Lives of the First World War

Source information

ID: 473852

Reference: WO372/3

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=D1459653
IWM is not responsible for the content of external websites. Please note that some sources will require payment to view.

UPP: GBM/MCI/0474229

Credit: © The National Archives

Source information

ID: 7275859

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/605771/
IWM is not responsible for the content of external websites. Please note that some sources will require payment to view.

UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/478814

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: 7957354

Reference: wwisd

Title: Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 Transcription

Connected by: Linda571

UPP: GBM/WWISD/0261207

Additional: Names and military details match.

Credit: © Naval and Military Press Ltd

Source information

ID: 7957407

Title: James Brannon from Barnsley Chronicle

Description: An older man in uniform, a poor newspaper picture, low contrast and definition. From the Barnsley Chronicle 19 August 916 (with thanks to Barnsley Archives).

Connected by: Linda571

Source information

ID: 7957612

Name: 12 August 1916

Reference: Barnsley Archives

Title: Barnsley Chronicle

Description: Newspaper cutting reporting James Brannon now reported dead.

Connected by: Linda571

Additional: Names and military details match seed data.

Source information

ID: 7957618

Reference: 1891gbc

Title: 1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Linda571

UPP: GBC/1891/0026080601

Additional: His name and place of birth match seed data, his mother's name matches the newspaper report of his death.

Credit: © General Register Office

Source information

ID: 7957621

Reference: 1911gbc

Title: 1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Linda571

UPP: GBC/1911/RG14/27589/0229/4

Additional: The address and his mother's name match the newspaper cutting reporting his death. His age is a little out and his birthplace has been recorded incorrectly.

Credit: © The National Archives

Source information

ID: 7957623

Reference: 1881gbc

Title: 1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Linda571

UPP: GBC/1881/0021460113

Additional: His name and age match, his mother's name and other details match the other census returns and the newspaper cutting reporting his death.

Credit: © General Register Office

Source information

ID: 7957626

Reference: bmd_marriages

Title: England & Wales marriages 1837-2008 Transcription

Connected by: Linda571

UPP: BMD/M/1872/4/AZ/000038/016

Additional: We know James was born in Chesterfield, and that his parents names were Michael and Julia. This is their marriage.

Credit: © General Register Office

Source information

ID: 7957632

Reference: 1901gbc

Title: 1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Linda571

UPP: GBC/1901/0026724380

Additional: This is his mother and brother at home in Barnsley - James is serving overseas in 1901.

Credit: © General Register Office

Source information

ID: 7957858

Name: James Brannon b.1874 Chesterfield, Derbyshire

Title: Regular Army Records 1760-1915 on Find My Past

Description: This man's previous army service.

Connected by: Linda571

URL: http://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=gbm%2fwo97%2f4405%2f519469
IWM is not responsible for the content of external websites. Please note that some sources will require payment to view.

Additional: His age, birth place and name match seed data and most importantly his next of kin, his mother's name and address match with the newspaper cutting reporting his death which also mentions his pre-war service.

Source information

ID: 7957997

Name: 18 March 2015

Title: A Barnsley Historian's View - Identifying Men on Barnsley's War Memorials

Description: A blog post describing the process of identifying men using James Brannan as an example.

Connected by: Linda571

URL: http://barnsleyhistorian.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/identifying-men-on-barnsleys-war.html
IWM is not responsible for the content of external websites. Please note that some sources will require payment to view.

Additional: This post refers specifically to James Brannan.

Source information

ID: 7958014

Title: Raywood Row and Copper Street, Barnsley

Description: A map snip of densely packed streets and yards. From an Alan Godfrey map of Barnsley.

Connected by: Linda571

Additional: Shows the area where the Brannan family lived.

Key to Event Icons

Event Type	Event Icon
appointments
awards
birth
burial
children
commission
dates
death
discharge
education
employment
enlistment
events
hospitalisation
internment
location
marriage
missing
service
sibling
theatres