Lives of the First World War

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ID: 5153061

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=D6279796
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UPP: GBM/MCI/5158797

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 6655283

Reference: 1901gbc

Title: 1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

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UPP: GBC/1901/0005824641

Additional: all details match those known

Credit: © General Register Office

Source information

ID: 6655284

Reference: bmd_deaths

Title: England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 Transcription

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UPP: BMD/D/1957/4/AZ/000949/101

Additional: all details match those known

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 6655285

Reference: 1891gbc

Title: 1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

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UPP: GBC/1891/0000623071

Additional: all details match those known

Credit: © General Register Office

Source information

ID: 6655287

Reference: 1911gbc

Title: 1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

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UPP: GBC/1911/RG14/09432/0621/12

Additional: all details match those known

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 6655293

Title: details of her illustrious father!

Description: biography of her father; the "inventor" and social reformer who invented the Plimsoll line to enable ships to be loaded safely. Very interesting information about his life and work.

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URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Plimsoll#Family
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Additional: details of her father which match those known

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ID: 6655296

Title: samuel Plimsoll - inventor and politician

Description: Driver Plimsoll's illustrious father

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Additional: matches biographical details

Source information

ID: 8494796

Reference: bmd_births

Title: England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription

Connected by: Peter6648

UPP: BMD/B/1891/1/AZ/000462/104

Additional: Full name matches seeding document and birth year and place match 1911 census

Credit: © General Register Office

Source information

ID: 8724597

Name: Ruth Wade Plimsoll

Title: Military Nurses 1865-1994 Transcription

Description: This database on FMP website contains staff (including doctors, nurses, orderlies, ambulance drivers etc) who served with Scottish Women's Hospital. Contains references to 1,575 women (and men) who were stationed in continental Europe during WWI. Many were in France or Corsica; however, a significant number were based in Serbia, from which some accompanied the Serb government, army and civilian refugees on their long retreat across the snow-covered Albanian mountains to evacuation to Corfu. The entries give title, position, station, dates of service and occasionally extra notes. If day of month was not given, the first is used. The information is taken from a source at London's Imperial war Museum. Data compiled by Sue Light. see list at http://www.scarletfinders.co.uk/138.html

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URL: http://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=gbm%2fnurs%2f00002955
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ID: 8724601

Name: Ruth Wadw Plimsoll, 1958

Title: England &Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills)

Description: Digitised images of National probate Calendar on Ancesty website. "PLIMSOLL Ruth Wade, of Little Gravels, Burghclere, Hampshire, spinster died 13 November 1957. probate Oxford 24 january to John Vincent Rose medical practicioner and Peter Herbert Plimsoll ose brewer. Effects £21,990 2s. 2d. "

Connected by: Alison86663

URL: http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/1904/32858_605905_2357-00325/17908140?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.co.uk%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3f_phsrc%3dXlC846%26_phstart%3dsuccessSource%26usePUBJs%3dtrue%26db%3dukprobatecal%26so%3d2%26pcat%3dROOT_CATEGORY%26gss%3dangs-g%26new%3d1%26rank%3d1%26msT%3d1%26gsfn%3druth%2520wade%26gsfn_x%3d0%26gsln%3dplimsoll%26gsln_x%3d0%26MSAV%3d0%26cpxt%3d1%26cp%3d11%26catbucket%3drstp%26uidh%3dhb1&backlabel=ReturnSearchResults
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