Lives of the First World War

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ID: 4800767

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/4805273

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 5514276

Name: Commonwealth War Graves Commission: T E Wilmot

Title: Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Description: Commemorative information for Private Thomas Edward Wilmot.

Connected by: Nadine7746

URL: http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/46492/WILMOT,%20THOMAS%20EDWARD
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Additional: The person's names and military details match.

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ID: 5514277

Reference: bmd_births

Title: England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription

Connected by: Nadine7746

UPP: BMD/B/1884/4/AZ/000631/261

Additional: The person's names match, and place of birth agrees with family knowledge.

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 6167423

Reference: bmd_marriages

Title: England & Wales marriages 1837-2008 Transcription

Connected by: Nadine7746

UPP: BMD/M/1912/3/AZ/001151/029

Additional: The surname and other names match, and location of marriage is same district as where he was living in 1911. Also her first name matches that of widow listed by Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 6167425

Reference: 1911gbc

Title: 1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Nadine7746

UPP: GBC/1911/RG14/28740/0091/3

Additional: The surname and other names match the person, as do the names of his parents with whom he is still living at the time.

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 6167427

Reference: bmd_marriages

Title: England & Wales marriages 1837-2008 Transcription

Connected by: Nadine7746

UPP: BMD/M/1872/2/AZ/000308/308

Additional: The names of the bride and groom match those of his parents, and the location is the same area they were living in 1911. Also confirmed by family knowledge.

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 6172122

Title: Thomas Wilmot

Description: In uniform.

Connected by: Nadine7746

Source information

ID: 6172124

Title: Thomas E Wilmot

Description: Pre-war

Connected by: Nadine7746

Additional: This is my great uncle, from a photo in the family collection.

Source information

ID: 6186335

Name: Sept Quarter 1914, Sculcoates 2d, 488

Reference: General Register Office

Title: Index to register of births

Description: This records the birth of Arthur E Wilmot in Sculcoates in 1914. The mother's surname is listed as Thorpe.

Connected by: Nadine7746

Additional: This is the birth of Thomas' son. The family were living in Sculcoates, and the mother's original surname matches that of Thomas' wife Ada.

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ID: 6655066

Title: Gravestone

Description: Gravestone of Thomas Edward Wilmot at Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, France.

Connected by: Nadine7746

Additional: This is the gravestone of my great uncle, Thomas Edward Wilmot, situated in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, France. Photograph supplied by "The War Graves Photographic Project" to whom I am most grateful.

Source information

ID: 7106690

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/118638

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: 7546011

Reference: 1901gbc

Title: 1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Nadine7746

UPP: GBC/1901/0027327931

Additional: The surname and first names match, as do the date and place of birth, and family members.

Credit: © General Register Office

Source information

ID: 7546015

Reference: 1891gbc

Title: 1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Nadine7746

UPP: GBC/1891/0026991241

Additional: The surname and first names match, as do year of birth and family members.

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 7626051

Title: Thomas and George Wilmot

Description: Thomas Wilmot, right hand side, with his brother George.

Connected by: Nadine7746

Additional: This is a photograph of my grandfather George Wilmot, with his brother Thomas (on the right) who died in WW1.

Source information

ID: 7651629

Reference: bmd_births

Title: England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription

Connected by: Nadine7746

UPP: BMD/B/1887/1/AZ/000618/103

Additional: This is the birth registration of Sarah Wilmot, Thomas' sister, who died as a baby.

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 7651630

Reference: bmd_deaths

Title: England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 Transcription

Connected by: Nadine7746

UPP: BMD/D/1888/2/AZ/000368/148

Additional: This records the death of Emma Wilmot, Thomas's sister, who died as a baby.

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 7651631

Reference: bmd_births

Title: England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription

Connected by: Nadine7746

UPP: BMD/B/1893/1/AZ/000647/331

Additional: This records the birth of Thomas's youngest sibling, Winifred May Wilmot who was born in 1893.

Credit: © General Register Office

Source information

ID: 8699798

Name: The National Archives WO363/W1722

Reference: Ancestry.co.uk website

Title: British Army WW1 Service Record: Thomas Edward Wilmot

Description: Short Service Record for Thomas Edward Wilmot, no 24881.

Connected by: Nadine7746

Additional: The person's names, family details, and military detail match.

Source information

ID: 8701140

Name: ISBN 0-85052-634-5

Reference: Own copy

Title: Hull Pals by David Bilton

Description: A history of the 10th, 11th, 12th and 13th Battalions of the East Yorkshire Regiment.

Connected by: Nadine7746

Additional: The book covers some of the battalions that Thomas Wilmot served in.

Source information

ID: 8701147

Name: The National Archives WO95/2357

Reference: Ancestry.co.uk website

Title: War Diary, 11th Bttn, East Yorkshire Regiment, March 1918

Description: War Diary of the 11th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment for March 1918.

Connected by: Nadine7746

Additional: Thomas Wilmot was serving in the Battalion at that time.

Source information

ID: 9116382

Name: Imperial War Museums Podcasts

Title: Podcast 41, The German Spring Offensive

Description: Podcast on the German Spring Offensive 1918.

Connected by: Nadine7746

URL: http://www.iwm.org.uk/history/podcasts/voices-of-the-first-world-world-war
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Additional: Gives background to the fighting that lead to Thomas Wilmot’s death.

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ID: 9421057

Name: Hull Daily News 12 Apr 1918

Reference: dinsdalelist.co.uk

Title: Report of death in local newspaper

Description: Report of death.

Connected by: Nadine7746

Additional: The names and events all match.

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