Lives of the First World War

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ID: 422928

Reference: WO372/2

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=D1408681
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UPP: GBM/MCI/0423257

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 6166591

Title: British Army Service Records

Description: First Name JAMES Last Name BOSWELL Year Of Birth 1887 Year 1904 Attestation Corps 3RD NORTHAMPTON RGT Birth Parish TOWCESTER Attestation Soldier Number 7676

Connected by: Mary13950

URL: http://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=gbm%2fwo96%2f0848%2f233%2f001&parentid=gbm%2fwo96%2f848%2f1452266&highlights=%22%22
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Additional: Name, age, birthplace match

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ID: 6166602

Title: Soldiers Died in the Great War

Description: First name JAMES Last name BOSWELL Service number 8473 Rank PRIVATE Regiment Northamptonshire Regiment Battalion 2nd Battalion.

Connected by: Mary13950

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Additional: Service numbers match

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ID: 7414934

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/874759/
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UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/698974

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

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ID: 8477482

Title: Commonwealth War Graves Commission commemoration

Description: Ploegsteert Memorial to the missing.

Connected by: Marjorie67816

Additional: This is my great uncle who died at the Battle of Aubers Ridge in France.

Source information

ID: 8477910

Reference: bmd_births

Title: England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription

Connected by: Marjorie67816

UPP: BMD/B/1891/2/AZ/000064/063

Credit: © General Register Office

Source information

ID: 8477918

Title: James Boswell

Description: Photo taken either in India or Egypt sometime between 1907 and 1914.

Connected by: Marjorie67816

Source information

ID: 8478317

Title: From James Boswell's Soldier's Small Book

Description: Page showing enlistment into Northamptonshire Regiment on 19th April 1914. He was actually 16 years of age so the army did not appear to ask for evidence of date of birth.

Connected by: Marjorie67816

Source information

ID: 8481883

Title: Birth certificate

Description: Date of birth 17/5/1891

Connected by: Marjorie67816

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