Lives of the First World War

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ID: 4079545

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/4083497

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 5480500

Title: Herbert Smart

Description: Herbert Smart taken whilst he was in the Royal Engineers

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ID: 5480514

Name: A41255

Reference: Passed down through family

Title: Certified copy of an entry of marriage

Description: This is the original certificate passed down through the family via Mabel Smart Herbert's daughter

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Additional: Herbert is my Grandfather and his wife is my Grandmother who I have met

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ID: 5480894

Title: Commonwealth War Graves Casualty Details

Description: Reference to Herberts death

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URL: http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/486480/SMART,%20HERBERT
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Additional: Herbert is my Grandfather

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ID: 5480920

Reference: 1911gbc

Title: 1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

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UPP: GBC/1911/RG14/08429/0267/1

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 5480934

Reference: 1901gbc

Title: 1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

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UPP: GBC/1901/0011785151

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 5480957

Name: Cert no CL769126 Northampton District 3b 91

Reference: Northampton Registry Office

Title: Certified Copy of an entry of Birth

Description: Copy of Herberts Birth Certificate obtained on the 8/6/2000

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Additional: Name matches Place of Bith Matches

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ID: 5480975

Title: British Army WWI Service Records, 1914-1920

Description: Database contains service records of non-commissioned officers and other ranks who were discharged from the Army and claimed disability pensions for service in WW1

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URL: https://www.ancestry.co.uk
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Additional: All data matches known information

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ID: 5481174

Title: Herbert's family photo taken after his death

Description: Herbert's children Frederick Smart, Minnie Smart, Herbert Smart, Mabel Smart and his widow Mary Ann Smart(Martin). Notice the pendant Mary Ann is wearing . It is of her dead husband Herbert

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Additional: Herbert's daughter Mabel is my Grandmother and the photo was passed down through the family.

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ID: 5481241

Title: Herbert Smart and his brothers

Description: Herbert is botttom right. The rest of the men are believed to be his brothers . They only brother that I could name would be Rear row right Francis Smart who was in the Northamptonshire regiment where the rest are in the Royal Engineers

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Additional: Photo was passed down the family through Herberts son Herbert.

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ID: 5499974

Title: Herbert's final resting place

Description: The was a picture that was sent to Herbert's widow Mary Ann Smart.It shows his grave in the Harlebeke New British Cemetery VII. D. 12.

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Additional: Herbert is my Great Grandfather and the photo was passed down the family

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ID: 5500002

Title: Northampton War memorial

Description: Herbert's name on the Northampton War memorial

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Additional: Name on Memorial

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ID: 5507151

Title: Postcard Front view

Description: Postcard sent by Herbert to his daughter Mabel

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Additional: Mabel is my grandmother and the postcard was passed down to my mother

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ID: 5507179

Title: Postcard Rear view

Description: A postcard from Herbert to his daughter Mabel. Believed to have been written about the 23rd of Mary 1918 because he returned at this time to France after recovering from wounds received at the front

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Additional: Mabel is my grandmother and the postcard was passed down to my mother

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ID: 5507236

Title: Postcard (2) Front View

Description: Postcard sent by Herbert to his wife Mary Ann (also known as Pollie)

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Additional: Mary Ann (Pollie) is my great grandmother and the card was passed down the family to my mum

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ID: 5507247

Title: Postcard(2) Rear view

Description: Postcard sent by Herbert to his wife Mary Ann (also known as Pollie)

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Additional: Mary Ann (Pollie) is my Great Grandmother and the card has been passed down through the family.

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ID: 7206074

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/370377

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