Lives of the First World War

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ID: 3751425

Reference: WO372/17

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/3755112

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 9275420

Name: WO 329/3190

Title: UK, Silver War Badge Records, 1914-1920

Description: Silver War Badge roll

Connected by: Barry1338

URL: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/2456/wo329_3190-00168/716182?backurl=&ssrc=&backlabel=Return&bm=true
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Additional: Details match medal card that seeded this life story

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ID: 9275426

Name: WO 329/2837

Title: UK, WWI Service Medal and Award Rolls, 1914-1920

Description: Medal Roll for 1914/15 Star

Connected by: Barry1338

URL: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/5119/41804_612057_10740-00290?pid=5104663&treeid=&personid=&rc=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=Hrd2509&_phstart=successSource
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Additional: Details match information on the Silver War Badge Roll

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ID: 9275433

Name: WO 96/0157/357

Title: British Army Service Records 1760-1915 - Militia

Description: Militia Attestation 1906

Connected by: Barry1338

URL: https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=GBM/WO96/0157/357/001&parentid=GBM/WO96/157/1127200
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Additional: As well as the names agreeing with WWI records, the papers also show membership of the Royal Fusiliers into which Regular Army regiment he transferred in 1907 according to these papers.

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ID: 9275444

Name: RG12/414 folio 69 page 22

Title: 1891 Census

Connected by: Barry1338

URL: https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=GBC/1891/0414/0137&parentid=GBC/1891/0003510826
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Additional: Father's name Robert Risley matches Militia Attestation, but the enumerator has mangled his forename from 'Harwood' to 'Arwood' or 'Arnold'. See 1901 Census for confirmation of identity

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ID: 9275447

Name: RG13; Piece: 465; Folio: 41; Page: 19

Title: 1901 Census

Description: 1901 Census entry

Connected by: Barry1338

URL: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/7814/LNDRG13_464_466-0382?pid=21223693&treeid=&personid=&rc=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=Hrd2521&_phstart=successSource
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Additional: Details match 1891 Census and other sources

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ID: 9275450

Name: RG14; Piece: 34980; Page: 1

Title: 1911 Census

Description: 1911 Census entry

Connected by: Barry1338

URL: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/2352/rg14_34980_0125_35?pid=36044198&treeid=&personid=&rc=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=Hrd2521&_phstart=successSource
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Additional: Details match other sources

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ID: 9275461

Name: Dec 1916 Lambeth 1d 768

Title: GRO Marriages Index

Description: GRO Marriages Index entry - Transcript

Connected by: Barry1338

URL: https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=8753&h=64135917&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=Hrd2528&_phstart=successSource
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Additional: Wife subsequently appears in electoral registers and the 1939 Register

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ID: 9275465

Name: London Metropolitan Archives.

Title: London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1965

Description: Electoral roll for Lambeth area 1925

Connected by: Barry1338

URL: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/1795/40020_213253-00508?pid=68643045&treeid=&personid=&rc=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=Hrd2530&_phstart=successSource
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Additional: Details match other sources

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ID: 9275474

Name: Jun 1890 Epsom 2a 43

Title: Parents' Marriage: GRO Marriages Index

Description: GRO Marriages Index entry - Transcript

Connected by: Barry1338

URL: https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=8913&h=24272527&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=Hrd2532&_phstart=successSource
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Additional: From 1901 Census, Robert's wife is known to have been called Stella (or Estella). Their first child was Harwood, but born before their marriage and registered under Estella's maiden name (see GRO Births Index entry)

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ID: 9275476

Name: Mar 1890 Epsom 2a 19

Title: GRO Births Index

Description: GRO Births Index entry

Connected by: Barry1338

URL: https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=BMD/B/1890/1/AZ/000456&parentid=BMD/B/1890/1/AZ/000456/170
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Additional: Details match other sources but note that he was registered under the maiden name of his mother. Only later did he adopt the surname of his father Robert Risley

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ID: 9275523

Name: RG101/0362E/003/36

Title: 1939 National Register

Description: 1939 National Register entry

Connected by: Barry1338

URL: https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=TNA/R39/0362/0362E/003&parentid=TNA/R39/0362/0362E/003/36
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Additional: He has inverted his two forenames and appears (from his other records) to have overstated his age when compared with other records such as the 1891 Census and his military enlistment in 1906.

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ID: 9275527

Name: Dec 1960 Camberwell 5c 227

Title: GRO Deaths Index

Description: GRO Deaths Index entry

Connected by: Barry1338

URL: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/7579/ons_d19604az-0964?pid=36024251&treeid=&personid=&rc=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=Hrd2536&_phstart=successSource
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Additional: Details consistent with the names given in 1939 Register, last known place of residence and age

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