Lives of the First World War

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ID: 4951791

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.

UPP: GBM/MCI/4956799

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 8931079

Name: British Red Cross

Title: Mrs Ruth Frances Ethelston

Connected by: Jonathan101862

URL: http://www.redcross.org.uk/About-us/Who-we-are/History-and-origin/First-World-War/Card?fname=Ruth&sname=Ethelston&id=70397&last=true
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Additional: Matches first name Ruth and last name Ethelston. This is the closest match showing in the British Red Cross Personnel Files.

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ID: 8931085

Name: Catalogue number WWC D8-6-298 Imperial War Museums

Title: Mrs Ruth Frances Ethelston

Description: Donor and officer in charge Mrs Ruth Frances Ethelston MBE, Bolling Auxiliary Hospital. This item is available to be shared and re-used under the terms of the IWM Non Commercial Licence. © IWM (WWC D8-6-298)

Connected by: Jonathan101862

URL: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205380299
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Additional: Matches first name Ruth and last name Ethelston -Undated photograph.

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ID: 8931626

Title: RUTH FRANCES ETHELSTON

Description: Mrs Ruth Frances Ethelston in uniform. This item is available to be shared and re-used under the terms of the IWM Non Commercial Licence.

Connected by: Jonathan101862

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ID: 8931628

Title: M.B.E June 1918

Description: Handwritten - first lines Ruth Frances Ethelston (Mrs) M.B.E

Connected by: Jonathan101862

Additional: © IWM (WWC D8-6-298

Source information

ID: 8931629

Reference: gbm_british_red_cross_reg1914_18

Title: British Red Cross Register of Overseas Volunteers 1914-1918 Transcription

Connected by: Jonathan101862

UPP: GBM/REDCRO/2840

Additional: Matches Ruth Frances Ethelston Voluntary Aid Detachment.

Credit: Courtesy of Findmypast

Source information

ID: 8931631

Reference: 1911gbc

Title: 1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Jonathan101862

UPP: GBC/1911/RG14/16242/0093/2

Additional: Matches Ruth Frances Ethelston

Credit: © The National Archives

Source information

ID: 8931635

Reference: bmd_marriages

Title: England & Wales marriages 1837-2005 Transcription

Connected by: Jonathan101862

UPP: BMD/M/1900/3/AZ/000116/112

Additional: Matches name of spouse and Ruth F - gives maiden name

Credit: © General Register Office

Source information

ID: 8931637

Reference: 1901gbc

Title: 1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Jonathan101862

UPP: GBC/1901/0015965550

Additional: Matches married name Ruth F Ethelston

Credit: © General Register Office

Source information

ID: 8931641

Reference: bmd_births

Title: England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription

Connected by: Jonathan101862

UPP: BMD/B/1880/1/AZ/000465/348

Additional: Matches maiden name RUTH FRANCES RASBOTHAM and year of birth 1880

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 8931645

Reference: gbm_british_red_cross_reg1914_18

Title: British Red Cross Register of Overseas Volunteers 1914-1918 Transcription

Connected by: Jonathan101862

UPP: GBM/REDCRO/16927

Additional: Matches Mrs Ethelston

Credit: Courtesy of Findmypast

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ID: 8931651

Name: The London Gazette 4 June 1918 Supplement:30730 Page:6725

Title: The London Gazette

Description: Mrs. Ruth Frances Ethelston. Donor and Officer-in-Charge, The Boiling Auxiliary Hospital, Malpas, Cheshire.

Connected by: Jonathan101862

URL: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30730/supplement/6725
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Additional: Matches Mrs Ruth Ethelston of the The Boiling Auxiliary Hospital, Malpas, Cheshire.

Source information

ID: 8940415

Reference: 1881gbc

Title: 1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Jonathan101862

UPP: GBC/1881/0025654016

Additional: Matches Maiden name and year of birth 1880.

Credit: © General Register Office

Source information

ID: 8940424

Reference: 1891gbc

Title: 1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Jonathan101862

UPP: GBC/1891/0014482075

Additional: Surname should read Rasbotham. 1891 Census family details match those of the 1881 Census but the Mother Juliet is now a widow.

Credit: © General Register Office

Source information

ID: 8940510

Reference: bmd_deaths

Title: England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 Transcription

Connected by: Jonathan101862

UPP: BMD/D/1962/4/AZ/000333/029

Additional: Matches Ruth F and year of birth 1880. The surname has been spelt Ethelstan instead of Ethelston, but it is the closest match available in the search and the different spelling could be due to a clerical error.

Credit: © General Register Office

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