Lives of the First World War

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ID: 4202881

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=D5327880
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UPP: GBM/MCI/4206916

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 9595386

Title: England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2007 (Britain: Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records)

Description: England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2007 (Britain: Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records), transcription and image [on-line], http:www.findmypast.co.uk/

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ID: 9599306

Name: Manchester Guardian, Wednesday, January 8, 1936.

Reference: Family Records

Title: Mr. Edmund Spencer, A Distinguished Lancashire Chess Player

Description: Newspaper article announcing the death of Edmund Spencer, Saturday, January 4, 1936.

Connected by: Catherine42750

Additional: The date of death matches the one in family records.

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ID: 9599336

Name: Oxford Family History Society

Reference: Family Papers

Title: The Buswells of the Bartons, an Oxfordshire Family

Description: The Buswells of the Bartons, an Oxfordshire Family, Gordon Keith Hazell, (England: privately published, 1 February 1999 (with later revisions)), p. 32.

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Additional: Details match information in other sources.

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ID: 9599398

Name: Index of Wills and Administrations, 1936, page 521

Title: England and Wales, National Probate Calendar, Index of Wills...1861-1941

Description: Provides date and location of death of Edmund Spencer, Liverpool, England

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ID: 9599410

Title: Edmund Spencer

Description: Studio portrait of Edmund Spencer as a young man.

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ID: 9610166

Name: February 14, 1920 Page 258, No. 11381

Title: UK, WWI Service Medal and Award Rolls, 1914-1920

Description: Roll of Individuals Entitled to the Victory Medal and the British War Medal Granted under Army Orders

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Additional: Edmund Spencer's name and service number match other sources.

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ID: 9610609

Name: Year 1878. Page 64

Title: Oxfordshire, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1915

Description: Baptisms solemnized in the Parish of Steeple Aston in the County of Oxford, in the Year 1878, Page 64 shows that Edmund Spencer was baptized on July 9, 1876.

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ID: 9622171

Title: Yorkshire Chess History: Edmund Spencer Trophy

Description: Describes the Edmund Spencer Chess Trophy instituted after his death by the NCCU (Northern Counties Chess Union) in his honor and in recognition of his work with the NCCU.

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URL: https://www.mannchess.org.uk/Trophies/Edmund%20Spencer%20Trophy.htm
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Additional: Edmund Spencer's name and interest in chess match other sources of information.

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ID: 9629575

Title: The Spencer Brothers about 1896

Description: Formal portrait of Abraham and Hannah Spencer's four sons taken in Haslingden, Lancashire in about 1896. Left to right: William (1884-1949), worked in munitions. Hilary (1894-1918) POW; died in Germany. Edmund 1876-1936; POW Germany; survived. George (1886-1918), mortally wounded on the Iris at Zeebrugge, Belgium; died in England.

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Additional: George Spencer was my maternal grandfather. His father Abraham Spencer was appointed Vicar of Haslingden in 1892.

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ID: 9630280

Title: Edmund Spencer Playing Chess

Description: Formal portrait of Edmund Spencer playing chess. He was an avid and successful chess player. After his death, his local chess club created a trophy in his name.

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Additional: Edmund Spencer was the eldest brother of my grandfather Lieutenant George Spencer, D.S.C., R.N.R., (d. April 23,1918) and Captain James Hilary Spencer, Lancashire Fusiliers (d. July 15, 1918).

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ID: 9630894

Name: Giessen POW Camp Ledger July 1918, Page 31632, Line 167

Title: Prisoners of the First World War ICRC Historical Archives 1914- 1918

Description: Giessen POW Camp Ledger listing English prisoners of war as of July 1918. Shows Edmund Spencer's name, rank (Corporal), military unit (Royal Artillery), place and date of capture (Roucy, France, May 27, 1918) and contact information for his mother.

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URL: https://www.grandeguerre.icrc.org/en/List/3655166/698/31632/
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Additional: This information about Edmund Spencer matches information from other sources.

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ID: 9631070

Title: Royal Artillery Attestations 1883-1942

Description: Record of discharge from the Royal Artillery, including rank and date and place of discharge.

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ID: 9631801

Name: Contents: People (Spencer) and Trophies (Edmund Spencer Trophy)

Title: Yorkshire Chess History

Description: Describes Edmund Spencer's roles in the NCCU (Northern Counties Chess Union), successes in chess tournaments, and the institution of the Edmund Spencer Trophy, in recognition and commemoration of his work for the NCCU. Includes biographical information.

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URL: https://www.mannchess.org.uk/Yorkshire%20Chess%20History%20Home.htm
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ID: 9650400

Title: Edmund Spencer ... Chess Player

Description: Headline: Mr. Edmund Spencer, A Distinguished Lancashire Chess Player Newspaper article announcing the death of Edmund Spencer on January 4, 1936, with biographical information and a description of his success as a chess player.

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Additional: Edmund Spencer was the eldest brother of my grandfather Lieutenant George Spencer, D.S.C., R.N.R., (d. April 23 1918 in England of wounds sustained on the Iris at Zeebrugge) and Captain James Hilary Spencer, Lancashire Fusiliers (d. July 15, 1918, at Limburg POW Camp in Hesse, Germany).

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ID: 9653652

Title: Edmund Spencer Giessen POW Camp Ledger

Description: Giessen POW Camp Ledger listing English prisoners of war as of July 1918. Shows Edmund Spencer's name, rank (Corporal), military unit (Royal Artillery), place and date of capture (Roucy, France, May 27, 1918) and contact information for his mother. Source: Prisoners of the First World War ICRC Historical Archives 1914- 1918. July 1918, page 31632, line 166.

Connected by: Catherine42750

Additional: This is my mother's uncle, her father's eldest brother. He survived the war; he died in 1936.