Lives of the First World War

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ID: 4021382

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=D5145191
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UPP: GBM/MCI/4025292

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 7191586

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/357438/
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UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/261347

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

Source information

ID: 9432128

Title: George's Headstone

Description: George Edward Short's headstone in Sutton Road Cemetery, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England

Connected by: Colin44150

Source information

ID: 9432152

Reference: bmd_deaths

Title: England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 Transcription

Connected by: Colin44150

UPP: BMD/D/1917/3/AZ/000724/131

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 9432153

Reference: wwisd

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

Connected by: Colin44150

UPP: GBM/WWISD/0249908

Credit: © Naval and Military Press Ltd

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ID: 9432155

Reference: 1911gbc

Title: 1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Colin44150

UPP: GBC/1911/RG14/10147/0547/3

Credit: © The National Archives

Source information

ID: 9432163

Reference: bmd_births

Title: England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription

Connected by: Colin44150

UPP: BMD/B/1892/3/AZ/000523/348

Credit: © General Register Office

Source information

ID: 9432169

Reference: 1901gbc

Title: 1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Colin44150

UPP: GBC/1901/0012202007

Credit: © General Register Office

Source information

ID: 9432197

Title: Soldiers Died in the Great War on Ancestry

Connected by: Colin44150

URL: https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc=CPU509&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&indiv=1&db=uksoldiersgreatwar&gsln=Short&gsfn_x=1&gsln_x=1&cp=0&_F8007A65=40070&_F8007A65_x=1&new=1&rank=1&redir=false&uidh=lb3&gss=angs-d&pcat=39&fh=0&h=249908&recoff=&ml_rpos=1
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