Lives of the First World War

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ID: 4546175

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.

URL: http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=D5671465
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UPP: GBM/MCI/4550501

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 6640446

Reference: wwisd

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

Connected by: Paul18202

UPP: GBM/WWISD/1035685

Additional: Surname is spelt incorrectly, but date of death and military details otherwise match the CWGC record for this casualty.

Credit: © Naval and Military Press Ltd

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ID: 6640471

Reference: 1891gbc

Title: 1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Paul18202

UPP: GBC/1891/0020604077

Additional: Surname is spelt incorrectly on census, but given name, age and family details fit with this person's Life Story.

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 6640473

Reference: 1901gbc

Title: 1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Paul18202

UPP: GBC/1901/0025674671

Additional: Name age and family details fit with this person's Life Story.

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 6640474

Reference: 1911gbc

Title: 1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Paul18202

UPP: GBC/1911/RG14/10489/0001/3

Additional: Name, age and family details fit with this person's Life Story.

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 6640475

Reference: bmd_births

Title: England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription

Connected by: Paul18202

UPP: BMD/B/1884/3/AZ/000590/120

Additional: Name, place and quarter of birth fit with the census records for this person.

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 6640506

Title: Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Description: Casualty details on CWGC website

Connected by: Paul18202

URL: http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/645264/VALIANT,%20J
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Additional: Name and military details match this casualty.

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ID: 7375763

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/645264/
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UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/513009

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: 8650894

Name: Page 23

Title: Artists Rifles. Regmental Roll of Honour and War Record 1914-1919

Description: Lists the regiments and battalions in which tehe Lt served.

Connected by: Katherine27600

URL: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=CWm-BAAAQBAJ&pg=PA23&lpg=PA23&dq=Lt+james+Valiant,++lancashire&source=bl&ots=qjFGgWH7bh&sig=5_Nd7sr_ZFoOgvO5PB5AzmmBeP4&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwia6cDvq4TMAhXKuhQKHQHYBHsQ6AEIQTAJ#v=onepage&q=Lt%20james%20Valiant%2C%20%20lancashire&f=false
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Additional: The names match and the military details confirm the match.

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ID: 8650900

Name: ISBN 978 1 4088 3235 6; Andrew Renshaw 2014

Title: Wisden on the Great War: The Lives of Cricket's Fallen 1914-1918

Description: A short profile of James in the cricketing almanac.

Connected by: Katherine27600

URL: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=eyoeAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA370&lpg=PA370&dq=Lt+james+Valiant,++lancashire&source=bl&ots=quILcyZ7ID&sig=nfkqMWz8WQJzQhFRbBoDZKQ4QX8&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwia6cDvq4TMAhXKuhQKHQHYBHsQ6AEINTAG#v=onepage&q=Lt%20james%20Valiant%2C%20%20lancashire&f=false
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Additional: The names match and the military details confirm the match.

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ID: 9045897

Title: James

Description: In uniform

Connected by: Selena49658

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ID: 9332920

Name: ISBN 978 1 47382 714 1 or EPUB ISBN 978 1 47386 418 4

Title: The Final Wicket: Test and First Class Cricketers who were killed in the Great War.

Description: The book by Nigel McCrery regarding the test and first class cricketers who died during WW1.

Connected by: Katherine27600

URL: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=6mphCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA368&lpg=PA368&dq=james+valiant+cricketer&source=bl&ots=HN4iBTOSK3&sig=Xd-2I5jRQ7lM01Gu8hTTRG1p1Xg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjZ-rDWhprdAhXFAcAKHaGEBpEQ6AEwD3oECAMQAQ#v=onepage&q=james%20valiant%20cricketer&f=false
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Additional: The names match and the military details confirm the match.

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ID: 9387678

Name: J Valiant

Title: CricketArchive

Description: Career details on the CricketArchive website

Connected by: David143242

URL: http://www.cricketarchive.com/
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Additional: Details of his cricket career match other information on the Livesofthefirstworldwar website