Lives of the First World War

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ID: 3586626

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=D4710094
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UPP: GBM/MCI/3590195

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 7223607

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/488074/
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UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/371848

Additional: This record has been automatically matched to the Life Story by IWM, using rules based on name, rank, number, regiment and service.

Credit: © Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Source information

ID: 9628149

Title: Grave of Private John William Presland

Description: Grave of John William Presland, 2nd Suffolks, in Spoilbank Cemetery, Belgium.

Connected by: Peter343

Additional: Private Presland was killed by a mine explosion under the 2nd Suffolks trench on the Bluff, near Ypres on 22 January 1916

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