Lives of the First World War

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ID: 5269728

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=D6396550
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UPP: GBM/MCI/5275531

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 9249965

Name: WO364 at The National Archives, Kew

Title: British Army WWI Service Records, 1914-1920

Description: Thomas Elwick's Pension Claim

Connected by: Shirley129678

URL: https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=GBM/WO363-4/007273664/00507&parentid=GBM/WO363-4/7273664/44/507
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Additional: Service number the same as on the Medal Index Card

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ID: 9249968

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

Description: Thomas Elwick's entry in the Hospital admission and discharge registers

Connected by: Shirley129678

URL: https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=S2/GBM/MH106/MH106-333/0019&parentid=GBM/MH106/355518
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Additional: Service Number the same as on other evidence

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ID: 9249971

Title: Silver War Badge Roll Transcription

Description: Thomas Elwick's entry on the Silver War Badge Roll

Connected by: Shirley129678

URL: https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=GBM/SILVERWAR/BADGES/555391
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Additional: Service number the same as on other evidence.

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 9253570

Name: WO96 Box 305 Box record number 298

Title: British Army Service Records, 1760-1915

Description: Attestation papers for Thomas Elwick, his age is given as 17 years 8 months in 1905 which equates with an age of 30 when he got his Silver War Badge in 1918.

Connected by: Shirley129678

URL: https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=gbm%2fwo96%2f0305%2f298%2f001&parentid=gbm%2fwo96%2f305%2f1217623
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Additional: The name Elwick is rare and there are not many contenders to be this Thomas Elwick. His age is given as 17 years 8 months in 1905 which equates with an age of 30 when he got his Silver War Badge in 1918.

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ID: 9253574

Name: PE 165/8 Page 153 at East Riding Archives Yorkshire

Title: Yorkshire Baptisms

Description: The baptism of Thomas Elwick in Scarborough in 1888, entry names his parents.

Connected by: Shirley129678

URL: https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=GBPRS/YORKSHIRE/13-0743_GB-YOR_PARISH-REGISTERS-E-PE-165-8-VERS-1537-1900/00078&parentid=GBPRS/YORKSHIRE/BAP/207631065
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Additional: Person's details match other evidence.

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ID: 9253576

Name: RG12 3966 Folio 12

Title: 1891 Census Scarborough

Description: Thomas Elwick living in Scarborough with his parents and siblings in 1891.

Connected by: Shirley129678

URL: https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=GBC/1891/3966/0026&parentid=GBC/1891/0027292727
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Additional: Person's details match other evidence.

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ID: 9253578

Name: RG13 4532 Folio 6

Title: 1901 Census Scarborough

Description: Tom Elwick living in Scarborough with his parents and siblings in 1901.

Connected by: Shirley129678

URL: https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=GBC/1901/4532-4534/0014&parentid=GBC/1901/0028009357
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Additional: Person's details match other evidence.

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ID: 9253582

Name: Mar 1908 Elwick Thomas Newton Scarborough 9d 552

Reference: Can be obtained from General Registrar Office

Title: Copy of Marriage Certificate for Thomas Newton Elwick

Description: Information needed to order the marriage certificate of Thomas Newton Elwick to Olivia Webb in 1908.

Connected by: Shirley129678

Additional: Person's details match other evidence.

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ID: 9253583

Name: RG14PN28926 RG78PN1666 RD527 SD2 ED2 SN74

Title: 1911 Census Scarborough

Description: Thomas Newton Elwick living in Scarborough with his mother in law, wife and children in 1911.

Connected by: Shirley129678

URL: https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=GBC/1911/RG14/28926/0145&parentid=GBC/1911/RG14/28926/0145/3
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Additional: Person's details match other evidence.

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ID: 9253585

Name: RG101/3257E/021/43

Title: 1939 Register Scarborough

Description: Thomas Elwick living in Scarborough with his wife and children in 1939, entry gives his date of birth.

Connected by: Shirley129678

URL: https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=TNA/R39/3257/3257E/021&parentid=TNA/R39/3257/3257E/19/43
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Additional: Person's details match other evidence.

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ID: 9253590

Name: Sep 1969 Elwick Thomas 28FE1888 Scarborough 1b 2001

Reference: Can be obtained from General Registrar Office

Title: Copy of Death Certificate of Thomas Elwick

Description: This is the information needed to order the death certificate of Thomas Elwick, entry gives his date of birth.

Connected by: Shirley129678

Additional: Person's details match other evidence.

Source information

ID: 9281297

Title: Thomas Newton Elwick

Description: No image of Thomas Elwick in WWI uniform exists. This image is circa 1950 when he worked as lighthouse keeper in Scarborough, Yorkshire.

Connected by: Kim136001

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