Lives of the First World War

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ID: 4197746

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=D5322741
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UPP: GBM/MCI/4201777

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 7165696

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

URL: http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/372977/
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UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/273546

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

Source information

ID: 8448742

Reference: wwisd

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

Connected by: Fleetwood63833

UPP: GBM/WWISD/0141057

Additional: Surname and other name, and military details all match.

Credit: © Naval and Military Press Ltd

Source information

ID: 8448781

Reference: bmd_births

Title: England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription

Connected by: Fleetwood63833

UPP: BMD/B/1888/2/AZ/000535/112

Additional: Surname and other name, date and place of birth all match.

Credit: © General Register Office

Source information

ID: 8448786

Reference: 1891gbc

Title: 1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Fleetwood63833

UPP: GBC/1891/0021029719

Additional: Surname and other name, parents, date and place of birth all match.

Credit: © General Register Office

Source information

ID: 8448791

Reference: 1901gbc

Title: 1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Fleetwood63833

UPP: GBC/1901/0023193579

Additional: Surname and other name, date and place of birth all match.

Credit: © General Register Office

Source information

ID: 8448795

Reference: 1911gbc

Title: 1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Fleetwood63833

UPP: GBC/1911/RG14/26252/0565/7

Additional: Surname and other name, date and place of birth all match.

Credit: © The National Archives

Source information

ID: 8448860

Name: 10383

Title: British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920

Description: Medals awarded

Connected by: Fleetwood63833

URL: http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?MS_AdvCB=1&rank=1&new=1&MSAV=2&gss=angs-c&gsfn=john&gsfn_x=XO&gsln=speakman&gsln_x=XO&gskw=10383&gskw_x=1&cpxt=1&uidh=ay3&cp=11&pcat=MIL_AWARDS&h=10957637&recoff=9+10&db=MedalRolls&indiv=1&ml_rpos=5
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Additional: Surname and other name, and military details all match.

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ID: 8448865

Name: 10383

Title: UK, Army Register of Soldiers’ Effects, 1901-1929

Description: John Speakman's effects

Connected by: Fleetwood63833

URL: http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&ms_advcb=1&new=1&msav=2&gss=angs-c&gsfn=john&gsfn_x=XO&gsln=speakman&gsln_x=XO&gskw_x=1&cpxt=1&uidh=ay3&cp=11&gskw=10383&pcat=39&h=14130&recoff=3+4&db=UKArmyRegistersEffects&indiv=1&ml_rpos=7
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Additional: Surname and other name, and military details all match.

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ID: 8448866

Name: PEM/56/227

Title: LancashireBMD/UKBMD - Births – Pemberton, Wigan

Description: Lancashire Births – Pemberton, Wigan

Connected by: Fleetwood63833

URL: http://www.ukbmdcertificateordering.co.uk/certapp.php?type=births&data=SPEAKMAN|John%20William|Pemberton|Wigan%20%26%20Leigh|1888|1888||WN%3aPEM%2f56%2f227|S|298556|lancashire|WN|THOMAS&lang=
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Additional: Surname and other name, date and place of birth all match.

Source information

ID: 8477013

Title: Grave Headstone of John William Speakman.

Description: Photograph taken at Fleetwood Borough Cemetery

Connected by: Fleetwood63833

Source information

ID: 8497858

Title: Pte. John Speakman - Died

Description: Published in Fleetwood Express – 15 Dec 1915

Connected by: Fleetwood63833

Source information

ID: 8497859

Title: Pte. John Speakman - Buried with Military Honours

Description: Published in Fleetwood Express – 18 Dec 1915

Connected by: Fleetwood63833

Source information

ID: 8499334

Title: Pte. William Speakman - Wounded

Description: Published in Fleetwood Express – 6 Oct 1915

Connected by: Fleetwood63833

Additional: Confirmed to be John William Speakman by Regiment and brother in law, Sergt. Kenyon, a policeman.

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