Lives of the First World War

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ID: 3788461

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.

URL: http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=D4912062
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UPP: GBM/MCI/3792163

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 6972314

Title: Full dress uniform

Description: South Wales Borderers full dress uniform; a scarlet tunic with grass green facings which were revived in 1905. This was soon to be abandoned in favour of khaki. The Home Service helmet was introduced in 1878.

Connected by: Keith1947

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ID: 7316803

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/723854/
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UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/559307

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: 7646905

Name: QSA & KSA (WO 100/181 & WO 100/328 respectively)

Title: Boer War medal rolls for South Wales Borderers

Description: Taken from the database: UK, Military Campaign Medal and Award Rolls, 1793-1949

Connected by: Keith1947

URL: http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=1686
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ID: 7741396

Name: Soldiers' Effects Records, 1901-60; NAM Accession Number: 1991-02-333

Title: Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929

Description: Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects 1901-1929 Records detailing the money owed to soldiers of the British Army who died in service from 1901 to 1929. Records typically include the name of the soldier, his next of kin and their relationship, the date of death and sometimes the place, plus other details. In cases where the soldier was discharged as insane, the place and date of discharge are often recorded in the place and date of death field. The inclusion of the next of kin makes these records particularly valuable to family historians, as this information can help researchers take a family back another generation or distinguish between soldiers with the same name. Early records also list a soldier’s trade before enlistment.

Connected by: Keith1947

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ID: 8482135

Title: QSA and KSA medals

Connected by: Keith1947

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ID: 8858631

Reference: wwisd

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

Connected by: Keith1947

UPP: GBM/WWISD/0283707

Credit: © Naval and Military Press Ltd

Source information

ID: 8992103

Reference: 1911gbc

Title: 1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Clive98819

UPP: GBC/1911/RG14/27223/0257/1

Additional: This connects well with other information we have about Matthew Robinson.

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 8992290

Title: Report on the Death of Matthew Robinson

Description: The newspaper report describes his military and civilian life.

Connected by: Clive98819

Additional: This article is from the 16-October-1914 issue of the Morley Observer.

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