Lives of the First World War

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ID: 4948344

Reference: WO372/23

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=D6074144
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UPP: GBM/MCI/4953180

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 8543988

Reference: bmd_births

Title: England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription

Connected by: Chris2090

UPP: BMD/B/1891/3/AZ/000133/157

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 8543990

Reference: 1901gbc

Title: 1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Chris2090

UPP: GBC/1901/0014398833

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 8543992

Reference: 1911gbc

Title: 1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Chris2090

UPP: GBC/1911/RG14/12253/0293/4

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 8551632

Name: By West Country Life | Posted: January 11, 2014

Title: Violet Cross's journey from Dorset vicarage to Croix de Guerre in First World War

Description: Violet was the daughter of a Dorset vicar who was awarded the Croix de Guerre for her devoted work nursing French troops from the battle of Verdun. Her story is told with pride at The Keep Military Museum in Dorchester, where some memories of her extraordinary life are held in the archives.

Connected by: Chris2090

URL: http://www.westerndailypress.co.uk/Violet-Cross-Croix-Guerre/story-20430885-detail/story.html
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ID: 8551641

Name: Dorset Magazine 21.11.2012

Title: story of a Dorset nurse who worked on the battlefront in both World Wars

Description: Looking through the archives of the Keep Military Museum in Dorchester, Claire Budd discovers the remarkable story of a Dorset nurse who worked on the battlefront in both World Wars

Connected by: Chris2090

URL: http://www.dorsetmagazine.co.uk/people/claire_budd_discovers_the_remarkable_story_of_a_dorset_nurse_who_worked_on_the_battlefront_in_both_w_1_1779858
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ID: 9309913

Name: The Keep Military Museum Archive, Dorchester, Dorset

Title: The Extraordinary Story of Violet Norah Cross

Description: The story of Violet N Cross with some photographs.

Connected by: Chris2090

URL: https://www.keepmilitarymuseum.org/info/the+extraordinary+story+of+violet+norah+cross
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ID: 9309915

Reference: bmd_deaths

Title: England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 Transcription

Connected by: Chris2090

UPP: BMD/D/1989/8/77207097

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 9309920

Title: Memorial Plaque in Hazelbury, Bryan Church

Description: Church memorial Plaque.

Connected by: Chris2090

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ID: 9310007

Title: Violet N Cross

Description: Portrait from The Keep Military Museum in Dorchester. see https://www.keepmilitarymuseum.org/info/the+extraordinary+story+of+violet+norah+cross

Connected by: Chris2090

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ID: 9507760

Title: Violet Norah Cross with her family

Description: Violet Norah Cross with her father, Rev James Cross, and her sisters.

Connected by: Jean156615

Additional: This is a photo in a collection of a family who lived in Sturminster Marshall and knew the Rev. Cross and his family.

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ID: 9604639

Title: Violet Cross' Grave

Description: Violet is buried in the Cross family grave, marked by the chest tomb, in Sturminster Marshall Churchyard. Her father, Rev James Cross, was the vicar in Sturminster Marshall for over 50 years.

Connected by: Jean156615

Additional: This photo was taken in Sturminster Marshall Churchyard in 2005.

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ID: 9604694

Title: Violet Cross' Grave

Description: Violet Cross' is buried in the Cross family grave in Sturminster Marshall churchyard. Her father, Rev James Cross, was the vicar there for many years.

Connected by: Jean156615

Additional: This photo was taken in the churchyard in 2018.

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ID: 9604791

Name: RG14PN12253 RG78PN693 RD260 SD2 ED9 SN147

Title: 1911 Census for England

Description: Violet's entry in the 1911 Census.

Connected by: Jean156615

URL: https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=GBC%2F1911%2FRG14%2F12253%2F0293&parentid=GBC%2F1911%2FRG14%2F12253%2F0293%2F4
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Additional: The person's name and other details match.

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ID: 9632740

Title: Bailie House, Sturminster Marshall

Description: This is the house where Violet grew up.

Connected by: Jean156615

Additional: This is in the collection of a Sturminster Marshall family.

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ID: 9632748

Title: Bailie House, Sturminster Marshall

Description: This was the vicarage in Sturminster Marshall where Violet grew up.

Connected by: Jean156615

Additional: This is in the collection of a local family.

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