Lives of the First World War

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ID: 4058551

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.

UPP: GBM/MCI/4062494

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 9285050

Name: WO 364/5654

Title: British Army WWI Pension Records 1914-1920

Description: Army pension records - very incomplete

Connected by: Barry1338

URL: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/1114/MIUK1914A_120023-00474?pid=973369&treeid=&personid=&rc=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=Hrd2944&_phstart=successSource#?imageId=MIUK1914A_120023-00475
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Additional: Details match the medal card that seeded this life story

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ID: 9285074

Name: London Metropolitan Archives; Reference Number: dro/075/002

Title: London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1917

Description: Baptismal entry in parish register for St James, Upper Edmonton, Middlesex, for 30 May 1893

Connected by: Barry1338

URL: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/1558/31280_198230-00287/5324960?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.co.uk%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3fdbid%3d1558%26gsfn%3dernest%26gsln%3dskeggs%26cp%3d11%26msbdy%3d1887%26pcat%3dbmd_birth%26new%3d1%26rank%3d1%26redir%3dfalse&backlabel=ReturnSearchResults
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Additional: The correctness of this entry is verified by later Census returns and his marriage.

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ID: 9285076

Name: RG12; Piece: 1081; Folio: 49; Page: 34

Title: 1891 Census

Description: 1891 Census entry

Connected by: Barry1338

URL: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/6598/MDXRG12_1080_1082-0149?pid=26596982&treeid=&personid=&rc=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=Hrd2955&_phstart=successSource
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Additional: Details match baptismal entry

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ID: 9285080

Name: RG13; Piece: 1260; Folio: 134; Page: 36

Title: 1901 Census

Description: 1901 Census entry

Connected by: Barry1338

URL: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/7814/MDXRG13_1259_1261-0678?pid=7401261&treeid=&personid=&rc=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=Hrd2953&_phstart=successSource
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ID: 9285084

Name: London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; Reference Number: dro/075/016

Title: London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1932

Description: Marriage entry in parish register for St James, Upper Edmonton, Middlesex

Connected by: Barry1338

URL: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/1623/31280_198232-00551?pid=3629193&treeid=&personid=&rc=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=Hrd2957&_phstart=successSource
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ID: 9285089

Name: RG14; Piece: 7361; Schedule Number: 51

Title: 1911 Census

Description: 1911 Census entry

Connected by: Barry1338

URL: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/2352/rg14_07361_0101_03?pid=40389552&treeid=&personid=&rc=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=Hrd2953&_phstart=successSource
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ID: 9285095

Name: RG101/0916D/006/22

Title: 1939 National Register

Description: 1939 National Register entry

Connected by: Barry1338

URL: https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=TNA/R39/0916/0916D/006&parentid=TNA/R39/0916/0916D/006/22
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Additional: Details match other sources, but his birth date is cited here as 17 July 1887 rather than the 15 July 1887 that appears in his baptismal entry

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ID: 9285104

Name: Mar 1962 Wells 7c 328

Title: GRO Deaths Index

Description: GRO Deaths Index entry

Connected by: Barry1338

URL: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/7579/ons_d19621az-1253?pid=39940461&treeid=&personid=&rc=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=Hrd2958&_phstart=successSource
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ID: 9285108

Name: Mar 1943 Edmonton 3a 964

Title: GRO Deaths Index - Wife (Ellen Maud)

Description: GRO Deaths Index entry for Ernest's first wife Ellen Maud

Connected by: Barry1338

URL: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/7579/ons_d19431az-0960?pid=30121769&treeid=&personid=&rc=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=Hrd2959&_phstart=successSource
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ID: 9285114

Name: Mar 1945 Edmonton 3a 2029

Title: GRO Marriages Index - 2nd marriage

Description: GRO Marriages Index entry - transcript

Connected by: Barry1338

URL: https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=8753&h=48679359&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=Hrd2964&_phstart=successSource
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Additional: For confirmation of this identification see National Probate Calendar where his second wife is named.

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ID: 9285121

Name: National Probate Calendar for 1962

Title: England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966

Description: Probate Calendar entry

Connected by: Barry1338

URL: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/1904/32858_611411_1968-00192?pid=13905985&treeid=&personid=&rc=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=Hrd2965&_phstart=successSource
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Additional: Details match other sources. This links to the GRO Deaths Index entry, and mentions his second wife. The unusual wording about his forenames suggests that whilst he was known as 'Ernest Albert' his original naming was for 'Ernest' only (as in his baptism).

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