Lives of the First World War

Source information

ID: 5748480

Reference: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 8811 - 17

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/224575

Credit: © Libraries and Archives Canada

Source information

ID: 7312774

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/564208/
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UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/439630

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

Source information

ID: 8746580

Title: 3rd Canadian Infantry

Description: European ww1 site

Connected by: DARREN101422

URL: http://www.europeana1914-1918.eu/en/contributions/4886
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ID: 8746603

Title: William Sharrocks

Description: France

Connected by: DARREN101422

Source information

ID: 8746613

Title: 3rd Canadian Infantry

Description: Canadian Virtual war Memorial

Connected by: DARREN101422

URL: http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/564208?William%20Sharrocks
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ID: 8746617

Title: War dairy

Description: war dairy of William Sharrocks' death

Connected by: DARREN101422

Source information

ID: 9239676

Name: see URL

Title: Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Description: attached images

Connected by: Janet2378

URL: http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/564208
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ID: 9372101

Title: Grave Registration

Description: Grave Registration Report – William Sharrocks and his Wife Ellen Sharrocks + plus children , he was born in Milnrow, Rochdale, Manchester in 1885 died in 23rd Jan 1917 death of in France. His wife was living in Hamilton at that time.

Connected by: Janet2378

Source information

ID: 9372110

Name: see URL

Title: PDF of service records for C.E.F

Description: Digitised records, some have been attached to the Canadian Virtual War Memorial remembrance.

Connected by: Janet2378

URL: https://cgwp.uvic.ca/svcfile/?op=pdf&app=CEF&id=B8811-S017
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appointments
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birth
burial
children
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death
discharge
education
employment
enlistment
events
hospitalisation
internment
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marriage
missing
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