Lives of the First World War

Source information

ID: 6487382

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/ADM188/237863

Credit: © The National Archives

Source information

ID: 7956113

Name: Certified copy of an entry of Death.

Reference: Copy obtained from the General Register Office

Title: Copy of Death Certificate

Description: The death certificate was obtained from personal effects of William's son Alan Abrahams.

Connected by: Lynne63221

Additional: The person's names, age and occupation match. Informant was person's widow.

Source information

ID: 7956143

Name: Number 44137

Reference: Copy obtained from the General Register Office.

Title: Certified copy of Entry in a register of Births

Description: Copy of the birth certificate was obtained from personal effects of son Alan Abrahams, and given to Alan's daughter, Lynne Snay.

Connected by: Lynne63221

Additional: Names, family and places match. Date of birth is not the same as military record which states date of birth as 23rd November 1889.

Source information

ID: 7956170

Name: Number 328565

Reference: Marriage Certificate obtained from the Public Records Office

Title: Certified Copy of an entry of Marriage

Description: Marriage Certificate was received from personal effects of William's son Alan, and given to Alan's daughter Lynne Snay.

Connected by: Lynne63221

Additional: Persons' names, ages, occupations, family members and place of marriage match.

Source information

ID: 7956176

Name: Summary of Occupation with the LFB.

Title: Occupation - Fireman with the London Fire Brigade

Description: Summary of Occupation attached to a letter from the London Fire Brigade in response to a request from Lynne Snay for details of William's career with them.

Connected by: Lynne63221

Additional: Information contained in the Summary of Occupation for William confirms facts known from other sources.

Source information

ID: 7956195

Title: Summary of Occupation with the London Fire Brigade

Description: Page One of a two page document summarizing William Abrahams' career with the London Fire Brigade and The National Fire Service

Connected by: Lynne63221

Additional: Summary of occupation attached to a letter from the London Fire Brigade addressed to Lynne Snay, William Abrahams' Granddaughter, requesting details of William's career.

Source information

ID: 7956197

Title: Summary of Occupation with the London Fire Brigade

Description: Page two of the Summary of Occupation of Williams career with the London Fire Brigade and The National Fire Service.

Connected by: Lynne63221

Source information

ID: 7956204

Name: Class: ADM 188; Piece: 888

Title: UK, Royal Navy Registers of Seamen's Services

Description: Source Citation: The National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; Royal Navy Registers of Seamen's Services; Class: ADM 188; Piece: 888 Source Information: Ancestry.com. UK, Royal Navy Registers of Seamen's Services, 1900-1928 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.

Connected by: Lynne63221

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Additional: With the exception of the date of birth, the details match other evidence.

Source information

ID: 7956206

Name: Class: ADM 171; Piece: 94

Title: UK Naval Medal and Award Rolls

Description: Original data: Admiralty, and Ministry of Defence, Navy Department: Medal Rolls. The National Archives microfilm publication ADM 171, 202 rolls. The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey, England. Source Information: Ancestry.com. UK, Naval Medal and Award Rolls, 1793-1972 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.

Connected by: Lynne63221

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Additional: Source lists William's medal awarded for WWI: British War Medal for Service Years 1914-1920 in Europe.

Source information

ID: 7956207

Title: William James Abrahams

Description: William as a young man dressed in his London Fire Brigade uniform, possibly at his graduation.

Connected by: Lynne63221

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