Lives of the First World War

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ID: 4750187

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=D5875633
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UPP: GBM/MCI/4754669

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 6247507

Reference: wwisd

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

Connected by: Jackie351

UPP: GBM/WWISD/0135133

Additional: This records matches the information on the CWGC website, Name Regiment and Service no.

Credit: © Naval and Military Press Ltd

Source information

ID: 6247512

Reference: 1901gbc

Title: 1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Jackie351

UPP: GBC/1901/0012259584

Additional: The surname and first names match. The parents names and address match those given on the CWGC website

Credit: © General Register Office

Source information

ID: 6247524

Reference: bmd_overseas_deaths_arr1

Title: GRO WAR DEATHS ARMY OTHER RANKS (1914 to1921) Transcription

Connected by: Jackie351

UPP: BMD/OVS/ARR1/003936/113

Additional: Surname and first name matches, Service number and year of death matches.

Credit: © General Register Office

Source information

ID: 6980081

Reference: bmd_births

Title: England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription

Connected by: Jackie351

UPP: BMD/B/1891/2/AZ/000661/062

Additional: The surname has been recorded as Wilkins, first names, year and registration district correct.

Credit: © General Register Office

Source information

ID: 7445280

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/877121/
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UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/701178

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: 9320092

Title: Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium

Description: The Tyne Cot Memorial is one of four memorials to the missing in Belgian Flanders which cover the area known as the Ypres Salient. Arthur Vincent Wilkin has no named grave and is remembered there.

Connected by: Jackie351

Source information

ID: 9632176

Title: Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium

Description: The Tyne Cot Memorial is one of four memorials to the missing in Belgian Flanders which cover the area known as the Ypres Salient. Arthur Vincent Wilkin has no named grave and is remembered there.

Connected by: Jackie351

Additional: Death recorded by CWGC. Picture taken 11/8/2018 by Jackie Lewis visiting Tyne Cot Memorial, Panel 79 to 80.

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