Lives of the First World War

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ID: 4328786

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.

URL: http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=D5453875
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UPP: GBM/MCI/4332911

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 7044849

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/180784/
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UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/84919

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: 9420293

Reference: 1901gbc

Title: 1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Ellen153073

UPP: GBC/1901/0012945890

Credit: © General Register Office

Source information

ID: 9420299

Reference: 1911gbc

Title: 1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Ellen153073

UPP: GBC/1911/RG14/12466/0127/3

Credit: © The National Archives

Source information

ID: 9420306

Reference: bmd_births

Title: England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription

Connected by: Ellen153073

UPP: BMD/B/1894/4/AZ/000553/014

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 9420329

Reference: wwisd

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

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UPP: GBM/WWISD/0469162

Credit: © Naval and Military Press Ltd

Source information

ID: 9605580

Title: Buried at BEAUMONT-HAMEL BRITISH CEMETERY, Somme

Description: Private SWAFFIELD, WILFRED JOHN Service Number 16538 Died 04/02/1917 Aged 22 1st Bn. Dorsetshire Regiment Son of John and Mary Jane Swaffield, of Stoke Abbott, Beaminster, Dorset. Buried at BEAUMONT-HAMEL BRITISH CEMETERY Location: Somme, France Cemetery/memorial reference: B. 42. INSCRIPTION: YEA,THOU SHALT LIE DOWN AND THY SLEEP SHALL BE SWEET

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