Lives of the First World War

Source information

ID: 4704748

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.

UPP: GBM/MCI/4709201

Credit: © The National Archives

Source information

ID: 5504216

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

Description: Death record on Ancestry website.

Connected by: Emma17145

URL: http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=UKsoldiersGreatWar&h=105500&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&tid=49583100&tpid=26012038363&rhSource=1543
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Additional: Name, regiment and battalion match.

Source information

ID: 5504318

Title: Marriage

Description: Marriage information on FreeBMD

Connected by: Emma17145

URL: http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=APaR6uxHJtVMMQpIaS1WlQ&scan=1
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Additional: Name match

Source information

ID: 5504605

Title: British Army WWI Service Records, 1914-1920

Description: Service record on Ancestry

Connected by: Emma17145

URL: http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?ssrc=pt_t49583100_p26012038363_kpidz0q3d26012038363z0q26pgz0q3d32768z0q26pgplz0q3dpid_m1&srchb=r&gss=angs-g&rank=1&tid=49583100&pid=26012038363&gsfn=James+William&gsln=West&msbdy=1888&msddy=1917&msbpn__ftp=Accrington%2c+Lancashire%2c+England&msdpn__ftp=France++Flanders&cp=11&cpxt=1&msrpn__ftp=89+Nuttall+St%2c+Accrington&msrpn1__ftp=Accrington%2c+Lancashire%2c+England&msrpn2__ftp=Accrington%2c+Lancashire%2c+England&msrpn3__ftp=65+Pitt+Street%2c+Accrington&msgdy=1915&msgpn__ftp=Register+Office%2c+Haslingden%2c+Lancashire&msfng=William&msfns=West&msmng=Margaret&msmns=West&mssng0=Clara&mssns0=Roberts&mscng0=Thomas&mscns0=West&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=2077278&db=BritishArmyService&indiv=1
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Additional: Matches names, regiment, battalion, place, family, etc.

Source information

ID: 5505613

Title: Casualty details

Description: Casualty details on Commonwealth War Graves

Connected by: Emma17145

URL: http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/820512/WEST,%20WILLIAM
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Additional: Name and military details match

Source information

ID: 7376567

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

UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/649701

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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