Lives of the First World War

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ID: 5398430

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/5404329

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ID: 9086973

Reference: 1891gbc

Title: 1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Alexander119331

UPP: GBC/1891/0009330848

Additional: 1891 Census results for H C Potter, aged 15, resident with his parents in Bedford.

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 9086976

Reference: bmd_deaths

Title: England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 Transcription

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UPP: BMD/D/1964/2/AZ/000662/125

Additional: It is known that H C Potter died in Cheltenham in 1964.

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 9195022

Title: OBMs Serving in the Forces 1914-15

Description: Bedford Modern School published this booklet in 1915 listing staff and alumni serving. H C Potter appears as "Captain, 1st Liverpool Regiment."

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Additional: Item from School Archive.

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ID: 9195030

Name: Publication date:20 February 1918 Issue:13212 Page:745

Title: London Gazette - DSO Awarded 1917

Description: M.aj. and Bt. Lt.-Col. (T./Brig.-Gen.) Herbert Cecil Potter, D.S.O., L'pool R. (D.S.O. gazetted 1st January, 1917.)

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URL: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/Edinburgh/issue/13212/page/745
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ID: 9195033

Reference: bmd_overseas_births_1

Title: British armed forces and overseas births and baptisms Transcription

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UPP: BMD/OVS/BCON/000409/040

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ID: 9195037

Name: Publication date:28 February 1916 Issue:12909 Page:330

Title: Edinburgh Gazette - Award of the Croix de Chevalier, 1916

Description: Croix de Chevalier. Major and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel (temporary Lieutenant-Colonel) Herbert Cecil Potter, Liverpool Regiment.

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URL: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/Edinburgh/issue/12909/page/330
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ID: 9195043

Title: Distinguished Service Order

Description: Distinguished Service Order, similar to the one which would have been awarded to Herbert Potter.

Connected by: Vincent96527

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ID: 9195135

Reference: gbm_mci

Title: Medal Index Cards Transcription

Connected by: Vincent96527

UPP: GBM/MCI/3567353

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 9195137

Reference: gbm_mci

Title: Medal Index Cards Transcription

Connected by: Vincent96527

UPP: GBM/MCI/5199107

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 9195139

Reference: gbm_mci

Title: Medal Index Cards Transcription

Connected by: Vincent96527

UPP: GBM/MCI/5404327

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 9195141

Reference: gbm_mci

Title: Medal Index Cards Transcription

Connected by: Vincent96527

UPP: GBM/MCI/5404328

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 9195142

Reference: gbm_mci

Title: Medal Index Cards Transcription

Connected by: Vincent96527

UPP: GBM/MCI/5404330

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 9195146

Reference: gbm_mci

Title: Medal Index Cards Transcription

Connected by: Vincent96527

UPP: GBM/MCI/5404331

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 9318628

Title: Brig Gen H C Potter

Description: Photograph of H C Potter

Connected by: Alexander119331

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ID: 9318678

Name: Vol XXVIII, No. 2, page 186

Reference: Bedford Modern School Archive

Title: Bedford Modern School Eagle Magazine dated May 1951

Description: Biograpy of Brig-General H.C. Potterm C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O, on his appointment as the President of the Old Bedford Modernian Club for 1950-51.

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ID: 9367868

Name: Publication date:28 February 1896 Issue:26716 Page:1206

Title: London Gazette - 2Lt, The King's (Liverpool) Regiment, 1896

Description: ll'ar Office, Pall Mall, 26th February, -1896. The undermentioned Gentlemen Cadets, from the Royal Military College, to be Second Lieutenants. Dated 29th February, 1896 :— The King's (Liverpool Regiment), Herbert Cecil Potter*

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URL: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/26716/page/1206
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ID: 9367871

Name: Publication date:23 September 1910 Issue:28418 Page:6762

Title: London Gazette - Award of the Imperial Ottoman Order of the Osmanieh, Fourth Class

Description: Whitehall, September 22, 1910. The KING has been pleased to give and grant unto the undermentioned Officers His Majesty's Royal licence and authority to acceptand wear Decorations (as stated against their respective names), which have been conferred upon them by His Highness the Khedive of Egypt, authorized by His Imperial Majesty the Sultan of Turkey, in recognition of valuable services rendered by them:— Imperial Ottoman Order of the Osmanieh, Fourth Class, Captain Herbert -Cecil Potter, The Liverpool Regiment.

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URL: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/28418/page/6762
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ID: 9368189

Name: Publication date:22 February 1916 Supplement:29486 Page:2066

Title: London Gazette - Award of the Croix de Chevalier, 1916

Description: War Office, 24th February, 1916. The President of the French Republic has bestowed the decoration of the Legion of Honour, with the approval of His Majesty the King, on the undermentioned Officers, in recognition of their distinguished service during the campaign: Award of the Croix de Chevalier —Major and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel (temporary Lieutenant-Colonel) Herbert Cecil Potter, Liverpool Regiment.

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URL: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29486/supplement/2066
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ID: 9368204

Name: Publication date:2 January 1918 Issue:13186Page:10

Title: London Gazette - Award of the CMG, 1918

Description: The KING has been graciously pleased to give directions for the following promotions in. and appointments to, the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, for services rendered in connection with Military Operations in the Field. Dated 1st Jan. 1918: —To be Additional Members of the Second Class, or Knights Commanders, of the said Most Distinguished Order:—Maj. and Bt. Lt.-Col. (T./Brig.-Gen.) Herbert. Cecil Potter, D.S.O., L'pool R.

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URL: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/Edinburgh/issue/13186/page/10
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ID: 9386587

Title: Wikipedia entry in List of Old Bedford Modernians Col H C Potter CB, CMG, DSO

Description: Life story.

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URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Cecil_Potter
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