Lives of the First World War

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ID: 4693882

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=D5819289
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UPP: GBM/MCI/4698325

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 6181983

Name: Original data: British and Irish Military Databases. The Naval and Military Press Ltd.

Title: UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War. 1914 - 1919

Description: From list of soldiers that died in WW1 on Ancestry

Connected by: Vivien20625

URL: http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=UKsoldiersGreatWar&h=308058&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=2483
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Additional: The records match this persons name and service number

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ID: 6181998

Name: Original data: Victoria Cross Medals. East Sussex, England: Naval and Military Press.

Title: UK, Victoria Cross Medals, 1857 - 2007

Description: From list on Ancestry

Connected by: Vivien20625

URL: http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=VictoriaCrossMedals&h=663&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=1543
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Additional: His Name, Death Date and Service Number matches

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ID: 6182003

Name: 662 - WELLS Harry VC Sergeant. Gazette 18 November 1915

Title: UK, Victoria Cross Medals, 1857 - 2007

Description: Brief description of Harry Wells Military Service & posthumous VC available from Ancestry

Connected by: Vivien20625

URL: http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/2483/40104_258646-n0662/663?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.co.uk%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3fdb%3dVictoriaCrossMedals%26h%3d663%26indiv%3dtry%26o_vc%3dRecord%253aOtherRecord%26rhSource%3d1543&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnRec
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Additional: Details match this person

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ID: 6630906

Reference: bmd_births

Title: England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription

Connected by: Maureen11996

UPP: BMD/B/1888/4/AZ/000589/178

Additional: The name date and place fit in with the records I already have

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 6630945

Reference: 1891gbc

Title: 1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Maureen11996

UPP: GBC/1891/0005763195

Additional: The name and places fit in with what is known

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 7262945

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/527853/
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UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/406865

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: 7651709

Title: Headstone

Description: Headstone of Sgt. Harry Wells VC at Dud Corner Cemetery, Loos, France

Connected by: David1424

Source information

ID: 8509111

Name: Publication date: 16 November 1915, Supplement: 29371, Page: 11448

Title: Victoria Cross citation, the London Gazette

Description: Gazette website

Connected by: Charlotte33

URL: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29371/supplement/11448
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Additional: Matches Medal Index Card

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ID: 8545002

Name: Roy Ingleton ISBN 1848844093

Reference: Medway Libraries

Title: Kent VCs

Description: Recipients of VCs from Kent ordered by campaign 1854-1945. Page 61

Connected by: Hazel53187

Additional: The persons name and all other details match

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ID: 8548866

Title: Victoria Cross

Connected by: Trevor321

Source information

ID: 8605733

Title: Gravestone of Harry Wells

Description: DUD CORNER CEMETERY, LOOS

Connected by: Neil202

Source information

ID: 8873080

Title: Harry Wells VC

Connected by: Peter5151

Source information

ID: 9428012

Title: Harry Wells (VC)

Description: Wikipedia page with further information and links

Connected by: James201

URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Wells_(VC)
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