Lives of the First World War

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ID: 392069

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=D1377795
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UPP: GBM/MCI/0392371

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 7390281

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/845267/
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UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/673020

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: 8828842

Title: Joseph Bly from Barnsley Chronicle

Description: A pale looking bare-headed man in possible hospital uniform. From the Barnsley Chronicle 24 November 1917 with thanks to Barnsley Archives.

Connected by: Linda571

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ID: 8995701

Name: 3 April 2017

Title: Barnsley St Mary's Remembers - Joseph Bly

Description: A web page about his man with family and military information plus links to other sources.

Connected by: Linda571

URL: http://stmarysremembers.blogspot.co.uk/2017/04/joseph-bly-1896-1917.html
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ID: 8995706

Reference: wwisd

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

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UPP: GBM/WWISD/0554767

Credit: © Naval and Military Press Ltd

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ID: 8995708

Reference: gbm_wo363-4

Title: British Army Service Records 1914-1920 Transcription

Connected by: Linda571

UPP: GBM/WO363-4/7294815/34/748

Credit: © The National Archives

Source information

ID: 8995712

Reference: 1911gbc

Title: 1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Linda571

UPP: GBC/1911/RG14/27580/0421/5

Additional: Names, age and parent's names fit CWGC.

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 8995716

Reference: 1891gbc

Title: 1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

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UPP: GBC/1891/0026059693

Additional: This census shows John's parents before his birth.

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 8995731

Reference: 1901gbc

Title: 1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Linda571

UPP: GBC/1901/0028915385

Additional: Surname Bligh instead of Bly - easy mistake to make. Otherwise names and family names match 1911 census and CWGC.

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 8995751

Name: Bly, Joseph

Title: Army Register of Soldiers' Effects

Description: A listing of the disposal of deceased soldiers' back pay and war gratuity, usually names next of kin, in this case mother Susan.

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URL: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/60506/42511_6117463_0103-00176?pid=404689&backurl=http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv%3D1%26db%3DUKArmyRegistersEffects%26h%3D404689%26tid%3D%26pid%3D%26usePUB%3Dtrue%26_phsrc%3DUqo567%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource%26usePUBJs%3Dtrue%26rhSource%3D7814&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=Uqo567&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true
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ID: 8995771

Title: GRO births for some Bly children

Description: Michael b.1894, Joseph b.1896 and James b.1898. Shows us that their mother's maiden name was Butler.

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ID: 8995776

Title: Panel from War Memorial at St Mary's Barnsley

Description: Joseph and his brother Patrick are both named on this panel for soldiers in York and Lancaster Regiment battalions other than the Barnsley Battalions or the 1st/5th T.F. battalion.

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ID: 8995821

Name: 17 November 1917

Reference: Barnsley Archives

Title: Barnsley Chronicle

Description: A Death Notice and a piece remarking that the Bly's were now doubly bereaved, Patrick having been killed on a few weeks before.

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