Lives of the First World War

Source information

ID: 4355090

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=D5480199
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UPP: GBM/MCI/4359235

Credit: © The National Archives

Source information

ID: 6995262

Name: Reproduced with the kind permission of the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers Museum

Reference: Accessed through the British Council Football Remembers Resource

Title: William Tapp’s diary

Description: William Tapp was a British Army batman (personal servant) in the trenches who kept a diary until he died in April 1915. In this extract he describes how they swapped souvenirs with the Germans and tried to set up a Boxing Day football match.

Connected by: Imperial1

Additional: Matches Medal Index Card

Source information

ID: 7458124

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/915723/
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UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/723434

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: 7622859

Reference: wwisd

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

Connected by: Charlotte33

UPP: GBM/WWISD/0646625

Additional: Matches Commonwealth War Graves Commission record

Credit: © Naval and Military Press Ltd

Source information

ID: 7652653

Title: Soldier of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment

Connected by: David1424

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