Lives of the First World War

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ID: 392080

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=D1377806
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UPP: GBM/MCI/0392382

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 7214699

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/434050/
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UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/321432

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: 8629193

Name: Reg Year:1890; Reg Qtr: Jul-Aug-Sep; Reg district: Mutford; Volume: 4a; Page: 936

Title: FreeBMD. England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915

Description: GRO Birth Index on Ancestry.co.uk

Connected by: Kay66181

URL: http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=8912&h=32566553&ssrc=pt&tid=9861411&pid=6008054246&usePUB=true
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Additional: The person's names, birth date & birth place match

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ID: 8629196

Title: CWG Headstone

Description: Photo of Sydney's last resting place.

Connected by: Kay66181

Additional: Sydney fought with the 11th Battalion, Essex Regiment, as Private 41353. He lost his life in Belgium and is buried in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, the second largest CWG cemetery in that country.

Source information

ID: 8629199

Name: Place: Yarmouth, Norfolk, England; Collection: St Nicholas;1890 - 1901

Title: England & Wales Christening Records, 1530-1906

Description: Baptism record found on Ancestry.co.uk

Connected by: Kay66181

URL: http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=1351&h=1004293&ssrc=pt&tid=9861411&pid=6008054246&usePUB=true
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Additional: This person's name, dates & family details match.

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ID: 8629542

Title: The Essex Regiment Cap Badge

Description: WW1 version

Connected by: Kay66181

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