Lives of the First World War

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ID: 675878

Reference: WO372/3

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=D1661847
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UPP: GBM/MCI/0676407

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 7142940

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/251169/
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UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/172127

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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ID: 9408565

Title: Birth Cert for Robert Henry Bushell

Connected by: Chris147544

Additional: This is my Great Uncle. I acquired his Birth Cert as part of my research into Family History

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ID: 9408727

Title: Robert in uniform

Description: Robert's medals are displayed in a picture frame with this photo. The only one we have of him

Connected by: Chris147544

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ID: 9408734

Title: Robert's medals

Description: This framed image with his medals was something I saw on the wall of my grandfather's house since I was a little boy

Connected by: Chris147544

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ID: 9408742

Title: Robert's Death Penny

Description: Robert died in the field. His legacy to us is his medals, and this death penny

Connected by: Chris147544

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ID: 9408745

Title: Robert Henry Bushell 17309

Description: Robert never came back....

Connected by: Chris147544

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ID: 9625073

Title: Robert's grave in Vermelles Cemetery

Description: The grave of my uncle Robert Henry Bushell

Connected by: Chris147544

Additional: I took this photograph of my great uncle's grave when I visited in 2005

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ID: 9625107

Title: The official history of the Northant Rgmt

Description: A history of the Northamptonshire Regiment was written by Geoffrey Moore, Late of the regiment and details the sory of the regiment through WW1 and includes the record of Robert's death as the only man killed on Nov 22 on page 40

Connected by: Chris147544

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