Lives of the First World War

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ID: 4237143

Reference: WO372/19

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.

UPP: GBM/MCI/4241201

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 7740688

Name: Birth registration, Allen Thomas Starr, Jan-Mar 1892, Chesterton 3b 462

Title: Birth record in Free BMD database

Description: Transcribed GRO Indexes. Birth registration, Allen Thomas Starr, Jan-Mar 1892, Chesterton 3b 462

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ID: 7740706

Name: Census 1901 England, Cambridgeshire, Grantchester, District 2, accessed via Ancestry

Title: Census 1901 England, Cambridgeshire, Grantchester

Description: The census information recorded Allan [sic] (aged 9, born in Hauxton, Cambridgeshire) at home with his father, Albert Starr (32, brewer's labourer); his mother, Elizabeth (31); and siblings, Albert (7) and Dorothy (4). They lived in Grantchester, Cambridgeshire. The census details were as of the night of 31 March/1 April 1901.

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ID: 7740711

Name: Census 1911 England, Cambridgeshire, Trumpington, District 20, accessed via Ancestry

Title: Census 1911 England, Cambridgeshire, Trumpington

Description: The census information recorded Allan [sic] T. (aged 19, labourer roadman) at home with his father, Albert T. Starr (43, bricklayer's labourer); his mother, Elizabeth A. (41); and siblings, Albert C. Starr (17, gardener's labourer) Sidney R. (10, school boy), Dorothy E. (14, day girl housework), Catherine C. (5, school girl) and Ethel R. (1). They lived in a 6-roomed property at 33 Alpha Terrace, Trumpington, Cambridgeshire. The census details were as of the night of 2/3 April 1911.

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ID: 7740720

Name: Cambridge Independent Press, Friday 10 May 1918 p.5

Reference: Cambridgeshire Collection, Cambridge Central Library, Cambridge

Title: Cambridge Independent Press, Friday 10 May 1918 p.5

Description: It was reported in the Trumpington column that Pte. A. T. Starr, Suffolk Regt, had been wounded in the chest on 28th March 1918.

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ID: 7740745

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

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

Description: Entry for Allen Starr in the International Committee of the Red Cross, ICRC Historical Archives, 1914-1918, Prisoners of the First World War database. Report, P.A. 23762, dated 12 May 1918, indicated the following information: Allen Starr of the 2nd Battalion of the Suffolk Regiment had been taken prisoner of war at Wancourt; he was wounded in the chest; had been brought from the Western Front and, on 12 May 1918, was at Minden PoW Camp; his birth details, 19 February 1892, Cambridge; and the address of his next of kin was 33 Alpha Terrace, Trumpington, Cambs. Report R.51569, dated 30 August 1918, included Private Allen Starr in a list of prisoners of war interned at Chateau D'Oex, Switzerland. http://grandeguerre.icrc.org/en/File/Details/4426644/3/2/

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ID: 7740754

Name: British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index cards, 1914-1920, accessed via Ancestry

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

Description: Entry for Allen Thomas Starr, Private serving with the Suffolk Regiment, Regtl No. 26864, has his names reversed on his record, they appear as Thomas A. Starr. He was awarded the Victory Medal and the British War Medal.

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ID: 7740755

Name: UK, WWI Service Medal and Award Rolls, 1914-1920, accessed via Ancestry

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

Description: The entry for Allen Thomas Starr was incorrectly recorded as Thomas Allan Starr. He was a Private in the Suffolk Regiment, Regtl No. 26864, serving with the 8th Battalion and then the 2nd Battalion.

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ID: 7740768

Name: Marriage registration, Allan T. Starr and Alice E. Osbourne, Apr-Jun 1919, Newmarket 3b 1487

Title: Marriage record in Free BMD database

Description: Transcribed GRO Indexes. Marriage registration, Allan T. Starr and Alice E. Osbourne, Apr-Jun 1919, Newmarket 3b 1487

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ID: 7740771

Name: Death registration, Allen T. Starr, Apr-Jun 1953, Cambridge 4a 197

Title: Death record in Free BMD database

Description: Transcribed GRO Indexes. Death registration, Allen T. Starr, aged 61, Apr-Jun 1953, Cambridge 4a 197

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ID: 8518731

Name: Death registration, Alice Eliza Starr, Jan - Mar 1974, Cambridge 4a 932

Title: Death record on Free BMD database, 1974

Description: Transcribed GRO Indexes. Death registration, Alice Eliza Starr, aged 79, Jan-Mar 1974, Cambridge 4a 932. Date of birth, 5 Aug 1894

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ID: 8518739

Name: Birth registration, Ivy E. Starr, Jul-Sep 1920, Chesterton 3b 827

Title: Birth record of daughter in Free BMD database

Description: Transcribed GRO Indexes. Birth registration, Ivy E. Starr, Jul-Sep 1920, Chesterton 3b 827. Mother's maiden name - Osbourn

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ID: 8518741

Name: Birth registration, Ruby J. Starr, Apr-Jun 1927, Chesterton 3b 633

Title: Birth record of daughter in Free BMD database

Description: Transcribed GRO Indexes. Birth registration, Ruby J. Starr, Apr-Jun 1927, Chesterton 3b 633. Mother's maiden name - Osbourne

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ID: 8522476

Title: Allen Thomas Starr, Suffolk Regiment

Description: "PTE A. T. Starr, Suffolks, eldest son of Mr and Mrs A. Starr, Alpha-terrace, Trumpington. Reported wounded on March 28th. Now a prisoner of war" caption of photograph, which was published in Cambridge Independent Press, 6 September 1918 p.6

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ID: 8577510

Title: Stand of Suffolk Men at Wancourt, March 1918

Description: From the painting by Ernest Smythe [1874-1950]. Ernest Smythe served with the Suffolk Regiment during the WWI before emigrating in 1916 to the United States. The image was copied on 29 December 2014 from the website http://www.reddit.com/r/BattlePaintings/comments/2eohvk/stand_of_suffolk_men_at_wancourt_march_27th_1918/ Allen was wounded and taken prisoner at Wancourt.

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