Lives of the First World War

Source information

ID: 4094654

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=D5218512
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UPP: GBM/MCI/4098613

Credit: © The National Archives

Source information

ID: 8540193

Reference: bmd_births

Title: England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription

Connected by: Melanie24

UPP: BMD/B/1897/1/AZ/000553/099

Additional: Information from the IWM photo archive indicates a Second Lieutenant Eric Senior Smith of the West Yorkshire Regiment went missing in 1917. This is the only officer with the correct initials, rank and regiment.

Credit: © General Register Office

Source information

ID: 8540196

Reference: 1901gbc

Title: 1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Melanie24

UPP: GBC/1901/0024537248

Credit: © General Register Office

Source information

ID: 8870770

Title: Second Lieutenant Eric Senior Smith

Description: Second Lieutenant Eric Senior Smith. Unit: West Yorkshire Regiment.. Death: 02 March 1917 Missing on patrol duty near Miraumont, with Private O’Leary. Western Front

Connected by: James201

Source information

ID: 8870785

Name: Leeds Mercury - Tuesday 13 March 1917

Title: Ilkley Lieutenant Missing

Description: Article about Senior Smith and O'Leary's disappearance.

Connected by: Kristen1288

URL: http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/
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Additional: Matches other articles and service records.

Source information

ID: 8870807

Name: Yorkshire Evening Post - Friday 13 April 1917

Title: Sec.-Lieut Eric Senior Smith

Description: Article about Eric Senior Smith writing home from Germany.

Connected by: Kristen1288

URL: http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/
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Source information

ID: 9087818

Title: Second Lieutenant Eric Senior Smith

Description: Second Lieutenant Eric Senior Smith. Unit: West Yorkshire Regiment.. Death: 02 March 1917 Missing on patrol duty near Miraumont, with Private O’Leary. Western Front

Connected by: James201

Additional: From the IWM Bond of Sacrifice Collection - http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205388788

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