Lives of the First World War

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ID: 4970232

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/4975588

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 9395036

Name: WO/399/1563

Reference: National Archives

Title: Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve

Description: Florence Walsh nee Clifton's QAIMNSR record which includes application forms, letters and other documents relating to her service.

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Additional: The maiden name and service in Serbia match with other documents including her Red Cross record. Including in the file is correspondence relating to Florence being accidentally shot during the Serbian Retreat. This incident is extensively covered in books such as Mrs Stobart's account of the work of her Unit in Serbia "The Flaming Sword in Serbia and beyond" and newspaper articles.

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ID: 9395667

Name: Florence Clifton

Title: British Red Cross Society volunteers 1914-1918 transcription

Description: Red Cross volunteer records include location and periods of service.

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Additional: Reference is made in Florence's QAIMNSR file to her service in Serbia in 1915. Numerous newspaper articles and books relate how she was shot during the Serbian Retreat.

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ID: 9396172

Name: Yorkshire Post Monday February 21st 1916 p.8

Title: British Nurse's sufferings in Serbia

Description: Florence's own account of her experience of being shot and taken prisoner during the Serbian Retreat.

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Additional: Florence's shooting during the Serbian Retreat is referenced in her QAIMNSR file and in other accounts including that of Mrs Stobart in "The Flaming Sword in Serbia and beyond."

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ID: 9397367

Name: Folkstone, Hyde, Sandgate and Cheriton Herald October 17th 1914 p.4

Title: Exodus from Belgium

Description: Article on the fall of Antwerp which includes interview with Florence about her experiences there.

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Additional: Florence's QAIMNSR file contains reference to her service with Mrs Stobart's Unit in Antwerp.

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ID: 9397373

Name: ISBN. 9781167227387

Reference: Own copy

Title: The Flaming Sword in Serbia and Elsewhere by Mabel Stobart

Description: Mabel Stobart's account of her work in Serbia and experiences during the Serbian Retreat.

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Additional: In her book Mrs Stobart records how Florence was shot and taken prisoner during the Serbian Retreat.

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ID: 9397390

Name: N-3-126 folio 263

Title: British India Office Ecclesiastical Returns - Marriages Transcription

Description: Parish register transcripts from the Presidency of Bombay 1709-1948

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Additional: The names both maiden and married match with documents in her QAIMNSR file. In this file there is reference to her going to India to marry.

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ID: 9398802

Name: 191 Pittsmoor Road Sheffield

Title: 1901 Census England, Wales and Scotland

Description: 1901 census return for Florence's family.

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Additional: The name and those of family members match earlier census returns.

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ID: 9398815

Name: Cross Chapel Street Brightside Bierlow Sheffield

Title: 1891 Census for England, Wales and Scotland

Description: 1891 census return for Florence's family.

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Additional: The name and those of other family members match other census returns.

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ID: 9399725

Name: RG101/3928C/004/03

Title: 1939 Register

Description: Florence and family's entry on the 1939 Population register taken in September 1939.

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Additional: The name and that of her husband match with their marriage record. Florence is recorded as being a member of the Nursing Reserve.

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ID: 9399732

Name: PR-138-2-45

Title: Yorkshire Baptisms Transcriptons

Description: Baptism record for James Arthur Clifton (Florence's brother), on the 25th October 1885, at the Cathedral Church of St Peter & St Paul Sheffield.

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Additional: James Arthur Clifton and his mother Mary Ann are recorded on the 1891 census as Florence's brother and mother. Richard Henry Clifton, James's father died in 1889.

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ID: 9401011

Name: Cheshire Observer 24th November 1962

Reference: Cheshire Archives and Local Studies, Chester.

Title: Death notice

Description: Death notice for Florence Walsh.

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Additional: Florence's name and that of her husband match with the 1939 Register as does their address in Chester.

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