Lives of the First World War

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ID: 5269723

Reference: WO372/6

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=D6396545
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UPP: GBM/MCI/5275526

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 9267004

Name: MH 106/1306 at The National Archives Kew

Title: British Armed Forces, First World War Soldiers' Medical Records

Description: J Elwick's entry in the First World War Soldiers' Medical Records, it's the same service number as the Medal Index Card and entry gives his age as 41 in 1916.

Connected by: Shirley129678

URL: https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=s2%2fgbm%2fmh106%2fmh106-1306%2f0021&parentid=gbm%2fmh106%2fp2%2f944283
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ID: 9431371

Name: 097/02ME The Western Front Association

Title: WWI Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923

Description: Pension Record Card for a Private John Elwick of Murton, same service number and states discharged on 14 Dec 1918.

Connected by: Shirley129678

URL: https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc=gLu699&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&indiv=1&db=westernfrontassociation&gsln=Elwick&gsfn_x=1&gsln_x=1&cp=0&new=1&rank=1&redir=false&uidh=65d&gss=angs-d&pcat=39&fh=5&h=882787&recoff=&ml_rpos=6
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Additional: Elwick is a rare name but there were a couple of John's who could have been this soldier. The fact his residence is given as Murton proves this is the correct one.

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ID: 9431396

Name: June 1887 Easington Registration District 10a 444

Reference: Copy can be obtained from the General Record Office

Title: Copy of Birth Certificate

Description: This is the information needed to buy the birth certificate of John Elwick

Connected by: Shirley129678

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ID: 9431401

Name: RG12 4109 Folio 20b

Title: 1891 Census Murton Durham

Description: John Elwick living in Murton with his parents and brother in 1891.

Connected by: Shirley129678

URL: https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=GBC/1891/4109/0041&parentid=GBC/1891/0028176014&_ga=2.238144453.452588285.1542918513-1024630461.1539203635&_gac=1.229012718.1542918513.Cj0KCQiAxNnfBRDwARIsAJlH29BxXHEY5kplqHK0Rqt7OBetDOJXfKe7WB8VbAE0bRIhBxeugc3jfkgaAkRsEALw_wcB
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ID: 9431409

Name: RG13 4689 Folio 52b

Title: 1901 Census Murton Durham

Description: John Elwick living in Murton with his parents and siblings in 1901

Connected by: Shirley129678

URL: https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=GBC/1901/4687-4689/0630&parentid=GBC/1901/0029203879&_ga=2.167889892.452588285.1542918513-1024630461.1539203635&_gac=1.215374309.1542918513.Cj0KCQiAxNnfBRDwARIsAJlH29BxXHEY5kplqHK0Rqt7OBetDOJXfKe7WB8VbAE0bRIhBxeugc3jfkgaAkRsEALw_wcB
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ID: 9431413

Name: Sep 1910 Easington Registration District 10a 787

Reference: Copy can be obtained from the General Record Office

Title: Copy of Marriage Certificate

Description: This is the reference needed to order the marriage certificate of John Elwick to Sarah Jane Frankland.

Connected by: Shirley129678

Additional: Person's details match other evidence

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ID: 9431418

Name: RG14PN30042 RG78PN1735 RD552 SD2 ED23 SN105

Title: 1911 Census Murton, Durham

Description: John Elwick living in Murton with his wife, parents and siblings in 1911

Connected by: Shirley129678

URL: https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=GBC/1911/RG14/30042/0209&parentid=GBC/1911/RG14/30042/0209/3&_ga=2.160031352.452588285.1542918513-1024630461.1539203635&_gac=1.57556440.1542918513.Cj0KCQiAxNnfBRDwARIsAJlH29BxXHEY5kplqHK0Rqt7OBetDOJXfKe7WB8VbAE0bRIhBxeugc3jfkgaAkRsEALw_wcB
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ID: 9431422

Name: RG101/2852B/024/42

Title: 1939 Register Murton Durham

Description: John Elwick living in Murton, Durham with his wife and two children in 1939.

Connected by: Shirley129678

URL: https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=tna%2fr39%2f2852%2f2852b%2f024&parentid=tna%2fr39%2f2852%2f2852b%2f024%2f42
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ID: 9431432

Title: National Probate Calendar

Description: John Elwick's entry in the National Probate Calendar, entry gives his date of death and his widows name as Sarah Jane Elwick

Connected by: Shirley129678

URL: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/1904/32858_636672_2408-00055?pid=13585056&backurl=https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv%3D1%26dbid%3D1904%26h%3D13585056%26tid%3D%26pid%3D%26usePUB%3Dtrue%26_phsrc%3DgLu701%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=gLu701&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true
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