Lives of the First World War

Source information

ID: 373877

Reference: WO372/2

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.

UPP: GBM/MCI/0374163

Credit: © The National Archives

Source information

ID: 5477145

Reference: 1901gbc

Title: 1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Kay92

UPP: GBC/1901/0004682129

Additional: The surname and first name match plus the age as of 31st March, known family members and address are appropriate

Credit: © General Register Office

Source information

ID: 5477148

Reference: bmd_births

Title: England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription

Connected by: Kay92

UPP: BMD/B/1892/1/AZ/000053/099

Additional: The surname and first names match with known person i.e. my great uncle. His registration is documented in the next quarter after his birth. The location is appropriate

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Source information

ID: 5477151

Reference: bmd_marriages

Title: England & Wales marriages 1837-2008 Transcription

Connected by: Kay92

UPP: BMD/M/1915/2/AZ/000123/122

Additional: The surname and first name match. The registration concurs with the parish record found for him marrying Lily Barrow in Lambeth, the witnesses and father were known to my mother.

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Source information

ID: 5477155

Reference: 1911gbc

Title: 1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Kay92

UPP: GBC/1911/RG14/01064/0187/3

Additional: Although the surname does not match, the first name, age and birth place are appropriate for my great uncle who designated himself as a waiter on his enlistment paper and is serving in The Fountain Pub located at this address.

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 5477161

Title: Website

Description: Ancestry.com. London, England, School Admissions and Discharges, 1840-1911 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors. Original data: School Admissions and Discharges, 1840-1911. London, England: London Metropolitan Archives.

Connected by: Kay92

URL: http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/1938/31949_212955-00036/8471020?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.co.uk%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3fdb%3dAdmissDischarges%26h%3d8471020%26indiv%3dtry%26o_vc%3dRecord%253aOtherRecord%26tid%3d14456315%26tpid%3d109329267%26rhSource%3d2352&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnRecord
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Additional: This web page reveals Albert Blaiklock's date of birth, school attended, home address and father's name.

Source information

ID: 5477170

Title: Website

Description: British Army WWI Service Records, 1914-1920 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008. Original data: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO). War Office: Soldiers’ Documents, First World War ‘Burnt Documents’ (Microfilm Copies); (The National Archives Microfilm Publication WO363); Records created or inherited by the War Office, Armed Forces, Judge Advocate General, and related bodies; The National Archives of the UK (TNA), Kew, Surrey, England.

Connected by: Kay92

URL: http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/1219/MIUK1914F_127392-00310/240257?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.co.uk%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3fdb%3dBritishArmyService%26h%3d240257%26indiv%3dtry%26o_vc%3dRecord%253aOtherRecord%26rhSource%3d1938&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnRecord#?imageId=MIUK1914F_127392-00316
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Additional: Image of receipt of war medals by widow Lily Blaiklock for Albert Blaiklock, displaying service number.

Source information

ID: 5477173

Title: Website

Description: British Army WWI Service Records, 1914-1920 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008. Original data: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO). War Office: Soldiers’ Documents, First World War ‘Burnt Documents’ (Microfilm Copies); (The National Archives Microfilm Publication WO363); Records created or inherited by the War Office, Armed Forces, Judge Advocate General, and related bodies; The National Archives of the UK (TNA), Kew, Surrey, England.

Connected by: Kay92

URL: http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/1219/MIUK1914F_127392-00310/240257?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.co.uk%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3fdb%3dBritishArmyService%26h%3d240257%26indiv%3dtry%26o_vc%3dRecord%253aOtherRecord%26rhSource%3d1938&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnRecord#?imageId=MIUK1914F_127392-00318
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Additional: Image of Casualty Form recording War Offices official regard of death date as 26.9.1915 for Albert Blaiklock, G/2510

Source information

ID: 5477182

Title: Website

Description: British Army WWI Service Records, 1914-1920 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008. Original data: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO). War Office: Soldiers’ Documents, First World War ‘Burnt Documents’ (Microfilm Copies); (The National Archives Microfilm Publication WO363); Records created or inherited by the War Office, Armed Forces, Judge Advocate General, and related bodies; The National Archives of the UK (TNA), Kew, Surrey, England.

Connected by: Kay92

URL: http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/1219/MIUK1914F_127392-00310/240257?backurl=&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnRecord#?imageId=MIUK1914F_127392-00325
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Additional: Image of receipt of 1914-15 star for Albert Blaiklock by his widow Lily; service number matches with Medal Index Card.

Source information

ID: 5477488

Reference: bmd_overseas_deaths_arr1

Title: GRO WAR DEATHS ARMY OTHER RANKS (1914 to1921) Transcription

Connected by: Kay92

UPP: BMD/OVS/ARR1/000314/056

Additional: The first name, number, date of death and regiment all match known facts from my great uncle's life. His surname was incorrectly written from his enlistment and perpetuated to his death.

Credit: © General Register Office