Lives of the First World War

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ID: 5187553

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.

URL: http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=D6314333
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UPP: GBM/MCI/5193334

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 8741563

Title: Full Dress uniform, Field-Marshall.

Description: Star, sash and badge of a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of The Bath (military division) [GCB cr. 1926]; Star and badge of a Knight Commander of the Order of St. Michael and St. George [KCMG cr. 1919]; Star and badge of a Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India [KCSI cr. 1924]; Star of a Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour [France]; India medal 1895-1902, with clasp "Waziristan 1901-02"; 1914 Star; British War medal 1914-20; Allied Victory medal 1914-19, with oak leaf; India General Service medal 1908-35, with clasp; Delhi Darbar medal, 1903; Order of St. Vladimir [Russia]; Croix de Guerre [Belgium]; Croix de Guerre, with palm [France]; Army Distinguished Service medal [U.S.A].

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Additional: Field-Marshall Sir Claud (William) Jacob (1863-1948). General Staff Officer, 1st Grade, India, 1912; Chief of General Staff, India, 1920-24; Commander-in-Chief in India, 1925; Field-Marshall, 1926; Secretary of Military Department, India Office, 1926-30.

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ID: 8744197

Reference: bmd_deaths

Title: England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 Transcription

Connected by: Anne1202

UPP: BMD/D/1948/2/AZ/000463/069

Additional: Names, year of birth match census records

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 9528387

Name: D.W. Jackson to R.P. Judges

Title: British Army Officers 1939-1945

Description: British Army Officers who served in the Second World War. Please see Jacob, Sir Claud William

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URL: http://www.unithistories.com/officers/Army_officers_J01.html
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Additional: Matches full name, date and place of death.

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ID: 9528405

Name: Wikipedia

Title: Claud Jacob

Description: Field Marshal Sir Claud William Jacob, GCB, GCSI, KCMG (21 November 1863 – 2 June 1948)

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URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claud_Jacob
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Additional: Matches full name, dates of birth and death, also military rank of Field Marshal.

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ID: 9528422

Name: Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository

Title: LtGen Claud William Jacob.jpg

Description: Official WWI Military photograph as published in "The Great War" Ed. H W Wilson Published 1917, British Government Military photo. "This work created by the United Kingdom Government is in the public domain."

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URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LtGen_Claud_William_Jacob.jpg
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Additional: Matches name, obtained from Wikipedia page, matching full name and military rank.

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ID: 9528426

Title: Lt-Gen Claude William Jacob

Description: In First World War uniform. British Government Military photo, published in "The Great War" Ed. H W Wilson Published 1917. "This work created by the United Kingdom Government is in the public domain."

Connected by: Jonathan101862