Lives of the First World War

Source information

ID: 4732541

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=D5857973
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UPP: GBM/MCI/4737009

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 7402211

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/776968/
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UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/608058

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

Source information

ID: 9039443

Title: Samuel Whitfield

Description: in uniform

Connected by: Jane68008

Source information

ID: 9039455

Name: CWGC

Title: Samuel Whitfield

Description: KIA

Connected by: Jane68008

URL: https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/776968/whitfield,-samuel/
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ID: 9039463

Name: RG13/2548

Reference: Ancestry.co.uk

Title: 1901 census

Description: Samuel is living at Moss Side, hanmer with his parents & siblings

Connected by: Jane68008

Source information

ID: 9039472

Name: Ellesmere 6a 678

Title: Civil registration

Description: Samuel Richard Whitfield registered

Connected by: Jane68008

URL: http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=FreeBMDBirth&h=59768459&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&usePUBJs=true&rhSource=2352
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Source information

ID: 9039553

Name: Flintshire WW1 soldiers

Title: Hanmer War memorial

Description: Flintshire War Memorial website

Connected by: Jane68008

URL: http://www.flintshirewarmemorials.com/memorials/hanmer/hanmer-soldiers-ww1/whitfield-samuel/
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