Lives of the First World War

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ID: 4188558

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=D5313539
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UPP: GBM/MCI/4192575

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 8821472

Reference: 1901gbc

Title: 1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

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UPP: GBC/1901/0008990573

Additional: Name and likely age group matches external ref. from WW1 Roll of honour for the geographical area.

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 8821477

Reference: bmd_births

Title: England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription

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UPP: BMD/B/1895/3/AZ/000551/164

Additional: Names/initial match external ref (area Roll of honour) and census, right age group. Only Frederick L Soan search returns.

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 8821479

Reference: 1911gbc

Title: 1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

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UPP: GBC/1911/RG14/04740/0215/4

Additional: Names and area match Roll of Honour for area (ext. ref.) earlier census and birth. Only Frederick L Soan in area returned by search.

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 8821480

Reference: bmd_deaths

Title: England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 Transcription

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UPP: BMD/D/1973/4/AZ/001189/035

Additional: Names and location match birth, cenuses and Roll of Honour for area (ext. ref.)

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ID: 8821494

Name: Soan, Frederick L

Title: Hastings and Area Roll of Honour

Description: Photographs and transcriptions of local newspaper articles.

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URL: http://www.ww1rollofhonour.co.uk/index.php/2015/12/soan-frederick-l/
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Additional: The man's names, home area and Regiment all match more than one other references connected here.

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ID: 8821881

Title: Frederick Lindsey Soan

Description: Photograph sent to the Hastings & St Leonards Pictorial Advertisor

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ID: 8821884

Title: Photograph lost by F L Soan, then found

Description: The above portrait was received by the Editor yesterday (Wednesday, October 1915), and with it a letter from a soldier on active service in France. In this letter the writer says "This photograph was picked up after an attack on the 25th September, and seeing that it was from Hastings, and I am from the same town, I thought it was my duty to send it to you, so that you can publish it in the 'Pictorial Advertisor' or 'Observer'." On the back of the portrait are the words "To dear Len from Elsie". The young lady can apply for by writing to the Editor, 14 Claremont, Hastings.

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Additional: The next photo completes the story

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ID: 8821886

Title: Frederick Lindsey Soan

Description: In our issue last Thursday, October 1915, we published a portrait of a young lady which had been found on a battlefield and sent home with a view to finding the owner. During the morning the young lady called at our office, received the picture, and left the above portrait of the soldier who lost it. This is Pioneer (Frederick) L Soan, 2nd Royal Sussex Regiment whose local address is 58 Western Road, St Leonards. We are glad to say the finding of the portrait did not mean that he was either killed or wounded. He dropped it whilst in action and wrote to her to tell her about it.

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