Lives of the First World War

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ID: 3630830

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=D4754324
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UPP: GBM/MCI/3634425

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 7932211

Reference: wwisd

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

Connected by: Michael1332

UPP: GBM/WWISD/0215801

Additional: The name and military details confirm this record

Credit: © Naval and Military Press Ltd

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ID: 8846955

Reference: gbm_cwgc_casualties_iwm_ww1

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

Connected by: Linda571

UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/339296

Credit: © Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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ID: 8846957

Title: New Irish Farm Cemetery

Description: A red brick and stone entrance way into this cemetery in the Ypres area.

Connected by: Linda571

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ID: 8995113

Name: Quick, Henry Christopher

Title: Army Register of Soldiers' Effects

Description: A listing of the disposal of deceased soldiers back pay and war gratuity, usually names next of kin, in this case mother Hannah.

Connected by: Linda571

URL: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/60506/42511_6117463_0097-00166?pid=653986&backurl=http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv%3D1%26db%3DUKArmyRegistersEffects%26h%3D653986%26tid%3D%26pid%3D%26usePUB%3Dtrue%26_phsrc%3DUqo554%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource%26usePUBJs%3Dtrue%26rhSource%3D1543&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=Uqo554&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true
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ID: 8995115

Name: 2 September 1896

Title: Register of Baptisms from Christ Church Ardsley, Barnsley, Yorkshire

Description: A transcription with link to the image. Henry's parents are Samuel and Hannah of Hunningley, which is at Stairfoot, Barnsley.

Connected by: Linda571

URL: http://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=gbprs%2fb%2f813298578
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Additional: Mother's name fits Soldiers' Effects, place fits SDGW.

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ID: 8995119

Name: 1897 Industry Road, Stairfoot

Title: West Yorkshire Electoral Registers on Ancestry

Description: A list of the men entitled to vote from the Hunningley Ward of Ardsley. Lists a Samuel Quick on Industry Road.

Connected by: Linda571

URL: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/3057/40759_1831101881_0407-00013?pid=43852470&backurl=http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc%3DUqo556%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource%26usePUBJs%3Dtrue%26gss%3Dangs-g%26new%3D1%26rank%3D1%26gsfn%3DSamuel%26gsfn_x%3D0%26gsln%3DQuick%26gsln_x%3D0%26msypn__ftp%3DArdsley,%2520Barnsley,%2520Yorkshire,%2520England%26msypn%3D88568%26msypn_PInfo%3D8-%257C0%257C0%257C3257%257C3251%257C0%257C0%257C0%257C5292%257C88568%257C0%257C0%257C%26mssng%3DHannah%26cp%3D0%26catbucket%3Drstp%26MSAV%3D1%26uidh%3Dln3%26pcat%3DROOT_CATEGORY%26h%3D43852470%26recoff%3D9%252010%26dbid%3D3057%26indiv%3D1%26ml_rpos%3D3&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=Uqo556&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true
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Additional: We know Henry's father was called Samuel and that the family lived at Hunningley, Ardsley.

Source information

ID: 8995123

Reference: 1901gbc

Title: 1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Linda571

UPP: GBC/1901/0001083172

Additional: Names, age and parents' names fit. See 1911 census for proof Harry was born in Barnsley, unlike here where the enumerator has put Bedminster all the way down.

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 8995128

Reference: 1911gbc

Title: 1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Linda571

UPP: GBC/1911/RG14/14901/0277/2

Additional: Names, age and place of birth fit baptism and SDGW. It is no surprise the family is in Bristol as that is where he enlists. His father and elder brother are away from home

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 8995133

Title: 1896 GRO birth Henry Christopher Quck

Description: A screen shot of the entry for this man's birth showing that his mother's maiden name was Jones and that he was registered in Barnsley.

Connected by: Linda571

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ID: 8995134

Title: 1892 FreeBMD marriage Quick Jones

Description: A screen shot showing that Samuel Quick married Hannah Jones in Bristol in 1892.

Connected by: Linda571

Additional: This tallies with the baptism entry for Ardsley in 1896 - names of Henry's parents, and his birth index entry, maiden name of mother being Jones.

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