Lives of the First World War

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ID: 3637143

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=D4760640
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UPP: GBM/MCI/3640741

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 7220697

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/440751/
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UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/327925

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

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ID: 8682586

Title: James Rackley from Barnsley Chronicle

Description: A newspaper photo of this man wearing a uniform tunic with white stand up collar and piping, bareheaded. From the Barnsley Chronicle 4 December 1915 (with thanks to Barnsley Archives).

Connected by: Linda571

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ID: 8682589

Name: Rackley, Francis James

Title: De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour on Ancestry

Description: A listing in this data collection which contains biographies of over 26,000 casualties of the Great War.

Connected by: Linda571

URL: http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/60454/de_ruvignys_vol_3-de_ruv_vol3_pg_0224?pid=4893&backurl=http://search.ancestry.co.uk//cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc%3DdWr382%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource%26usePUBJs%3Dtrue%26gss%3Dangs-c%26new%3D1%26rank%3D1%26msT%3D1%26gsfn%3Djames%26gsfn_x%3D0%26gsln%3Drackley%26gsln_x%3D0%26gskw%3D2234%26cp%3D0%26MSAV%3D1%26uidh%3Dln3%26pcat%3D39%26h%3D4893%26recoff%3D5%25206%252036%252048%26db%3DUKDeRuvHonourRoll%26indiv%3D1%26ml_rpos%3D3&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=dWr382&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true
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ID: 8682604

Reference: gbm_wo363-4

Title: British Army Service Records 1914-1920 Transcription

Connected by: Linda571

UPP: GBM/WO363-4/7365309/7/103

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 8682605

Reference: wwisd

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

Connected by: Linda571

UPP: GBM/WWISD/0554238

Credit: © Naval and Military Press Ltd

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ID: 8682609

Name: Rackley, James

Title: Army Register of Soldiers' Effects

Description: A listing of the disposal of deceased soldiers' back pay and war gratuity. Usually gives name of next of kin.

Connected by: Linda571

URL: http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/60506/42511_6129999_0030-00210?pid=520222&backurl=http://search.ancestry.co.uk//cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc%3DdWr382%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource%26usePUBJs%3Dtrue%26gss%3Dangs-c%26new%3D1%26rank%3D1%26msT%3D1%26gsfn%3Djames%26gsfn_x%3D0%26gsln%3Drackley%26gsln_x%3D0%26gskw%3D2234%26cp%3D0%26MSAV%3D1%26uidh%3Dln3%26pcat%3D39%26h%3D520222%26recoff%3D3%25204%26db%3DUKArmyRegistersEffects%26indiv%3D1%26ml_rpos%3D5&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=dWr382&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true
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ID: 9259149

Title: Francis James Rackley remembered Barnsley Cemetery

Description: A brown gravestone with fleur de lys style top. Commemorates Francis James Rackley first (unusual) with his small daughter beneath. A niece is recorded on the plinth at the foot. Plot (c) 186.

Connected by: Linda571

Additional: Photo by Wayne Bywater early 2018.

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