Lives of the First World War

Source information

ID: 64769

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=D1050244
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UPP: GBM/MCI/0064820

Credit: © The National Archives

Source information

ID: 6632190

Name: ancestry.co.uk

Title: British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914 - 1920

Description: Medal entitlement.

Connected by: Keith7416

URL: http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/1262/30850_A000042-01873/611225?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.co.uk%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3findiv%3d1%26db%3dMedalRolls%26rank%3d1%26new%3d1%26MSAV%3d1%26gss%3dangs-d%26gsfn%3dgeorge%2b%26gsln%3darmstrong%26dbOnly%3d_F8007A65%257c_F8007A65_x%252c_F00061C3%257c_F00061C3_x%26_F00061C3%3dliverpool%2bregiment%26uidh%3dum5%26pcat%3d39%26fh%3d2%26h%3d611225%26recoff%3d9%2b10%26ml_rpos%3d3&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnRecord
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Additional: Confirms rank and service number for George Armstrong.

Source information

ID: 6632219

Name: ancestry.co.uk

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

Description: Contains service details.

Connected by: Keith7416

URL: http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=UKsoldiersGreatWar&rank=1&new=1&MSAV=1&gss=angs-d&gsfn=george&gsln=armstrong&_F8007A65=8503&dbOnly=_F8007A65%7c_F8007A65_x%2c_F0007D1B%7c_F0007D1B_x%2c_F0007CF4%7c_F0007CF4_x%2c_F0007D21%7c_F0007D21_x%2c_F0007D22%7c_F0007D22_x%2c_F0005787%7c_F0005787_x&uidh=um5&pcat=39&fh=0&h=589388&recoff=7+8+66+67&ml_rpos=1
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Additional: Confirms date of death for George Armstrong.

Source information

ID: 6634594

Title: Westleigh War Memorial

Description: Memorial contains details of the men from Westleigh who made the supreme sacrifice.

Connected by: Keith7416

Source information

ID: 6634629

Title: Panel 1

Description: Contains names of the 'Fallen' from Westleigh.

Connected by: Keith7416

Additional: Photograph from my collection.

Source information

ID: 6635735

Name: cwgc.org

Title: C.W.G.C.

Description: Memorial location.

Connected by: Keith7416

URL: http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/467714/ARMSTRONG,%20GEORGE
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Additional: Confirms date of death for George Armstrong.

Source information

ID: 6642619

Title: Died of Wounds

Description: Local newspaper 'Leigh journal' reporting death of George Armstrong.

Connected by: Keith7416

Additional: Photocopy purchased from Leigh Library.

Source information

ID: 6642622

Title: Personal Knowledge of Keith Stott

Description: This source of evidence is based on a Member's Personal Knowledge.

Connected by: Keith7416

Additional: This source of evidence is based on a Member's Personal Knowledge.

Source information

ID: 7208691

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/467714/
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UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/352998

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

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