Lives of the First World War

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ID: 3973511

Reference: WO372/18

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=D5097286
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UPP: GBM/MCI/3977387

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 6155403

Title: CWGC

Description: Death record for Alfred Edwin Shapley on CWGC website

Connected by: Sarah9235

URL: http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/812190/SHAPLEY,%20ALFRED%20EDWIN
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Additional: The person's names match and the match is confirmed by military and family details.

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ID: 6155406

Title: FreeBMD

Description: Birth registration on FreeBMD transcription of GRO index

Connected by: Sarah9235

URL: http://www.freebmd.org.uk/
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Additional: The person's name match and the date matches his age on other records.

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ID: 6155409

Name: RG12/2976/96/31

Title: 1891 census

Description: 1891 England census on Ancestry

Connected by: Sarah9235

URL: http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=alfred+edwin&gsln=shapley&msbdy=1888&msbpn__ftp=walton%2c+lancashire&cpxt=1&catBucket=rstp&uidh=hw2&cp=11&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=11671148&db=uki1891&indiv=1&ml_rpos=6
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Additional: The person's names, age and parents match.

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ID: 6155418

Name: Q3 1882 Altrincham 8a 263

Title: Marriage record of Edwin Maynard Shapley and Annie Gosling

Description: Diocese of Chester parish registers of marriages c1538-1910: Marriage record of Edwin Maynard Shapley and Annie Gosling.

Connected by: Sarah9235

URL: http://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=gbprs%2fm%2f770267611%2f1&highlights=%22%22
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Additional: Annie Gosling is my gg-aunt; details match census records, etc.

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ID: 6155435

Title: Remembrance photo

Description: Poppies in a field

Connected by: Sarah9235

Additional: Poppies for remembrance.

Source information

ID: 7442559

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/812190/
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UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/641723

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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