Lives of the First World War

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ID: 566989

Reference: WO372/3

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/0567430

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 7273275

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/589886/
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UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/463722

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: 7657811

Reference: wwisd

Title: Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 Transcription

Connected by: Yvonne27542

UPP: GBM/WWISD/0612134

Additional: The person's name, date of death, and military details match.

Credit: © Naval and Military Press Ltd

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ID: 8456268

Title: Lionel Brownscombe

Description: 2679 L/Cpl. Lionel Brownscombe Aged 21 Son of Henry & Georgina Brownscombe of Chapel Plaister, Box, Wilts. formerly of 81, Butler Road, Harrow Born at Harrow, Middx Gommecourt British Cemetery No. 2, II. F. II

Connected by: Peter5151

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ID: 9052199

Name: October 1917; Page 262; Our Roll of Honour.

Reference: Barclays Group Archives

Title: Journal of the Institute of Bankers - Roll of Honour

Description: Brief notices of war deaths of members of the Institute of Bankers. See Stories section for full transcription.

Connected by: Yvonne27542

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ID: 9052204

Name: Page 458

Reference: Barclays Group Archives

Title: Journal of the Institute of Bankers - October 1913

Description: Details of those who passed the Institute of Bankers examinations held in April 1913 … Preliminary Examination … Brownscombe, Lionel, Barclay and Company Limited, Northwood, Middlesex.

Connected by: Yvonne27542

Additional: Other evidence confirms he worked for the bank.

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ID: 9068380

Name: Register entitled “Barclay & Company Limited – Staff on Active Service”; Windsor LHO, page 3.

Reference: Barclays Group Archives

Title: Barclays Bank Active Service Register

Description: A register of Barclays staff on active service, arranged by local head office district. For each man it gives his branch/section at Barclays, whether married or single, the unit in which he was serving, his rank, salary, and a note if killed in action. Earlier entries contain full detail, whereas later entries often include just name. The data on the men’s salaries shows their normal bank salary, their Army pay, and how the bank made up the difference (and of course guaranteed their jobs for them). Further information about the person may be available in Barclays Group Archives. See https://www.archive.barclays.com/

Connected by: Yvonne27542

Additional: Match based on a combination of name, military details (if given), and other evidence confirming that he was a bank employee.

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ID: 9606920

Title: Barclays Bank - We Will Remember Them

Description: Image from Barclays Bank Book of Remembrance - World War One. Completed in April 1959, with parchment pages, the book was decorated and gilded by Dorothy Hutton.

Connected by: James201

Additional: Image copyright Barclays Group Archives www.archive.barclays.com. Book reference 2111/1. This image has kindly been made available by Barclays Group Archives for publication on Lives of the First World War for personal use only, and is subject to Barclays Group Archives terms of use. For permission to publish this image in any form of publication please contact Barclays Group Archives via www.archive.barclays.com/contact.

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ID: 9607581

Title: Detail Page from Barclays Bank Book of Remembrance

Description: After WW2 it was decided that the permanent official Barclays Bank memorial should be an illuminated inscribed book of remembrance, one for each war. Originally put on display in a purpose-built wall case at 54 Lombard Street, the books were then put on display in the new head office building in the 1990s, and when the head office moved in 2005 to 1 Churchill Place, Canary Wharf, the books were put on display in cases there. The WW1 book lists members of staff who lost their lives serving in the armed forces, separated into Barclays Bank, London and South Western Bank, and London and Provincial Bank. The book has parchment pages, with leather binding, engrossed, decorated and gilded by Dorothy Hutton, and bound by Sydney M Cockerell, and includes illustrations of head offices and coats of arms of the three banks. The image shows the page of the WW1 book which features this person’s name as an employee of Barclays Bank Limited.

Connected by: James201

Additional: Image copyright Barclays Group Archives www.archive.barclays.com. Book reference 2111/1. This image has kindly been made available by Barclays Group Archives for publication on Lives of the First World War for personal use only, and is subject to Barclays Group Archives terms of use. For permission to publish this image in any form of publication please contact Barclays Group Archives via www.archive.barclays.com/contact.

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ID: 9614303

Name: File 3/1899 - papers about the Barclays war memorial fund

Reference: Barclays Group Archives

Title: Barclays Bank published list of Casualties - 1919

Description: Annotated roll published by Barclays in January 1919. The printed list is headed "Barclays Bank Limited. List of Local Directors and Members of the Staff killed in action, or who have died whilst serving with His Majesty's Forces. 1914-1918.". The hand-written annotations date between 1919 & 1924, and it looks as though they were writing to branches, local head offices and families to obtain details about the men who died. The printed information consists of name, rank, regiment, and bank branch. Written by each name is date of death, and a code indicating whether the person had originally been employed by one of the companies that Barclays had acquired during the war years – i.e., United Counties Bank, London & Provincial Bank Ltd, and London & South Western Bank. Some extra names have also been written on the list. Further information about the person may also be available in Barclays Group Archives. See https://www.archive.barclays.com/

Connected by: Yvonne27542

Additional: Match confirmed based on a combination of the person’s name, rank, regiment, date of death, and other evidence confirming that he was employed by the Bank.

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ID: 9621652

Title: Barclays Bank printed Roll of Honour

Description: Image of the original design for a Barclays Bank colour printed WW1 roll of honour. Reproduced in monochrome in “History of Barclays Bank Limited”, P W Matthews & A W Tuke, 1926, page 396.

Connected by: James201

Additional: Image copyright Barclays Group Archives www.archive.barclays.com, document reference 3/5050. This image has kindly been made available by Barclays Group Archives for publication on Lives of the First World War for personal use only, and is subject to Barclays Group Archives terms of use. For permission to publish this image in any form of publication please contact Barclays Group Archives via www.archive.barclays.com/contact.

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ID: 9622333

Title: Original Barclays Bank Memorial

Description: Image of the original Barclays Bank WW1 memorial panel formerly in the Great Hall at 54 Lombard Street. Published in Spread Eagle (the staff magazine of Barclays Bank), volume 26 (1951), page 461

Connected by: James201

Additional: Image copyright Barclays Group Archives www.archive.barclays.com. This image has kindly been made available by Barclays Group Archives for publication on Lives of the First World War for personal use only, and is subject to Barclays Group Archives terms of use. For permission to publish this image in any form of publication please contact Barclays Group Archives via www.archive.barclays.com/contact