Lives of the First World War

Source information

ID: 4649083

Reference: WO372/21

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=D5774460
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UPP: GBM/MCI/4653496

Credit: © The National Archives

Source information

ID: 5493255

Name: 293229

Reference: General Registry Office

Title: Birth Certificate

Description: Full birth certificate obtained June 2008

Connected by: Bill6145

Additional: Copy of original birth certificate confirm D.O.B, his parentage and place of birth.

Source information

ID: 5494531

Title: No 8 Casualty Clearing Station, Bailleul, France.

Description: Showing wounded soldiers being cared for outdoors. Frederick died of wounds here in 1915, though it is not known if he is actually in this photograph.

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Additional: obtained from online source

Source information

ID: 5494632

Title: Frederick's Headstone

Description: Inscription on headstone at Bailleul cemetery, British Military section

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Source information

ID: 5497749

Title: Commonwealth War Graves Commission records extract

Description: Extract showing details of Pte Frederick Watson 5/2253 Northumberland Fusiliers.

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URL: http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/202105/WATSON,%20F
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Additional: Record extract giving details of Pte Frederick Watson

Source information

ID: 5499647

Name: DJR

Reference: Online copy obtained from online genealogy search

Title: 1911 Census Return

Description: Census return showing Fredrick's family.

Connected by: Bill6145

Additional: Details on census return

Source information

ID: 5503245

Title: Extract from Watson Family Bible

Description: A family recording of Frederick's death in WW 1.

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Additional: This has been written by a close relative of Frederick shortly after his death.

Source information

ID: 5505202

Title: Personal Knowledge of Bill Anderson

Description: This source of evidence is based on a Member's Personal Knowledge.

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Additional: This source of evidence is based on a Member's Personal Knowledge.

Source information

ID: 5511867

Title: Frederick's Profile on Ancestry UK

Description: Uploaded images with proof of Frederick's birth, death, parentage, military details etc.

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URL: http://trees.ancestry.co.uk/tree/4001623/person/-1239800540
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Additional: Follow this link for more evidential images with reference to Pte Frederick Watson 5/2253

Source information

ID: 6148290

Reference: wwisd

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

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UPP: GBM/WWISD/0240388

Additional: Factual, biographical evidence

Credit: © Naval and Military Press Ltd

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