Lives of the First World War

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ID: 456215

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=D1442007
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UPP: GBM/MCI/0456583

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 6653538

Reference: wwisd

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

Connected by: Heather12434

UPP: GBM/WWISD/0097564

Additional: Name, surname and military details match existing sources

Credit: © Naval and Military Press Ltd

Source information

ID: 6653540

Title: Commonwealth War Graves Commission entry

Description: BRADBURY, RONALD Rank: Private Service No: 19562 Date of Death: 28/06/1916 Age: 23 Regiment/Service: Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) "A" Coy. 11th Bn. Grave Reference: II. B. 5. Cemetery: BLIGHTY VALLEY CEMETERY, AUTHUILLE WOOD Additional Information: Son of Fred and Catherine Matilda Bradbury, of 42, New St., East Kirkby, Notts.

Connected by: Heather12434

URL: http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/184947/BRADBURY,%20RONALD
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Additional: Name, surname, death date and military details match existing sources

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ID: 6653543

Reference: 1911gbc

Title: 1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Heather12434

UPP: GBC/1911/RG14/20429/0189/3

Additional: Name, surname, parents' names and year of birth match existing sources. Although the birthplace is not the same as on Soldiers Died, his given place of birth on the census links him to the R. Bradbury listed on the Kirkby-in-Ashfield war memorial.

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 6653546

Reference: bmd_births

Title: England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription

Connected by: Heather12434

UPP: BMD/B/1893/1/AZ/000066/355

Additional: Name, surname, birth year and registration district match existing sources. The Registration District also confirms birthplace as Kirkby (in Basford RD) rather than Tuxford. (East Retford RD)

Credit: © General Register Office

Source information

ID: 7016738

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/184947/
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UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/88784

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: 8701544

Title: Kirkby-in-Ashfield War Memorial

Description: The Sherwood Foresters' section of the memorial.

Connected by: Heather12434

Additional: R. Bradbury was added at the very bottom of the Sherwood Foresters list.

Source information

ID: 9339088

Title: Commonwealth War Graves headstone.

Description: Blighty Valley cemetery.

Connected by: Stuart5285

Source information

ID: 9339089

Title: Blighty Valley cemetery.

Description: Blighty Valley cemetery, a really peaceful location.

Connected by: Stuart5285

Source information

ID: 9339090

Title: Medal Index Card.

Description: Medal Index Card of Ronald Bradbury, Private 19562.

Connected by: Stuart5285

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