Lives of the First World War

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ID: 446829

Reference: WO372/3

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=D1432613
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UPP: GBM/MCI/0447189

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 7151398

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/198480/
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UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/150243

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: 8694639

Title: Medal Index Card - Image

Description: MIC

Connected by: R58235

URL: http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/1262/30850_A000188-00462/2986551?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.co.uk%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3fdb%3dMedalRolls%26gss%3dsfs28_ms_db%26new%3d1%26rank%3d1%26msT%3d1%26gsln%3dboyd%26gsln_x%3d0%26_F8007A65%3d14%252f17296%26MSAV%3d1%26uidh%3d2y5&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnSearchResults
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ID: 8694650

Title: London Gazette 21 October 1916 - Military Medal

Description: MM as "14/17296 Cpl. B. Boyd, B. Ir. Rif."

Connected by: R58235

URL: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29794/supplement/10216
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ID: 9044371

Reference: wwisd

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

Connected by: David1424

UPP: GBM/WWISD/1026492

Credit: © Naval and Military Press Ltd

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ID: 9044382

Title: 2nd Lt Brian Boyd (Find a Grave)

Description: Incl. photo and photo of CWGC headstone - Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Bailleul Departement du Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France

Connected by: R58235

URL: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=boyd&GSfn=b&GSbyrel=all&GSdy=1917&GSdyrel=in&GScntry=7&GSob=n&GRid=55905952&df=all&
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ID: 9411105

Title: Brian Boyd 14/17296 Royal Irish Rifles

Description: This is 2nd Lieutenant Brian Boyd. He was my Grandmothers Sweetheart before and during the war until his death on 7th June 1917. We have his letters that he wrote to her.

Connected by: Chris149069

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ID: 9422518

Title: The Tenth: A Century of Scouting at the 10th Belfast

Description: History of the Belfast Scout Troop to which Brian Boyd belonged

Connected by: Andrew153635

URL: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=KeYeJGeoAHgC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false
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