Lives of the First World War

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ID: 5716807

Reference: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 6168 - 29

Title: Canadian Attestation Papers

Description: At the time of their enrollment in the Canadian Expeditionary Force, Officer’s completed a Declaration Paper, volunteers a two sided Attestation Paper and conscripts a single sided Enlistment form. They each contain brief details about the individual. Images supplied by Libraries and Archives Canada. This source was connected by Imperial War Museums.

UPP: GBM/CAN-ATT/192915

Credit: © Libraries and Archives Canada

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ID: 7540955

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

UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/814384

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: 9578825

Name: John Septimus Millachip, Registration Number 75173

Reference: Ancestry.com Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario

Title: Canada, WWI CEF Personnel Files, 1914-1918

Description: Canadian Expeditionary Force Personnel Files for John Septimus Millachip. Includes documentation for the following: attestation (enlistment), medical history, military service, transportation from Canada to France, military will, next of kin, and death.

Connected by: Catherine42750

Additional: This is the official military record for John Septimus Millachip.

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ID: 9582460

Title: John Septimus Millachip As a Child

Description: Undated studio photo. This is my maternal grandmother's older brother. His name is on the back in my grandmother's handwriting. This photo is in a family collection handed down from my mother.

Connected by: Catherine42750

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ID: 9582502

Name: Service Number: 75173

Reference: Ancestry.com. Canada, War Graves Registers

Title: Records of Circumstances of Casualty

Description: War Graves Registry, Circumstances of Casualty

Connected by: Catherine42750

Additional: The details match other sources.

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ID: 9632540

Title: Baptisms Christ Church Brondesbury, 1883

Description: Accessed through Ancestry.com. London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906 Details show his birth dates (January 7, 1883) and baptismal dates (February 16,1883) as well as his parents' names, residence, and his father's profession.

Connected by: Catherine42750

Additional: This is my maternal grandmother's (Grace Millachip Spencer's) older brother. He was killed in the war, as was Grace's husband George Spencer.

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ID: 9635046

Name: Regtl. No. 40263 Page 4475

Title: UK, WW1 Service Medal and Award Rolls, 1914-1920

Description: Roll of Individuals entitled to the Victory and British War Medal granted under Army Orders 301& 255

Connected by: Catherine42750

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Additional: Details are seen in image.

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ID: 9635223

Title: London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906

Description: Baptisms solemnized in the Parish of Christ Church, Brondesbury in the County of Middlesex

Connected by: Catherine42750

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Additional: Details match other known sources.

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ID: 9635297

Name: Registration Number 1911-005562

Title: Marriage Details of John Septimus Millachip and Sylvia Frederick Webb

Description: Manitoba Vital Statistics Agency, Marriage details

Connected by: Catherine42750

URL: https://vitalstats.gov.mb.ca/DetailView.php
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Additional: Names match those in other known sources.

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ID: 9635321

Title: John Septimus Millachip Circumstances of Casualty

Description: Record of the circumstances of the death of John Septimus Millachip. Missing believed dead 26 September 1916 at the Battle of the Somme, attack north of Courcelette.

Connected by: Catherine42750

Additional: His body was never recovered. He is memorialized at the Canadian National Vimy Memorial in France.

Source information

ID: 9635328

Title: Memorial Marker for John Septimus Millachip

Description: Memorial marker for John Septimus Millachip on his parents' grave in Paddington Cemetery, Kilburn, London, England.

Connected by: Catherine42750

Additional: Exact date of installation of the marker is not known.

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