Lives of the First World War

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ID: 656730

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=D1642670
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UPP: GBM/MCI/0657244

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 7408777

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/773936/
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UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/605201

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Credit: © Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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ID: 9055271

Reference: gbm_leic_rut

Title: Leicestershire and Rutland, Soldiers Died 1914-1920 Transcription

Connected by: Liz37211

UPP: GBM/LEIC-RUT/1628

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Credit: Courtesy of Findmypast

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ID: 9055276

Reference: wwisd

Title: Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 Transcription

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UPP: GBM/WWISD/0074252

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Credit: © Naval and Military Press Ltd

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ID: 9055277

Name: October 16, 1917, edition of the Market Harborough Advertiser

Title: Blog by John Dilley on the Newspapers and the Great War website

Description: Extracts and photos from local newspapers of the day

Connected by: Liz37211

URL: https://newspapersandthegreatwar.wordpress.com/2017/10/16/october-16-1917-scandal-of-teenage-post-woman-who-faked-her-own-suicide-after-stealing-a-fortune-in-treasury-notes/
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ID: 9055280

Title: Pte. Geo. Arkinstall

Description: October 16, 1917, edition of the Market Harborough Advertiser. There is a photograph of Private Geo Arkinstall, of Adam and Eve Street, Market Harborough, who died in action in October of last year. This is unusual as it is the first memorial story in the editorial columns.

Connected by: Liz37211

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