Lives of the First World War

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ID: 3958448

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/3962303

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 7179230

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

UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/218926

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: 9422392

Name: GRO Reference: 1884 D Quarter in BIGGLESWADE Volume 03B Page 362

Title: GRO Online Birth Index

Description: GRO Online Birth Index entry for Edmund SELLS

Connected by: Janelle21775

URL: https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/indexes_search.asp
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Additional: The person's name match and other military details confirm the match.

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ID: 9422394

Name: Biggleswade Chronicle Fri 05 Jan 1917 page 2

Title: Private Edmund Sells Reported Missing

Description: Pte Edmund Sells of the Royal West Surreys officially posted as missing on 18 Nov 1916. Article names his mother, Mrs Fred Carr of Hitchin Street, and mentions that he has a wife and daughter.

Connected by: Janelle21775

URL: https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000752/19170105/051/0002
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Additional: The person's names match and the military details confirm the match.

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ID: 9422404

Name: Biggleswade Chronicle Fri 20 Apr 1917 page 3

Title: The late Pte Edmund Sells

Description: Photograph of the late Pte Edmund Sells of the Royal West Surreys. The article mentions his relatives were recently notified by the War Office that he was killed in action.

Connected by: Janelle21775

URL: https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000752/19170420/079/0003
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Additional: The person's names match and other military details confirm the match.

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ID: 9422416

Name: Class: RG14; Piece: 8915; Schedule Number: 18

Title: 1911 England Census - Edmund SELLS

Description: Household of Edmund Sells at Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, at 1911 Census. Edmund Sells, age 27; Kate Sells, age 31; and Olive May Sells, age 3.

Connected by: Janelle21775

URL: https://search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2352&h=44262102&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=GEV1&_phstart=successSource
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Additional: The person's name, age, family members, and place of birth confirm the match with other details in life story.

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ID: 9422427

Name: FHL Film Number: 1042912

Title: England, Select Marriages, 1538-1973

Description: Edmund Sells, 23, married Kate Austin on 10 Feb 1907 at Biggleswade, Bedfordshire

Connected by: Janelle21775

URL: https://search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=9852&h=21085147&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=2352
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Additional: The person's names and the place of marriage and the bride's first name match the details in the life story.

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