Lives of the First World War

Source information

ID: 4154073

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.

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UPP: GBM/MCI/4158067

Credit: © The National Archives

Source information

ID: 5498259

Title: Militia Service Record for Albert William Smith

Description: Militia Attestation of Albert William Smith, Attested 15th July 1899 into the 3rd Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment.

Connected by: Stephen9474

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Additional: The date of Albert leaving the Militia matches with the date of Attestation into the South Staffordshire Regiment from his medal card (the medal card in question is for the Silver War Badge, where his name is incorrectly states as William Smith). The information also matches the details that have been passed down through the family.

Source information

ID: 5505602

Name: GRO Oct-Dec 1880, Aston Registration District, Entry Number 40

Reference: Copy obtained from Birmingham Register Office

Title: Copy of Birth Certificate for Albert William Smith

Description: A copy of the full birth certificate for Albert William Smith, born on the 13 October 1880. Copy dated 27 December 2013.

Connected by: Stephen9474

Additional: Year of Birth matches the Militia Records for Albert, and parents are consistent with the 1881, 1891 and 1901 census.

Source information

ID: 5505638

Name: GRO January 1945, Birmingham Registration District, Entry Number 182

Reference: Copy obtained from Birmingham Register Office

Title: Copy of death certificate for Albert William Smith

Description: A copy of the death certificate for Albert William Smith, died 21 January 1945. Copy dated 13 March 2007.

Connected by: Stephen9474

Additional: The age of death is consistent with a birth in 1880, Albert's occupation is the same, and the informant of the death is one of Albert's known daughters (and also my grandmother).

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