Lives of the First World War

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ID: 3688415

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=D4811953
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UPP: GBM/MCI/3692054

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 8490806

Reference: gbm_cwgc_casualties_iwm_ww1

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

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UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/231332

Additional: Details match.

Credit: © Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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ID: 8490807

Reference: wwisd

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

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UPP: GBM/WWISD/1000338

Additional: Details match. (Connection to Royal Welsh Fusiliers given)

Credit: © Naval and Military Press Ltd

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ID: 8490812

Title: Brecon Grammar School Memorial

Description: Biographical details.

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URL: http://www.brecongrammar.org/newsletters/BreconGrammarOBA_Newsletter_September_2014_WWI_Edition.pdf
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Additional: Details match.

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ID: 8490815

Reference: 1901gbc

Title: 1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

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UPP: GBC/1901/0031650713

Additional: Details match CWGC records.

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 8490817

Title: Medals sold

Description: BBC news item about the sale of his medals

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URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/552969.stm
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ID: 8556101

Name: DNW auctioneers.

Title: Lot 700

Description: Description of medals and circumstances of death. Sold at auction for £4,500 on 9 December 1999.

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URL: http://www.dnw.co.uk/auction-archive/catalogue-archive/lot.php?auction_id=19&lot_id=19006
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Additional: Details match known facts.

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ID: 8556103

Name: London gazette issue 29370 supplement 11438

Title: Lieutenant

Description: Confirmation of promotion to Lieutenant dated 29 June 1915

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URL: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29370/supplement/11438/data.pdf
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ID: 8556546

Title: Second Lieutenant

Description: Date of commission dated 21 January 1915.

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URL: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29067/supplement/1525/data.pdf
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ID: 8638225

Title: Tom Rees

Description: Tom Rees (18 May 1895 – 17 September 1916) was a British Army officer who served in the OTC, Royal Welch Fusiliers and later the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War. Joining the military in early 1915, Rees was raised to the rank of lieutenant before his twenty-first birthday and eventually reached captain on the day of his death. He was killed on 17 September 1916 while flying as an observer in an F.E.2b aircraft, which was shot down by Manfred von Richthofen, the German flying ace who was later known as the "Red Baron". The aircraft was the first of von Richthofen's 80 credited aerial combat victories.

Connected by: Peter5151