Lives of the First World War

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ID: 383758

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.

URL: http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=D1369476
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UPP: GBM/MCI/0384052

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 5496497

Title: The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

Description: Information regarding Robert Blease

Connected by: Ashley11488

URL: http://www.loyalregiment.com/24683-lcpl-r-blease-l-n-lan-r/
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Additional: The person's name and regiment matches

Source information

ID: 7618340

Reference: gbm_cwgc_casualties_iwm_ww1

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

Connected by: Yvonne27542

UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/436174

Additional: The person's name and military details match.

Credit: © Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Source information

ID: 7618346

Reference: wwisd

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

Connected by: Yvonne27542

UPP: GBM/WWISD/0335239

Additional: The person's name, date of death, and military information match.

Credit: © Naval and Military Press Ltd

Source information

ID: 7656156

Reference: gbm_mroh

Title: Manchester employers Roll of Honour 1914-1916 Transcription

Connected by: Yvonne27542

UPP: GBM/MRH/00055385

Additional: The person's name matches, and other evidence shows he was employed by the Union Bank of Manchester.

Credit: Courtesy of Findmypast

Source information

ID: 9051991

Name: October 1917; Page 262; Our Roll of Honour.

Reference: Barclays Group Archives

Title: Journal of the Institute of Bankers - Roll of Honour

Description: Brief notices of war deaths of members of the Institute of Bankers. See Stories section for full transcription.

Connected by: Yvonne27542

Source information

ID: 9051994

Name: Page 315

Reference: Barclays Group Archives

Title: Journal of the Institute of Bankers - October 1916

Description: Details of those who passed the Institute of Bankers examinations held in April 1916 … Preliminary Examination … Blease, Robert, Union Bank of Manchester Limited, Farnworth, near Bolton.

Connected by: Yvonne27542

Additional: Other evidence confirms he worked for the bank.

Source information

ID: 9060034

Title: Barclays Bank - We Will Remember Them

Description: Image from Barclays Bank Book of Remembrance - World War One. Completed in April 1959, with parchment pages, the book was decorated and gilded by Dorothy Hutton.

Connected by: Yvonne27542

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