Lives of the First World War

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ID: 5458163

Reference: WO372/25

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=D7552240
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UPP: GBM/MCI/5464110

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 7480412

Reference: CWGCCASUALIWM

Title: Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records

Description: The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) commemorate First World War servicemen and women and members of some civilian organisations who died before 31 August 1921 while in Commonwealth military service or of causes attributable to service.

Connected by: Imperial1

URL: http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1448805/
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UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/765872

Additional: This record has been automatically matched to the Life Story by IWM, using rules based on name, rank, number, regiment and service.

Credit: © Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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ID: 7613784

Name: Publication date: 9 September 1919, Issue: 13498, Page: 3063

Title: Victoria Cross citation, the Edinburgh Gazette

Description: Gazette website

Connected by: Charlotte33

URL: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/Edinburgh/issue/13498/page/3063
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Additional: Matches Medal Index Card

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ID: 7613815

Reference: gbm_derevigny

Title: De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-1918 Transcription

Connected by: Charlotte33

UPP: GBM/DR/979

Additional: Matches Commonwealth War Graves Commission record

Credit: © Naval and Military Press

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ID: 8515953

Name: Vol. 1 Aug-Dec 1914; The Biographies: pg. 56

Title: The Bond of Sacrifice: William Arthur McCrae Bruce

Description: Entry in "The Bond of Sacrifice: a biographical record of all British officers who fell in the Great War".

Connected by: Hannah21187

URL: https://archive.org/stream/bondofsacrificeb01clut#page/56/mode/2up
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ID: 8515954

Title: The Bond of Sacrifice: William Arthur McCrae Bruce

Description: In uniform, as featured in "The Bond of Sacrifice"

Connected by: Hannah21187

Source information

ID: 8515955

Reference: gbm_bond_of_sac

Title: British Army, Bond of Sacrifice: Officers Died in the Great War 1914-1916 Transcription

Connected by: Hannah21187

UPP: GBM/BONDOFSACRIFICE/219

Credit: © Trustees of the Honourable Artillery Company, London, England

Source information

ID: 8515961

Reference: 1901gbc

Title: 1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Hannah21187

UPP: GBC/1901/0008701461

Credit: © General Register Office

Source information

ID: 8939015

Reference: gbm_mci

Title: Medal Index Cards Transcription

Connected by: Fife3190

UPP: GBM/MCI/0569942

Additional: looking at the card there seem to be a number of transcript errors should read W A McC Bruce 59th Rifles and Indian Army

Credit: © The National Archives

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