Lives of the First World War

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ID: 4120704

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/4124674

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 7651865

Title: John H Smith on Motorbike

Description: Cutting from Birkenhead News, Died of wounds 30/10/1914

Connected by: les46001

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ID: 7733780

Reference: gbm_cwgc_casualties_iwm_ww1

Title: Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Transcription

Connected by: Ann44322

UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/725196

Credit: © Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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ID: 7733786

Title: Birkenhead Instittute Roll of Honour 1914-1918

Description: Naming John H Smith

Connected by: Ann44322

Additional: Memorial Plaque on permanent public display in Birkenhead Central Library, Borough Road.

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ID: 7733794

Reference: bmd_births

Title: England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription

Connected by: Ann44322

UPP: BMD/B/1890/1/AZ/000532/081

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 7733805

Reference: bmd_marriages

Title: England & Wales marriages 1837-2008 Transcription

Connected by: Ann44322

UPP: BMD/M/1914/2/AZ/001118/138

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 7733810

Reference: 1911gbc

Title: 1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Ann44322

UPP: GBC/1911/RG14/21959/0743/3

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 8711887

Title: J H H Smith on Signals motorbike

Description: Extracted photograph from article in Birkenhead News about his death

Connected by: Alun44477

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ID: 8711897

Title: Ancestry Link to 1911 Census

Description: Details of J H H Smith at boarding school

Connected by: Alun44477

URL: http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc=Lwn666&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&gss=angs-c&new=1&rank=1&msT=1&gsfn=john%20hamilton&gsfn_x=0&gsln=smith&gsln_x=0&msbdy=1890&msbpn__ftp=Birkenhead,%20Cheshire,%20England&msbpn=82403&msbpn_PInfo=8-%7C0%7C0%7C3257%7C3251%7C0%7C0%7C0%7C5257%7C82403%7C0%7C0%7C&gskw=kenyon&_83004003-n_xcl=f&cpxt=1&cp=11&MSAV=1&uidh=624&pcat=35&h=23657163&db=1911England&indiv=1&ml_rpos=1
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ID: 8711903

Title: Ancestry link to 1901 census

Description: Details of J H H Smith at Boarding School

Connected by: Alun44477

URL: http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc=Lwn667&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&gss=angs-c&new=1&rank=1&msT=1&gsfn=john%20hamilton&gsfn_x=0&gsln=smith&gsln_x=0&msbdy=1890&msbpn__ftp=Birkenhead,%20Cheshire,%20England&msbpn=82403&msbpn_PInfo=8-%7C0%7C0%7C3257%7C3251%7C0%7C0%7C0%7C5257%7C82403%7C0%7C0%7C&gskw=kenyon&_83004003-n_xcl=f&cpxt=1&cp=11&MSAV=1&uidh=624&pcat=35&h=22344104&db=uki1901&indiv=1&ml_rpos=2
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ID: 8728554

Reference: wwisd

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

Connected by: Hannah21187

UPP: GBM/WWISD/0451428

Credit: © Naval and Military Press Ltd

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ID: 9258010

Title: Ancestry link to 1890 census

Description: Details of the family of J H H Smith

Connected by: Alun44477

URL: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/6598/CHSRG12_2878_2880-0294?pid=1388238&backurl=https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc%3DXPk479%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource%26usePUBJs%3Dtrue%26gss%3Dangs
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ID: 9258019

Title: Commonwealth War Graves Commission Record

Description: Details of the death of J H H Smith

Connected by: Alun44477

URL: https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/917522/smith,-john-h./
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ID: 9258021

Title: Cheshire BMD

Description: Details of the wedding of J H H Smith

Connected by: Alun44477

URL: http://www.cheshirebmd.org.uk/marriagesearch.php
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ID: 9258022

Title: Ancestry link to 1901 Census

Description: Details of the family of J H H Smith

Connected by: Alun44477

URL: https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=uki1901&h=20078639&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=2352
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ID: 9258063

Title: Cheshire BMD

Description: Record of the death of son of J H H Smith

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URL: http://www.cheshirebmd.org.uk/deathsearch.php
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ID: 9482181

Title: Probate Index

Description: Details of the death of JHH Smith's father

Connected by: Alun44477

URL: https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/Calendar?surname=smith&yearOfDeath=1896&page=18#calendar
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ID: 9482182

Title: Ancestry link to Marriage Indexes

Description: Details of the marriage of the parents of JHH Smith

Connected by: Alun44477

URL: https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=8913&h=26691186&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=6598
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ID: 9482200

Title: Birkenhead Institute War Memorial

Description: New Memorial in Hamilton Square, Birkenhead to the 88 Old Boys of Birkenhead Institute who fell in the Great War

Connected by: Alun44477

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