Lives of the First World War

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ID: 4393290

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=D5518426
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UPP: GBM/MCI/4397462

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 7140628

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/253607/
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UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/174506

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: 7626214

Name: Application number 6099005-1

Reference: Copy obtained from General Register Office

Title: Copy of Birth Certificate for Clarence Owen Thacker

Description: This is a copy of the full Birth Certificate obtained on 24th November 2014

Connected by: LIZ56345

Additional: His name matches as does that of his parents.

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ID: 7645307

Name: RG14 - PN20847 RD434 SD4 ED26 SN237

Reference: Copy obtained from www. UKCensusOnline.com

Title: Copy of 1911 census

Description: This is a copy of the 1911 census printed on 17 November 2014

Connected by: LIZ56345

Additional: The person's names match as do the names of other members of his family.

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ID: 7645312

Name: Application Number 6099005-1

Reference: Copy obtained from General Register Office

Title: Copy of Birth Certificate for Clarence Owen Thacker

Description: This is a copy of the full Birth Certificate obtained on 24th November 2014.

Connected by: LIZ56345

Additional: His names match, as do the names of his mother and father.

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ID: 7645335

Title: British Army World War One Service Records

Description: His service record on the Ancestry.co.uk website

Connected by: LIZ56345

URL: http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/1219/31238_201139-00968/1880566?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.co.uk%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3fdb%3dBritishArmyService%26rank%3d1%26new%3d1%26so%3d3%26MSAV%3d1%26msT%3d1%26gss%3dms_db%26gsfn%3dclarence%2bowen%26gsln%3dthacker%26msbdy%3d1899%26msrpn__ftp%3dStapleford%252c%2bNottinghamshire%252c%2bEngland%26msrpn%3d86746%26msrpn_PInfo%3d8-%257c0%257c0%257c3257%257c3251%257c0%257c0%257c0%257c5279%257c86746%257c0%257c%26msfng0%3dJames%26msfns0%3dThacker%26_F8007A65%3d52142%26dbOnly%3d_F8007A65%257c_F8007A65_x%26dbOnly%3d_F0007CF4%257c_F0007CF4_x%26dbOnly%3d_F0007E0C%257c_F0007E0C_x%26uidh%3d000&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnSearchResults
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Additional: Hi name, father's name, address and military details all match.

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ID: 7724833

Title: Clarence Owen Thacker's Service Records.

Connected by: LIZ56345

URL: http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?new=1&gsfn=clarence+owen&gsln=thacker&rank=1&gss=angs-c&sbo=1&pcat=UK_WWI_COLLECTIONS&h=1880566&db=BritishArmyService&indiv=1&ml_rpos=3
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ID: 8458030

Title: Medal Rolls Index card

Connected by: LIZ56345

URL: http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=MedalRolls&gss=angs-d&new=1&rank=1&msT=1&gsfn=cLARENCE+oWEN&gsln=THACKER&_F00061C3=northamptonshire&_F8007A65=52142&MSAV=1&uidh=7v5&pcat=39&fh=0&h=4369992&recoff=9+10+11+52+53&ml_rpos=1
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ID: 8458034

Title: Clarence Owen Thacker

Description: In uniform. Taken at Hedges and Sons in Lytham before leaving for France.

Connected by: LIZ56345

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ID: 8834663

Title: Clarence Owen Thacker

Description: Clarence as a boy

Connected by: LIZ56345

Source information

ID: 9088628

Title: Clarence Owen Thacker school photo

Description: School photo

Connected by: LIZ56345

Source information

ID: 9088631

Title: Clarence Owen Thacker's grave

Description: Grave I. G. 2 in Hangard Communal Cemetery extension

Connected by: LIZ56345

Source information

ID: 9088633

Title: Grave Registration Document

Connected by: LIZ56345

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ID: 9088635

Title: Grave Registration Documents registers

Connected by: LIZ56345

Source information

ID: 9088637

Title: Clarence Owen Thacker Medal Card

Connected by: LIZ56345

Source information

ID: 9284375

Reference: bmd_births

Title: England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription

Connected by: Barbara27286

UPP: BMD/B/1899/3/AZ/000582/109

Credit: © General Register Office

Source information

ID: 9284377

Reference: 1901gbc

Title: 1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Barbara27286

UPP: GBC/1901/0020685384

Credit: © General Register Office

Source information

ID: 9284378

Reference: 1911gbc

Title: 1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Barbara27286

UPP: GBC/1911/RG14/20847/0469/8

Credit: © The National Archives

Source information

ID: 9284379

Reference: wwisd

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

Connected by: Barbara27286

UPP: GBM/WWISD/0340193

Credit: © Naval and Military Press Ltd

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