalry of the Line (Including Yeomanry and Imperial Camel Corps), Battalion: 18th (Queen Mary's Own Royal) Hussars, Battalion details: 1914-18 4.8.14 Tidworth: 2nd Cav. Bde. Aug 1914 to France in 2nd Cav. Bde. The Cav. Div. 16.9.14 The Cav Div. Became 1st Cav.Div. No further change. Residence: Abbots Bromley, Birth Place: Tamworth, Enlistment Place: Hednesford, Date of Death: 25th March 1918, Killed in Action, France and Flanders, Theatre of War: Western European Theatre.

Connected by: Josephine145903

URL: https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=GBM/WWISD/0006334
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ID: 9627432

Title: Commonwealth War Graves Commission Debt of Honour

Description: George Preedy, died 25th March 1918. Number: 15113, Private, Regiment: 18th (Queen Mary's Own) Hussars. Grave reference: Panel 5, Memorial: Pozieres Memorial, France, First World War 1914-1918.

Connected by: Josephine145903

URL: https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=GBM/CWGC/ROLLOFHONOUR/000774917
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