Lives of the First World War

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ID: 6579356

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/ADM188/330087

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 9137815

Reference: 1901gbc

Title: 1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Jane31029

UPP: GBC/1901/0009387334

Additional: Gerald's name, age and place of birth fit with his Naval Service record.

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 9137827

Reference: 1911gbc

Title: 1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Jane31029

UPP: GBC/1911/RG14/07767/0051/4

Additional: Gerald's name, age and place of birth fit with his Naval Service record. His address and his parents' details fit with the family's 1901 Census return.

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 9137830

Reference: bmd_births

Title: England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription

Connected by: Jane31029

UPP: BMD/B/1899/2/AZ/000242/244

Additional: Gerald's name, birth and Birth Registration District fit with his Naval Service Record and with Census returns for his family.

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 9137835

Reference: bmd_deaths

Title: England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 Transcription

Connected by: Jane31029

UPP: BMD/D/1989/8/77292463

Additional: Gerald's full name and date of birth match his Naval Service record. His death registration in Aylesbury Vale District fits with his earlier residence in Dagnall.

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ID: 9137851

Name: The Garage, 17 Main Road Dagnall, Wing R.D, Schedule 177.1

Title: 1939 Register entry Gerald 17 Dagnall and Francis 18 Dagnall

Description: 1939 Register entry for Gerald W Green b. 20th March 1899, Single, a Garage Proprietor and his incapacitated, widowed mother Fanny Green b. 12th January 1857, living at The Garage, 17 Main Road Dagnall. Next door at No. 18 are his twin brother Francis S b. 20th March 1899, a Garage mechanic, Fitter & Turner and his wife Helena H b. 11th November 1899. Both Francis and Helena are recorded as St John Ambulance 1st Aiders.

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Additional: Gerald's name and date of birth match his Naval record. His mother's name and age, and those of his twin brother next door, fit with the family's 1901 and 1911 Census returns.

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ID: 9137857

Name: Little Gaddesden Baptism Register 1813-1947 p137, No 1092

Title: Baptism of Sister Mary Dorothy

Description: Mary Dorothy, daughter of Samuel and Fanny Green of Little Gaddesden, baptised at St Peter & St Paul Little Gaddesden, 3rd August 1884. Her father Samuel is recorded as the Schoolmaster.

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URL: https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=GBPRS/HERT/004948131/00553&parentid=GBPRS/B/71816024/1
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Additional: Her name, her parents' names, the family's abode in Little Gaddesden and her father being recorded as the Schoolmaster all fit with the 1901 Census return for Gerald's sister Mary.

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ID: 9137863

Name: Little Gaddesden Baptism Register 1813-1947 p148, No 1180

Title: Baptism of Brother Charles John

Description: Charles John, son of Samuel and Fanny Green of Little Gaddesden, baptised at St Peter & St Paul Little Gaddesden, 6th August 1893. His date of birth is also given: 29th May 1893. His father Samuel is recorded as the Schoolmaster.

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URL: https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=GBPRS/HERT/004948131/00559&parentid=GBPRS/B/71816112/1
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Additional: His name and date of birth, his parents' names, the family's abode in Little Gaddesden and his father being recorded as the Schoolmaster all fit with the 1901 Census return for Gerald's brother Charles.

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ID: 9137871

Name: Little Gaddesden Baptism Register 1813-1947 p157, Nos 1249 & 1250

Title: Baptism of Gerald and his twin Brother Francis Samuel

Description: Francis Samuel and Gerald William, twin sons of Samuel and Fanny Green of Little Gaddesden, baptised at St Peter & St Paul Little Gaddesden, 22nd July 1899. Their date of birth is also given: 20th March 1899. Their father Samuel is recorded as the Schoolmaster.

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URL: https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=GBPRS/HERT/004948131/00563&parentid=GBPRS/B/71816181/1
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Additional: Their names and date of birth, their parents' names, the family's abode in Little Gaddesden and their father being recorded as the Schoolmaster all fit with the 1901 and 1911 Census returns for Gerald and his twin brother Francis.

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ID: 9137894

Name: St John the Evangelist, Ladbroke Grove, p.122, No. 244, 20th June 1908

Title: Marriage of Sister Mary

Description: Marriage solemnised at the District Parish Church in the District of St John Notting Hill, June 20th 1908, between Alfred Algernon Harris, 26, Batchelor, an Actor of 45 Doughty Street, W.C., and Mary Dorothy Green, 23, Spinster of 91 Portland Road and daughter of Samuel Green, Schoolmaster.

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URL: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/1623/31280_197671-00319/6990101?backurl=https://www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/person/tree/10956990/person/56001159559/facts
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Additional: Mary's name and age and her father's name and profession fit with the 1901 Census return for Gerald's sister Mary.

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ID: 9137908

Name: 64 West Kensington Mansions, Fulham, Schedule 118.2

Title: 1939 Register entry Sister Mary

Description: 1939 Register entry for Gerald's sister Mary D Harris b. 30th June 1884, an Actress, and her husband Alfred A Harris b. 1st September 1881, an Actor, living at 64 West Kensington Mansions, Fulham.

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Additional: Mary's Christian name fits Gerald's sister Mary. Her surname, her husband's name and her husband's profession fit with their Marriage record, in which Gerald's father Samuel, a Schoolmaster is named. Mary's date of birth fits with her Baptism record.

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ID: 9138021

Title: 26 - 28 Little Gaddesden

Description: A 2016 photo of Nos. 26 Little Gaddesden (on the right) to 28 Little Gaddesden (on the left).

Connected by: Jane31029

Additional: At the time the Green Family lived in Little Gaddesden, No. 26 was the School House, which they occupied because their father was the Schoolmaster.

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ID: 9138029

Name: ISBN 0-9542174-0-3

Reference: Personal copy

Title: A Century Remembered

Description: Leonhardt, John (ed), 2002, A Century Remembered - a celebration of the Millenium in Little Gaddesden, Rural Heritage Society of Little Gaddesden, Ringshall and Ashridge.

Connected by: Jane31029

Additional: Gerald's father Samuel Green is mentioned in his role as Schoolmaster. Gerald and his brother Francis are listed as Boy Scouts.

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ID: 9138114

Name: Green, Gerald W, Ar.Cr, M29998

Title: Naval Medal and Award Roll image

Description: Royal Navy Medal and Award Roll recording that Gerald W Green, Armourer's Crew, #M29998 was awarded the British War Medal.

Connected by: Jane31029

URL: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/1687/31793_221318-00312?pid=994442&backurl=https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc%3DMea9%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource%26usePUBJs%3Dtrue%26indiv%3D1%26db%3Dnavalmedalrolls%26gss%3Dangs-d%26new%3D1%26rank%3D1%26msT%3D1%26gsfn%3DGerald%2520William%26gsfn_x%3D0%26gsln%3DGreen%26gsln_x%3D0%26msbdy%3D1899%26cpxt%3D1%26cp%3D11%26catbucket%3Drstp%26MSAV%3D1%26uidh%3Disj%26pcat%3DMIL_AWARDS%26fh%3D0%26h%3D994442%26recoff%3D4%25205%25206%26ml_rpos%3D1&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=Mea9&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true
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Additional: His name, rank, Naval service and Service number match the seed record for this life story.

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ID: 9138186

Reference: bmd_deaths

Title: England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 Transcription

Connected by: Jane31029

UPP: BMD/D/1943/2/AZ/000344/031

Additional: Records the death of Gerald's mother Fanny. Her name and age fit with the family's Census returns and with the 1939 Register entry where she is living at 17 Main Road, Dagnall with Gerald. The Death Registration District fits with residence in Dagnall.

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 9138196

Reference: bmd_marriages

Title: England & Wales marriages 1837-2005 Transcription

Connected by: Jane31029

UPP: BMD/M/1947/4/AZ/000562/096

Additional: Gerald's name fits. In the 1939 Register he was single and sharing a house with his mother, who was incapacitated and died in 1943. His marriage in 1947 follows his mother's death. The district in which the marriage is registered is in the same county as he was living.

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 9138205

Reference: bmd_births

Title: England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription

Connected by: Jane31029

UPP: BMD/B/1949/1/AZ/000539/066

Additional: The birth of Gerald's daughter Dorothy. Her mother's maiden name matches that of Gerald's wife on their Marriage record. Her Birth Registration District is the same as that in which her parents' marriage was registered two years previously.

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 9138251

Name: Geoff Spencer, http://www.geoffspencer.info/

Title: A History of Dagnall Village

Description: An online history of Dagnall in which there are several references to the Green Family and their Garage.

Connected by: Jane31029

URL: http://www.geoffspencer.info/
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Additional: The Greens were known to move to Dagnall, where Gerald is recorded as the Garage Proprietor in the 1939 Register.

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ID: 9225032

Title: School House and Nos 20 – 23 Little Gaddesden

Description: An early twentieth century postcard of Little Gaddesden, centred at the point which is now the bottom of Church Road, showing the School House (No 26) on the left and Nos 20 - 23 on the right.

Connected by: Jane31029

Additional: The location and houses are still recognisable today. The School House, No 26 Little Gaddesden, has 2 boys standing outside the gate - possibly Gerald and his twin brother Francis, but we have no way of knowing this!

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ID: 9231032

Name: 17th April and 16th September 1913

Reference: Little Gaddesden School Archive

Title: Little Gaddesden School Log Book 1906 – 1934

Description: The log book kept by the Headmasters of Little Gaddesden School which records points of note in the daily running of the school and information about the pupils. Gerald and his twin brother Francis are mentioned in 1913.

Connected by: Jane31029

Additional: His name fits. His family lived in Little Gaddesden so this was his local school. (His father was the Headmaster).

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ID: 9321976

Name: Acc 3131 (HALS)

Reference: Personal photocopy. Original held at HALS, Hertford

Title: Little Gaddesden Scout Diary 1912 – 1922

Description: A scrapbook containing photographs, written descriptions of activities and newspaper cuttings for the years 1912 – 1919, presented to the Little Gaddesden Boy Scouts by their President, Miss Bridget Talbot on 1st July 1912 and compiled by her thereafter. It names the boys in the pre-1914 and 1919 Scout Troops, gives accounts of their pre-war fundraising, camps and other exploits and mentions the war service of a few of the older scouts.

Connected by: Jane31029

Additional: Both Gerald and his brother Francis are listed as members of this Troop. Their names and aged fit with e.g. their family's 1911 Census return.

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ID: 9349456

Title: Samuel Green, Schoolmaster

Description: Samuel Green, father of Francis and Gerald, Assistant Master of Little Gaddesden School 1863 - 1896 and Headmaster 1896 - 1914. The photo was included in 'A Century Remembered' and is included here with permission of the editor.

Connected by: Jane31029

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ID: 9577481

Title: Royal Navy White Ensign

Connected by: Jane31029

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ID: 9618203

Title: The 2018 Revised Roll of Honour, which now hangs i

Description: The 2018 Revised Roll of Honour, which now hangs in St Peter and St Paul’s Church, Little Gaddesden in addition to the earlier Roll. The name of Gerald Green, Royal Navy has been added.

Connected by: Jane31029

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