Lives of the First World War

Source information

ID: 6443790

Reference: ADM188

Title: Royal Navy Seamen 1899-1919

Description: The Royal Navy Seamen records contain the complete service histories of 373,000 ratings who joined the service between 1899 and 1919.

UPP: GBM/ADM188/193685

Credit: © The National Archives

Source information

ID: 8953901

Reference: gbm_cwgc_casualties_iwm_ww1

Title: Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Transcription

Connected by: Linda571

UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/964814

Additional: Names, age and place of birth all match Service Records, but Service Number doesn't. His Records say he transferred to Trawler Service I think.

Credit: © Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Source information

ID: 8953904

Name: Gaunt, Harold

Title: UK, British Army and Navy Birth, Marriage and Death Records, 1730-1960 on Ancestry

Description: A list in table format with details of service and death for these men. Includes place of burial and name of next of kin, in this case a sister, Sarah Gaunt in Batley.

Connected by: Linda571

URL: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/60931/engltna1d_adm242-box0008-001_0492?pid=156310&backurl=http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc%3DhVV596%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource%26usePUBJs%3Dtrue%26gss%3Dangs-g%26new%3D1%26rank%3D1%26msT%3D1%26gsfn%3Dharold%26gsfn_x%3D0%26gsln%3Dgaunt%26gsln_x%3D0%26msbdy%3D1890%26msbpn__ftp%3DBatley,%2520Yorkshire,%2520England%26msbpn%3D88572%26msbpn_PInfo%3D8-%257C0%257C0%257C3257%257C3251%257C0%257C0%257C0%257C5292%257C88572%257C0%257C0%257C%26cp%3D0%26catbucket%3Drstp%26MSAV%3D1%26MSV%3D0%26pcat%3DROOT_CATEGORY%26h%3D156310%26dbid%3D60931%26indiv%3D1%26ml_rpos%3D6&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=hVV596&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true
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Additional: Contains reference to Service Number on CWGC entry and also his date and place of birth which tallies with the Service Record used as a seed.

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