Lives of the First World War

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ID: 3678601

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=D4802133
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UPP: GBM/MCI/3682234

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 7367510

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/687430/
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UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/540123

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: 8548954

Name: RG14/21318 RD443 SD1 ED8 SN210, Stockport - Hazel Grove cum Bramhall 8

Title: 1911 census of England

Description: 1911 census, my transcription. 2 April 1911 The Gables, Bramhall, Cheshire (10 rooms) John Edward Redfern, Head, 59, m, married, -, Brush & Fancy Goods Dealer Cutler &c, also Brush Manufacturer, Employer, Lancashire Manchester Alice May Redfern, wife, 46, f, married, 23 yrs, 5 b, 4 alive, 1 d, -, -, -, Lancashire Manchester Elsie Redfern, Daughter, 20, f, single, -, -, -, Lancashire Manchester Robert Leigh Redfern, son, 19, m, single, -, Assistant to business of Head, -, -, Lancashire Manchester Alfred James Redfern, son, 18, m, single, -, do do, -, -, Lancashire Manchester John Howard Redfern, son, 11, m, -, School, -, -, -, Lancashire Manchester Ellen Maddocks, servant, 46, f, single, -, Cook Domestic, -, -, Cheshire Woodford Bertha Whitehouse, servant, 23, f, single, Housemaid Domestic, -, -, Staffordshire St Bridgford

Connected by: J53054

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ID: 8548970

Name: 16 Oct 1915, Manchester Evening News, p3 col 2

Reference: British Newspaper Archive online

Title: BRAMHALL SOLDIER'S FATE

Description: [transcription] BRAMHALL SOLDIER'S FATE Private information received by his parents leaves no ground for further hope of the safety of Private Robert Leigh Redfern, of the 6th Manchesters, who was reported missing on July 24. It is clear that he fell in action in Gallipoli on June 24. Private Redfern was the son of Mr. and Mrs. J.E. Redfern, of the Gables, Bramhall, and was engaged in business with his father in Market-street, Manchester. He was secretary of the Bramhall Football Club and also of the Bramhall Wesley Guild, and was an active member of the Bramhall Cricket Club.

Connected by: J53054

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ID: 8548994

Name: London: HMSO on behalf of the War Office, publ. 1921

Reference: online at Ancestry.co.uk

Title: Soldiers who Died in the Great War

Description: Official details of all those serving in the British Army who died in the war.

Connected by: J53054

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