Lives of the First World War

Source information

ID: 64434

Reference: WO372/1

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.

URL: http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=D1049909
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UPP: GBM/MCI/0064485

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 9645609

Title: Commonwealth War Graves Commission record for Edward Henry Armstrong

Description: Database of war dead held by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Connected by: Sarah2845

URL: https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/738880/armstrong,-edward-henry/
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Additional: The name, service number and regiment matches.

Source information

ID: 9645780

Name: Edward Henry Armstrong

Title: UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919

Description: Military-Genealogy.com, comp. UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008. Original data: British and Irish Military Databases. The Naval and Military Press Ltd.

Connected by: Sarah2845

URL: https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=uksoldiersgreatwar&h=92922&ti=5538&indiv=try&gss=pt
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Additional: The name, regiment and service number matches.

Source information

ID: 9645867

Name: Class: RG13; Piece: 4758; Folio: 85; Page: 8

Reference: The National Archives

Title: 1901 Census - Edwin Henry Armstrong

Description: Scanned image of the original document held by The National Archives. Accessed online via Ancestry.

Connected by: Sarah2845

Additional: The age, parents names, place and place of birth match other records. The first name is Edwin rather than Edward but it is believed that this was a mistake on his military records.

Source information

ID: 9645958

Name: Class: RG14; Piece: 30458

Reference: The National Archives

Title: 1911 Census - Edwin Armstrong

Description: Scanned image of original record held by The National Archives. Accessed online via Ancestry

Connected by: Sarah2845

Additional: The names, place of birth, age, place of birth and family members match.

Source information

ID: 9646075

Name: NAM Accession Number: 1991-02-333; Record Number Ranges: 887501-889000; Reference: 543

Reference: National Army Museum

Title: Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929

Description: Scanned image of original record held by National Army Museum. Accessed online via Ancestry.

Connected by: Sarah2845

Additional: The name, regiment, service number, date of death and father's name matches.

Source information

ID: 9646258

Title: Edwin Henry Armstrong

Description: In uniform.

Connected by: Sarah2845

Source information

ID: 9646265

Title: Edwin Henry Armstrong

Description: In uniform.

Connected by: Sarah2845

Additional: This is my great grandmother Florence's brother Edwin. This photo is in a family collection and his name is written on the back.

Source information

ID: 9646319

Title: WW1 Memorial in St. Mary's Church

Description: This is a picture of the WW1 memorial in St. Mary's Church, Heworth, Gateshead, Tyne & Wear. E. H. Armstrong is among those listed.

Connected by: Sarah2845

Source information

ID: 9646415

Name: Volume 10a; Page: 958; Edwin Henry Armstrong

Reference: General Register Office

Title: England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index

Description: Scanned copy of original document held by the General Register Office. Accessed online via Ancestry.

Connected by: Sarah2845

Additional: The names, year of birth and place of birth matches.

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