Lives of the First World War

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ID: 6576508

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/ADM188/327239

Credit: © The National Archives

Source information

ID: 6638413

Reference: bmd_deaths

Title: England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 Transcription

Connected by: Amanda2550

UPP: BMD/D/1971/4/AZ/000763/008

Additional: The surname and the first two names match, and the birthdate is correct. My grandfather died in a London hospital, can't remember which.

Credit: © General Register Office

Source information

ID: 6638417

Reference: bmd_births

Title: England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription

Connected by: Amanda2550

UPP: BMD/B/1899/3/AZ/000375/217

Additional: The surname and two forenames match. This is the correct birthdate and place of registration according to other evidence such as 1901 census.

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 6638423

Reference: bmd_marriages

Title: England & Wales marriages 1837-2008 Transcription

Connected by: Amanda2550

UPP: BMD/M/1921/4/AZ/000771/043

Additional: The surname and two forenames match my grandfather and this is also the name of his wife. They met and married and subsequently lived in Watford.

Credit: © General Register Office

Source information

ID: 6638426

Reference: 1901gbc

Title: 1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Amanda2550

UPP: GBC/1901/0008071429

Additional: The surname and two forenames match those of my grandfather. Allowing for the census having been taken earlier in the year than his birthday the birthdate is correct. The family lived at Wassell Mill where his father was the miller.

Credit: © General Register Office

Source information

ID: 6638612

Title: Wilfrid Vidler Lusted

Description: In uniform and taken from a group photo showing himself and two of his brothers, also in uniform

Connected by: Amanda2550

Source information

ID: 6638654

Title: Harold, Arthur and Wilfrid Lusted

Description: Three of five brothers in the uniforms of their different sections

Connected by: Amanda2550

Additional: This is my grandfather and two of his brothers, probably in 1917 or later since the youngest was only in uniform for the last year of the war.

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ID: 6643421

Title: Wilf and Lillian

Description: In uniform circa 1918 with his wife-to-be, Lillian

Connected by: Amanda2550

Additional: This is my grandfather and grandmother on my father's side. He gave me the photograph

Source information

ID: 6643439

Title: 1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Description: Details from the 1911 census

Connected by: Amanda2550

URL: http://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=gbc%2f1911%2frg14%2f05287%2f0001%2f4
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Additional: The person' names match and the evidence that the family home is named and other members of the family included

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 6643446

Title: 1901 Census England and Wales

Description: Full transcription of family members

Connected by: Amanda2550

URL: http://www.1901censusonline.com/person.asp?wci=person_with_scedule&key=12353576&enc=313331363139313D313D314131453146&searchwci=person
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Additional: All the details of the family members (insofar as they were born or living at home at the time) match those of the previous and subsequent censuses

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ID: 7932334

Title: Naval Service record from the National Archive

Description: This record covers the period of service from the date of joining up on August 7th 1917 to date of demobilisation, March 5th 1919

Connected by: Amanda2550

Additional: This record details the war service of my grandfather. He served on the ships HMS Pembroke II, and HMS Courageous

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