Lives of the First World War

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ID: 4434348

Reference: WO372/20

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/4438549

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 6175459

Title: Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Description: Casualty details for Harold Thornley 23504

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URL: http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/827684/THORNLEY,%20HAROLD
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ID: 6178038

Title: UK Soldiers Died in the Great War

Description: Casualty details for Harold Thornley 23504

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URL: http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=UKsoldiersGreatWar&rank=1&new=1&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=angs-d&gsfn_x=XO&gsln=thornley&gsln_x=XO&_F8007A65=23504+&dbOnly=_F8007A65%7c_F8007A65_x%2c_F0007D1B%7c_F0007D1B_x%2c_F0007CF4%7c_F0007CF4_x%2c_F0007D21%7c_F0007D21_x%2c_F0007D22%7c_F0007D22_x%2c_F0005787%7c_F0005787_x&uidh=xj5&pcat=39&fh=0&h=529536&recoff=8+59+60&ml_rpos=1
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ID: 6180891

Name: RG12/3258 ED 35 Folio 7 Schedule 63

Title: 1891 Census for Manchester

Description: 1891 census showing Harold Thornley living with his family in Manchester

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URL: http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=angs-c&gsfn=harold&gsln=thornley&gsln_x=NS&msbdy=1881&msbpn__ftp=Openshaw%2c+Lancashire%2c+England&msbpn=84941&msbpn_PInfo=8-%7c0%7c0%7c3257%7c3251%7c0%7c0%7c0%7c5271%7c84941%7c0%7c&cpxt=1&uidh=xj5&cp=11&pcat=CEN_1890&h=12239310&db=uki1891&indiv=1&ml_rpos=2
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ID: 6180943

Name: RG13/3763 ED 39 Folio 7 Schedule 40

Title: 1901 Census for Manchester

Description: 1901 census showing Harold Thornley living with his family in Manchester

Connected by: hazel25799

URL: http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=angs-c&gsfn=harold&gsln=thornley&gsln_x=NS&msbdy=1881&msbpn__ftp=Openshaw%2c+Lancashire%2c+England&msbpn=84941&msbpn_PInfo=8-%7c0%7c0%7c3257%7c3251%7c0%7c0%7c0%7c5271%7c84941%7c0%7c&cpxt=1&uidh=xj5&msbdp=2&cp=11&pcat=CEN_1900&h=23698936&db=uki1901&indiv=1&ml_rpos=2
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ID: 6246262

Title: War Memorial, Waterloo, Ashton under Lyne

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Additional: Photo of Waterloo War Memorial taken 25/7/2014. His name is recorded on the memorial

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ID: 7403739

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

UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/656524

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: 8451993

Name: marriages 1866

Reference: www.lancashirebmd.org.uk

Title: Marriage of Thomas Thornley & Phoebe Cooper

Connected by: hazel25799

Source information

ID: 9642415

Title: Harold Thornley

Description: publishedin Ashton under Lyne 20 Oct 1917

Connected by: hazel128801

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ID: 9642434

Title: Waterloo Woman Sustains A Double Loss

Description: published in Ashton under Lyne Reporter 20 Oct 1917

Connected by: hazel128801

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