Lives of the First World War

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ID: 5269733

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=D6396555
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UPP: GBM/MCI/5275536

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 9156704

Title: William Henry Elwick's Birth Certificate

Description: This is the birth certificate for William Henry Elwick

Connected by: Shirley129678

Additional: This is my great uncle.

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ID: 9156711

Title: Death Certificate of William Henry Elwick

Description: William Henry Elwick's Death Certificate

Connected by: Shirley129678

Additional: This is my Great Uncle.

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ID: 9156723

Name: RG13 598 Folio 69b

Title: 1901 Census Pirbright Surrey

Description: William Henry Elwick living in Pirbright, Surrey in 1901.

Connected by: Shirley129678

URL: https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc=iSM3244&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&gss=angs-g&new=1&rank=1&gsfn=William&gsfn_x=1&gsln=Elwick&gsln_x=1&msbdy_x=1&msbdp=2&msbdy=1893&cp=0&catbucket=rstp&MSAV=1&uidh=65d&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=4561023&dbid=7814&indiv=1&ml_rpos=3
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Additional: I have the Service Record of William Henry Elwick, his name, age and parents match the details therein.

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ID: 9156815

Title: British Army WWI Service Records, 1914-1920

Description: William Henry Elwick's Service record which has his age, spouse and date of marriage.

Connected by: Shirley129678

URL: https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc=iSM3245&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&gss=angs-g&new=1&rank=1&gsfn=William&gsfn_x=1&gsln=Elwick&gsln_x=1&msbdy_x=1&msbdp=2&msbdy=1893&cp=0&catbucket=rstp&MSAV=1&uidh=65d&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=636979&dbid=1219&indiv=1&ml_rpos=10
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Additional: His name, age and occupation tie in with his death certificate. His actual marriage certificate, which I own, also has his father's name and occupation which tie in with his birth certificate.

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