Lives of the First World War

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ID: 3739057

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=D4862633
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UPP: GBM/MCI/3742734

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 7249028

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/455730/
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UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/341946

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: 8780523

Title: Birkenhead Institute Roll of Honour

Description: Brass Roll of Honour now hanging in Birkenhead Central Library

Connected by: Alun44477

Source information

ID: 8887263

Title: Birkenhead Institute Roll of Honour

Description: Brass memorial plaque now hanging in Birkenhead Central Library

Connected by: Alun44477

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ID: 8887264

Title: Commonwealth War Graves Commission entry

Description: Details of the death of H E Ridgway

Connected by: Alun44477

URL: http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/455730/RIDGWAY,%20HAROLD%20EDWIN
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ID: 8888318

Title: Ancestry link to 1911 Census

Description: Details of the family of H E Ridgway

Connected by: Alun44477

URL: http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1911England&indiv=try&h=5696939
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ID: 8888319

Title: Ancestry link to 1901 census

Description: Details of the family of H E Ridgway

Connected by: Alun44477

URL: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/7814/CHSRG13_3395_3397-0189?pid=20145413&backurl=http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv%3D1%26db%3Duki1901%26h%3D20145413%26tid%3D%26pid%3D%26usePUB%3Dtrue%26_phsrc%3DnSA28%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource%26usePUBJs%3Dtrue%26rhSource%3D2352&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=nSA28&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true
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ID: 8888336

Name: WO 339/41322

Reference: National Archives, Kew

Title: Officer Service Records

Description: Details of the service of H E Ridgway

Connected by: Alun44477

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ID: 8931577

Title: RIP

Description: Grave marker

Connected by: les46001

Source information

ID: 9536087

Title: Birkenhead Institute War Memorial

Description: New Memorial in Hamilton Square, Birkenhead to 88 Old Boys of Birkenhead Institute who fell in WW1

Connected by: Alun44477

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