Lives of the First World War

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ID: 5178839

Reference: WO372/24

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.

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UPP: GBM/MCI/5184615

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 9116562

Title: Wikipedia entry for General Sir John Edward Spencer Brind

Description: General Sir John Edward Spencer Brind KCB KBE CMG DSO (9 February 1878 – 14 October 1954) was a British Army officer who commanded the 4th Division. Following the outbreak of World War I, which saw him attending the Staff College, Camberley as a student, Brind was sent to France as a captain with the Royal Garrison Artillery on 16 August 1914 and then served as a general staff officer with 56th (London) Division from 6 February 1916 to 31 October 1916. He then became a brigadier on the general staff of XI Corps, part of the Fifth Army.

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ID: 9116563

Reference: gbm_raha

Title: Royal Artillery honours & awards Transcription

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UPP: GBM/RAHA/00028796

Credit: Courtesy of Findmypast

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ID: 9116565

Reference: gbm_mci

Title: Medal Index Cards Transcription

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UPP: GBM/MCI/5184610

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 9116566

Reference: gbm_mci

Title: Medal Index Cards Transcription

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UPP: GBM/MCI/5184611

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ID: 9116567

Reference: gbm_mci

Title: Medal Index Cards Transcription

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UPP: GBM/MCI/5184612

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ID: 9116568

Reference: gbm_mci

Title: Medal Index Cards Transcription

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UPP: GBM/MCI/5184613

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ID: 9116569

Reference: gbm_mci

Title: Medal Index Cards Transcription

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UPP: GBM/MCI/5184614

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ID: 9116570

Reference: 1911gbc

Title: 1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

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UPP: GBC/1911/RG14/34978/0185/9

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ID: 9116573

Reference: bmd_deaths

Title: England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 Transcription

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UPP: BMD/D/1954/4/AZ/000115/111

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 9116577

Title: Brigadier General J E S Brind

Description: Brigadier General J E S Brind took charge of Military Intelligence GHQ in Dublin . Hill Dillon was his number two Hill Dillon was the first man to run the "Directorate of Military Operations and Intelligence" after Irish Independence. It was "responsible for military intelligence work in southen Ireland". Brind succeeded him in this post

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ID: 9116579

Title: Brind family tree

Description: Sir John E S Brind

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URL: http://www.brind.co.uk/Brind/ft/david/john8.html
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ID: 9116582

Title: Sir John Edward Spencer Brind

Description: Sir John Edward Spencer Brind, by Walter Stoneman - NPG x165521 Sir John Edward Spencer Brind by Walter Stoneman bromide print, 1919 NPG x165521 © National Portrait Gallery, London

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ID: 9116869

Name: Brind, Sir John Edward Spencer

Title: The Generals of WWII -- Great Britain

Description: Brind, Sir John Edward Spencer General * 9th of February 1878 † 14th of October 1954 (Royal Artillery) Service 1916-06-02 GSO1, 56th Infantry Division [France] 1916-10-XX GSO1, 1st Army [France] 1917-11-27 Brig-Gen Staff, XI Corps [Italy - France] 1919-03-15 Brig-Gen Staff, Irish Cmd 1920-01-01 Colonel of Staff, Irish Cmd 1923-04-01 GSO1, War Office 1923-07-01 Deputy Director of Military Operations & Intelligence, War Office 1925-08-01 Colonel Commandant RA, Aldershot Cmd 1927-05-10 Colonel on Staff, Aldershot Command 1927-12-17 ADC to King 1928-06-01 Brig-Gen Staff, Aldershot Cmd 1930-04-01 Maj-Gen RA, Army HQ India 1931-09-07 DCGS, Army HQ India 1931-09-07 Director of Staff Duties, Army HQ India 1933-07-21 GOC 4th Infantry Division 1934-12-13 CinC International Forces in the Saar [Germany] 1935-09-21 Lieutenant of Tower of London 1936-04-01 Adjt-Gen, Army HQ India 1936-08-02 Colonel Cdt, RA 1937-10-12 GOC-C Southern Cmd [India] 1941-04-27 Retired

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ID: 9116873

Title: The VC and DSO Volume II

Description: BRIND, JOHN EDWARD SPENCER, Major, b. 9 Feb. 1878. Royal Artillery 23 Dec. 1897; Lt, RA., 23 Dec. 1900; Captain, RA., 11 April, 1902; Major 30 Oct. 1914. D.A.Q.M.G., 2nd Division, B.E.F., 5 Aug. 1914, to 13 July, 1915; GSO2, 10th Army Corps, British Expeditionary Force, 14 July, 1915, to 5 Feb 1916; GSO1, 56th Division, BEF, British Armies in France, 6 Feb. to 30 Oct. 1916; GSO1, 1st Army, British Armies in France, 31 Oct . 1916, to 23 Nov. 1917; Brigadier-General, G.S., 11th Army Corps, British Armies in France, 27 Nov. 1917. For his services in the European War, 1914-18, he was mentioned in Despatches; given the Brevets of Lieutenant-Colonel 3 June, 1916, and Colonel 1 Jan. 1919 ; created a C.M.G. in 1918, and created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order [London Gazette, 23 June, 1915): "John Edward Spencer Brind, Major, Royal Artillery. For distinguished service in the field".

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