Lives of the First World War

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ID: 4890249

Reference: WO372/22

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/4894804

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 8572356

Name: R196-158-9-E

Title: Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Description: Service record with the North West Province royal Canadian Mounted Police

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URL: http://collectionscanada.gc.ca/pam_archives/index.php?fuseaction=genitem.displayItem&lang=eng&rec_nbr=853866
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Additional: Having read through Frank's army record at the National Archive, I discovered he'd joined the RCMP earlier

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ID: 8572357

Title: Frank Edward Wrench snr medal card

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ID: 8572362

Name: FO 847/95

Title: Court case in Egypt

Description: Frank suffered from 'nerves' and left his wife and went back to Egypt. Having been told his wife had died, he remarried, only to find his first wife was still alive. The British Consulate took hi to court for bigamy.

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URL: http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7191247
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Additional: I have personally viewed the records held by the National Archives.

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ID: 8572363

Name: FO 847/267

Title: Appeal to the Supreme Court re the bigamy trial

Description: Files containing details of Frank's appeal against his being charged with bigamy. The file includes a letter from his wife (my great aunt) in his defence.

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URL: http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4268320
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Additional: I have viewed these files in person at the National Archives.

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ID: 8573218

Title: Frank Edward Wrench (snr & jnr) 1901census

Description: Ancestry.co.uk entries for 1901 census showing Frank Edward Wrench (snr) born about 1877, aged about 24 in Glasgow and married to Alice Emma. Image also shows the entry for their son Frank Edward Wrench (jnr) aged about 2

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ID: 8573222

Title: Frank Edward Wrench/Alice Emma Wrench 1911 Census

Description: Census return that shows Frank & Alice Wrench, their children Frank Jnr and Doris Eva, and William Bethell, Alice's father

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Additional: This shows Frank as head of the household, living at 'Polzeath', High Street, Rickmansworth, Herts. William Bethell, listed as the lodger, is actually Alice's father

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ID: 8573227

Title: Frank & Alice's marriage entry

Description: This shows Frank and Alice's marriage entry

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Additional: This shows that Frank and Alice were married in the parish church of Horley. Frank's father was Edward John Wrench who was an optical engineer and Alice's father William Bethell who was a receiving officer. Frank is 22 and is a land agent.

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ID: 8573228

Title: Cambrian news & Welsh Farmers Gaz 19/12/1919

Description: Frank is mentioned as chairing a meeting of the Comrades in Borth, Cardingshire

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Additional: Comrades meeting chaired by Frank. He is mentioned as FE Wrench

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ID: 8573231

Title: Frank Edward Wrench army record

Description: This is dated RASC Record Office Woolwich Dockyard 5 March 1920. It lists Frank as a Sergeant and gives his rank number as RASC M2/034134. It also shows he was commissioned on 7/7/1917

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ID: 8573232

Title: Passenger listing for Frank Edward Wrench

Description: This shows that Frank was a passenger on a ship called the Flassy (or Plassy) bound for Yokohama and that Frank disembarks in Port Said, Alexandria

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Additional: Frank suffered from nerves and left Alice, went to London, sold his fleet of cars and went back to Alexandria where he had served during WW1. He registered with the British Embassy there.

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ID: 8573233

Title: Frank listed as pupil in 1891 census

Description: Frank is listed as a pupil in this census and his birth place is given as Pinner?

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Additional: RG12/791

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ID: 8573234

Title: Frank Edward Wrench birth record

Description: Births registered in April, May, June 1876, Holborn

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ID: 8573235

Title: Doris Eva birth record

Description: This shows Doris as being born in 1903 and baptised on 6 Feb 1903 in St Mary's Watford, Herts

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ID: 8573237

Title: Frank's short service army enrolment form

Description: This shows quite a lot of interesting information.

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ID: 8573239

Title: Frank jnr baptism

Description: It shows the date of Frank's son Frank junr's baptism

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ID: 8573241

Title: Shows Frank in a listing of Gloucester soldiers

Description: This shows that Frank may have had a photo taken of him. I've contacted the archive holder and I'm waiting to hear from them.

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ID: 8573243

Title: Gloucestershire archives

Description: Archive

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URL: http://ww3.gloucestershire.gov.uk/DServe/dserve.exe?dsqIni=DServeQ.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Overview.tcl&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqSearch=((text)=%27wrench%27)
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Additional: This shows Frank is listed as having had his photo taken during his time in the army

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ID: 8592864

Title: Winnipeg City, Manitoba census 1911

Description: 1911 census form

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Additional: This gives Frank's name, initial and DOB. It shows him as a lodger and that he is aged 32. It also gives his religion as Anglican. His trade is given as plumber in a plumbing shop.

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