Lives of the First World War

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ID: 4202943

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=D5327942
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UPP: GBM/MCI/4206978

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 8718937

Reference: wwisd

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

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UPP: GBM/WWISD/1033967

Additional: Name and date of death match

Credit: © Naval and Military Press Ltd

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ID: 8718945

Title: Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Description: Rank:Lieutenant Date of Death:18/02/1918 Regiment/Service:Royal Warwickshire Regiment 5th Bn. Grave Reference: E. 7727. Cemetery:WEST BROMWICH CEMETERY

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URL: http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/395615/SPENCER,%20E
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Additional: Name and date of death match

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ID: 8718951

Reference: gbm_cwgc_casualties_iwm_ww1

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

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UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/292034

Additional: Name and date of death match

Credit: © Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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ID: 8719364

Title: Old Edwardians Roll of Service

Description: Old Edwardians Roll of Service, King Edwards School, Edgbaston, Birmingham

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ID: 8719378

Reference: 1911gbc

Title: 1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

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UPP: GBC/1911/RG14/17327/0519/3

Additional: Name, Age and locality match

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 8719385

Reference: 1901gbc

Title: 1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

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UPP: GBC/1901/0016021980

Additional: Name, Age and family details match

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 8719387

Reference: bmd_births

Title: England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription

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UPP: BMD/B/1891/2/AZ/000570/054

Additional: Name, age and birth place match

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 8719389

Reference: bmd_deaths

Title: England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 Transcription

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UPP: BMD/D/1918/1/AZ/000991/064

Additional: Name, age and locality match

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 8719402

Title: Lieut E Spencer

Description: From Staffordshire Advertiser February 23, 1918

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Source information

ID: 8719407

Title: Died in hospital

Description: From Birmingham Daily Gazette February 20, 1918

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ID: 8726411

Title: Probate

Description: 1918. SPENCER Eliot of Eastville Beeches road Wesr Bromwich Staffordshire a second lieutenant Royal Warwickshire Regiment died 18 February 1918 at the Prince of Wales hospital London administration Lichfield 17 December to Sir Thomas Henry Spencer K.B.E. J.P. Effects £446 13s 10d

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URL: http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/1904/31874_222872-00331?pid=1044048&backurl=http://search.ancestry.co.uk//cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv%3D1%26db%3DUKProbateCal%26h%3D1044048%26tid%3D%26pid%3D%26usePUB%3Dtrue%26_phsrc%3DqKw1%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource%26usePUBJs%3Dtrue%26rhSource%3D7579&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=qKw1&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true
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Additional: Name and date of death match

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ID: 8898117

Title: LONDON GAZETTE, 8 SEPTEMBER, 1915 - Second Lieutenant

Description: The Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Eliot Spencer to be Second Lieutenant. Dated 3rd September, 1915.

Connected by: R58235

URL: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29288/supplement/8965
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ID: 8898138

Title: LONDON GAZETTE, 5 NOVEMBER, 1917 - Lieutenant

Description: Royal Warwickshire Regt. —The following is substituted for that which appeared in the Gazette of the 17th Oct. 1917 :— The undermentioned 2nd Lts. to be Lts. 1st July 1917:— ... E. Spencer

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URL: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30367/supplement/11447
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Additional: Seems like a probable match - c.2 years as a 2Lt

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ID: 8898148

Title: Ancestry - MIC image

Description: BWM, VM

Connected by: R58235

URL: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/1262/30850_A001466-01538/4197113?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.co.uk%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3fdb%3dMedalRolls%26gss%3dsfs28_ms_r_db%26new%3d1%26rank%3d1%26gsfn%3deliot%26gsfn_x%3d1%26gsln%3dspencer%26gsln_x%3d1%26MSAV%3d1%26MSV%3d0%26uidh%3d2y5&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnSearchResults
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ID: 9226277

Title: King Edwards Roll of Honour

Description: Eliot Spencer, born on 5th April 1891, was admitted to King Edward’s School in January 1902 and was awarded a Foundation Scholarship biennially from 1904 until he left...

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URL: https://kes.org.uk/RollofHonour/biogs/spencer-eliot.html
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Additional: Name and date of death match

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ID: 9226421

Title: Royal Warwickshire Regiment

Description: Badge/emblem

Connected by: R58235

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