Lives of the First World War

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ID: 4731944

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/4736412

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 7443525

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/608057

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: 9314023

Reference: gbm_air76

Title: British Royal Air Force, Officers' Service Records 1912-1920 Transcription

Connected by: Clare995

UPP: GBM/AIR76/97015

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 9314025

Reference: bmd_births

Title: England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription

Connected by: Clare995

UPP: BMD/B/1895/2/AZ/000639/127

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 9314026

Reference: 1901gbc

Title: 1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Clare995

UPP: GBC/1901/0028073457

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 9314027

Reference: 1911gbc

Title: 1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Clare995

UPP: GBC/1911/RG14/29256/0551/3

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 9314039

Title: Middlesborough War Memorial, Yorks. Details for Lt. Edgar Whitfield, RAF

Description: Details for Lt. Edgar Whitfield, 57 Squadron, RAF, on Middlesborough War Memorial, Yorks. Killed in combat with enemy aircraft over Achiet-le-Petit on April 1st 1918. Burial place unknown, remembered on Arras Flying Services Memorial. Son of Mr W H & Mrs E M Whitfield, of 7 Clairville Road, Middlesborough.

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URL: http://www.ww1-yorkshires.org.uk/pdf-files/bob%20coulson/mbro-war-memorial-w.pdf
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ID: 9314688

Title: Royal Aero Club Aviator's Certificate for 2nd Lt. Edgar Whitfield (General List)

Description: Royal Aero Club Aviator's Certificate (with photo) for 2nd Lt. Edgar Whitfield (General List), of 7 Clairville Road, born 28 April 1895 at Middlesborough. Taken on Maurice Farman Biplane at Military School, Catterick Bridge on 20th July 1917.

Connected by: Clare995

URL: https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=1283&gsfn=edgar&gsln=whitfield&gsfn_x=1&gsln_x=1&cp=11&qh=dmu5F38KktnOB8fAbYsijQ%3d%3d&new=1&rank=1&redir=false
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ID: 9329587

Name: London Gazette, 6 July 1917

Title: Edgar Whitfield to be temp 2nd Lieutenant, General List (RFC). Dated 7 June 1917.

Description: Supplement Issue 30170, 6 July 1917, p 6786. The undermentioned Cadets to be temporary 2nd Lts (on probation):- General List (RFC):- 7 June 1917. Edgar Whitfield.

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URL: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30170/supplement/6786
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ID: 9329600

Name: London Gazette, 2 Oct 1917

Title: Edgar Whitfield confirmed as 2nd Lieutenant, General List (RFC). Dated 13 Sept 1917.

Description: Supplement Issue 30320, 3 Oct 1917, p 10233. Royal Flying Corps. Temporary 2nd Lts (on probation) General List, and to be confirmed in their rank:- 13 Sept 1917. E Whitfield.

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URL: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30320/supplement/10233
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ID: 9330632

Title: Details of the operation in which 2nd Lt. Edgar Whitfield took part on 1/4/18

Description: From www.theaerodrome.com Casualties on 1/4/1918:- 2nd-Lieut E Whitfield (Kia) & Lieut W C F Nicol-Hart (Kia), 57 Sqn RAF, DH4 A7401 – took off 07:30/07:30 then last seen near Bapaume during bombing Bapaume; Vzfw Franz Hemer, Js6, 6th victory [Achiet-le-Petit at 08:00/08:00] ?

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URL: http://www.theaerodrome.com/forum/showthread.php?t=69668
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ID: 9330646

Name: Dulwich College website, The Fallen of the Great War.

Title: Dulwich College website. Details for Lt. William Cecil Frederick Nicol Hart.

Description: Details for Lt. William Cecil Frederick Nicol Hart, The King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, attached Royal Air Force. He was the observer accompanying 2nd Lt. Edgar Whitfield on their final flight on 1/4/1918. The letters from Hart's cousin give details of their death.

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URL: https://dulwichcollege1914-18.co.uk/fallen/hart-wcfn/
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ID: 9330670

Title: Link to A/M John Israel Hardy regarding rescue of pilot from burning plane

Description: Link to A/M John Israel Hardy on this website. See Belper newspaper report 17 May 1918, of medal awarded to Air Mechanic John Israel Hardy, attached 57 Squadron, for rescuing pilot from burning aircraft, the observer past rescuing.

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URL: https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/5205243
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ID: 9330672

Title: Link to Lt. W C F N Hart, observer on the plane DH4 A7401, 1/4/1918

Description: Link to Lt. W C F N Hart on this website. Lt. William Cecil Frederick Nicol Hart was the observer on the plane DH4 A7401, piloted by 2nd Lt. Edgar Whitfield on their final mission, 1/4/1918

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URL: https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/1578712
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ID: 9330676

Title: Casualty Card for 2nd Lt. Edgar Whitfield

Description: RAF Museum Story Vault. Casualty Card for 2nd Lt. Edgar Whitfield, Gen. List & RAF, 57 Squadron. At time of accident: Pilot, Duty bombing. Date: 1/4/18. Where: France. Machine: DH4, no. A7401. Result of accident: Missing, believed Killed, [later] Dead. Other occcupant: Lieut. W C F N Hart, Missing. Remarks: Last seen near Bapaume.

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URL: http://www.rafmuseumstoryvault.org.uk/archive/whitfield-e.-edgar
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ID: 9330681

Title: Probate of Edgar Whitfield, died 1/4/1918, in France.

Description: Probate of Edgar Whitfield, died 1/4/1918. Edgar Whitfield, of 7 Clairville Road, Middlesborough, second lieutenant, RAF, died 1 April 1918, in France. Administration London, 6 Oct 1919, to William Henry Whitfield, builder.

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URL: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/ukprobatecal/?name=edgar_whitfield&event=1919&event_x=0-0-0_1-0&name_x=1_1&viewMode=category
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ID: 9334631

Title: Airmen died in the Great War, entry for Edgar Whitfield

Description: Edgar Whitfield, born 1896. Native of Middlesborough, Yorks. 2nd Lieutenant, 57 Squadron, RAF. Pilot with Lt W C F N Hart in DH4 A7401. Killed in Action, 1/4/18. No Known Grave listed on Arras Memorial, France

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URL: https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=GBM/NMPWW1AIRMEN/004353
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