Lives of the First World War

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ID: 4664001

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=D5789384
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UPP: GBM/MCI/4668420

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 8489750

Title: Entry on Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Description: 'Thy Will Be Done' In Memory of Shoeing Smith, E Waugh, #9931, 11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars who died on 10 October 1918 Buried in Estrees Communal Cemetery

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URL: http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/588369/WAUGH,%20E
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Additional: The person's name, regiment, regimental number and occupation match what we know of my Great Uncle Edward.

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ID: 8489758

Title: 1911 census return for the Waugh family

Description: 1911 census return for the Waugh family, then living in Rose Cottage, Cowleigh Bank, Malvern Link, Worcestershire. Edward is shown to be living at home with his family. He is 19 at the time of census, and was born in Birmingham.

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Additional: Edward is my great uncle. Although his occupation is shown to be Mail Driver, he was trained as a blacksmith, as his father was. My grandfather, George, was Edward's younger brother. In his turn, he too worked as a blacksmith in Malvern.

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ID: 8489767

Title: Shoeing Smith Edward Waugh's Penny

Description: This is our only memento of Edward Waugh. His image seems long lost, but here is the Dead Man's Penny sent to his parents, Eliza and James.

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Source information

ID: 8489792

Name: WAUGH: Edward #9931

Reference: National Archives. Photo downloaded from Ancestry.com

Title: Medal index card

Description: Waugh, Edward #9931 11th Hussars [Prince Albert's Own], Private Date of entry: 15 August 1914

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Credit: © The National Archives

Source information

ID: 8489794

Name: CWGC Headstone schedule for Estrees

Title: Appendix to Headstone Schedule, CWGC

Description: In the appendix, Edward's regimental details are given in full, along with his rank and age at time of death (27 years).

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URL: http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/588369/WAUGH,%20E
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Additional: The remainder of the headstone schedule gives details of his mother's name and address, and the inscription for his grave marker.

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