Lives of the First World War

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ID: 647782

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.

UPP: GBM/MCI/0648282

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 9178443

Name: Baptism on 22.02.1889

Reference: Copy obtained from Findmypast

Title: Baptism Record for Joseph Henry Antram

Description: This baptism record shows that Joseph Henry Antram was born on 29 March 1877.

Connected by: Peter41019

Additional: The names and place (Gosport) match other records.

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ID: 9178450

Name: Sheffield Daily Telegraph 6 November 1916

Reference: Findmypast

Title: Report of Death

Description: Report: previously reported missing, now reported killed

Connected by: Peter41019

Additional: Names and military details match

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ID: 9178451

Name: Sheffield Independent 6 November 1916

Reference: Findmypast

Title: Report of death

Description: Report: previously reported missing, now reported killed

Connected by: Peter41019

Additional: Name and military details match

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ID: 9192860

Name: 1 July 1916

Reference: Purchased at The Works shop

Title: WAR DIARY OF THE 8TH (SERVICE) BATTALION KING’S OWN (YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY) (III CORPS)

Description: Describes the battalion's experience on the first day of the Battle of the Somme

Connected by: Peter41019

Additional: The battalion details and date match other details concerning this soldier

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ID: 9192882

Name: 38 Lower Street South, Alverstoke, Hants

Reference: Copy obtained from Findmypast

Title: 1881 Census for England, Wales & Scotland

Description: This census return shows Joseph Antram aged 4, living with relatives. It gives his place of birth.

Connected by: Peter41019

Additional: The person's details match and are confirmed by other details in Pte Antram's life story.

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ID: 9192887

Name: Census record for South Street, Alverstoke, Hants

Reference: Copy obtained from Findmypast

Title: 1891 Census for England, Wales & Scotland

Description: This shows where J H Antram was living and what he was doing at the time of the 1891 census.

Connected by: Peter41019

Additional: The person's details match other sources of evidence in this life story.

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ID: 9192889

Name: Return for 218, Back Gleadless Road, Heeley, Ecclesall Bierlow, Sheffield County Borough.

Reference: Copy obtained from Findmypast

Title: 1901 Census for England, Wales & Scotland

Description: This shows that in 1901 J H Antram was aged 24, a widower, employed as a stonemason & living in Sheffield.

Connected by: Peter41019

Additional: The person's name matches, as do other details reflected elsewhere in this life story.

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ID: 9192900

Name: Return for 45 Holmes Lane, Mosbro, Rotherham, Yorkshire

Reference: Copy obtained from Findmypast

Title: 1911 Census for England, Wales & Scotland

Description: This shows J H Antram's family and employment circumstances on 02.04.1911

Connected by: Peter41019

Additional: The person's details match and are confirmed by other details in his life story.

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ID: 9194843

Name: 3 Bn East Yorks Regt, service no. 2157

Reference: Copy obtained from Findmypast

Title: Copy of militia attestation

Description: This is a copy of J H Antram's attestation to join the militia of the 3rd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment

Connected by: Peter41019

Additional: The person's names match and the details match those found elsewhere in this life story.

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ID: 9195964

Name: https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=GBPRS/YORKSHIRE/MAR/301885779/2

Reference: Copy obtained from Findmypast

Title: Yorkshire Marriages Transcription

Description: On the 17th of October 1897, Joseph married Louisa Savage at Sheffield. Their marriage record shows they were living at the same address, 1 Court Clarence Street. Her age was given as 20 but she may have been 17, for when Louisa died in the summer of 1900, her age then appeared to be 21.

Connected by: Peter41019

Additional: The person's names match and details are confirmed by other parts of this life story.

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ID: 9195972

Name: Page 1323

Title: Yorkshire Burials Transcription for Louisa Antram

Description: Shows burial of Louisa Antram on 11 August 1900 at City Road Cemetery, Sheffield

Connected by: Peter41019

URL: https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=GBPRS/YORKSHIRE/BUR/2550602
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Additional: The person's name, place and death are confirmed by details in other parts of Joseph Antram's life story.

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ID: 9195976

Title: Sheffield Marriages Transcription for marriage of Joseph Henry Antram and Esther Annie Wilgoss

Description: Shows:Joseph Henry Antram married Esther Annie Wilgoss on 22 Dec 1901 at St.Paul,Norton Lees Sheffield; that he was a widower aged 24; and that she was a spinster aged 23.

Connected by: Peter41019

URL: https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=gbprs%2fm%2f222021116%2f2
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Additional: The names match and are confirmed by details in other parts of this life story.

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ID: 9197088

Name: Volume 9C page 1516

Reference: Copy obtained from Findmypast

Title: England & Wales births 1837-2006 transcription

Description: This is the transcript of the births entry for Joseph and Esther Antram's fifth child, Constance,whose birth was registered at Rotherham in Quarter 3 of 1911.

Connected by: Peter41019

Additional: The names and place match details in other parts of the life story.

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 9197104

Name: Archive reference 38-E/17/4, Rotherham Archives & Local Studies Service

Reference: Copies of original and transcript obtained from Findmypast

Title: National School Admission Registers & Log-books 1870-1914 for Esther Annie Antram, 1913

Description: This admissions register shows where the Antram family were living in 1913 and also the date of birth of Joseph's daughter Esther Annie.

Connected by: Peter41019

Additional: The names and places match, and are confirmed by other documents in this life story.

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ID: 9209597

Name: Archive reference 38-E/17/2

Reference: Findmypast

Title: National School Admission Registers & Log-books 1870-1914 for Albert Antram

Description: School admissions book for Albert Antram

Connected by: Peter41019

Additional: The names and other details match other sources in this life story.

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ID: 9209616

Name: https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=tna%2fr39%2f3555%2f3555c%2f013%2f04

Reference: Copy obtained from Finmypast

Title: The 1939 Register showing details for Joseph Henry Antram junior

Description: This shows that Joseph Henry Antram's son of the same name was born on 19 June 1908.

Connected by: Peter41019

Additional: The names match and the details match others in this life story.

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ID: 9209624

Name: https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=TNA%2FR39%2F3554%2F3554B%2F015%2F12

Reference: Copy obtained from Findmypast

Title: 1939 Register re Dorothy Green née Antram & Constance Antram

Description: This shows the dates of birth of Joseph Henry Antram's daughters Dorothy (12.9.1905) and Constance (9.7.11).

Connected by: Peter41019

Additional: The names match and are corroborated by other sources in this life story.

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ID: 9223714

Name: http://www.sheffieldsoldierww1.co.uk/search4.php?id=426

Title: Sheffield Soldiers of the Great War website entry for Pte 3/2511 Joseph Henry Antram

Description: Shows details of where lived, battalion, where enlisted, medal index card, date of death and where buried; also monumental inscription in Sheffield.

Connected by: Peter41019

URL: http://www.sheffieldsoldierww1.co.uk/
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Additional: The names match and are confirmed by other evidence in this life story.

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ID: 9350163

Name: https://www.cwgc.org/find/find-war-dead/results?serviceNumber=3%252f2511&war=1

Title: Commonwealth War Graves Records for Pte 3/2511 Joseph Henry Antram

Connected by: Peter41019

URL: https://www.cwgc.org/find/find-war-dead/results?serviceNumber=3%252f2511&war=1
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Additional: The person's names and military details match other sources.

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