Lives of the First World War

Source information

ID: 682530

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.

UPP: GBM/MCI/0683062

Credit: © The National Archives

Source information

ID: 6647089

Reference: wwisd

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

Connected by: Heather12434

UPP: GBM/WWISD/0089748

Additional: Name, surname and military details match seed data

Credit: © Naval and Military Press Ltd

Source information

ID: 6647095

Reference: gbm_wo363-4

Title: British Army Service Records 1914-1920 Transcription

Connected by: Heather12434

UPP: GBM/WO363-4/7305831/32/785

Additional: Name, surname, military details and birthplace match existing sources

Credit: © The National Archives

Source information

ID: 6647111

Reference: 1911gbc

Title: 1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

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UPP: GBC/1911/RG14/20377/0477/1

Additional: Name, surname, birthplace and residence match existing sources, and no other entry is a better fit.

Credit: © The National Archives

Source information

ID: 6647138

Title: Commonwealth War Graves Commission entry

Description: BUTLER, JOHN Rank: Private Service No: 6006 Date of Death: 24/09/1915 Regiment/Service: Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 1st Bn. Grave Reference: A. A.O. 2257. Cemetery: KINGSWAY OLD CEMETERY

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URL: http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2750003/BUTLER,%20JOHN
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ID: 6647149

Title: Brothers at rest

Description: This is the gravestone of John Butler and his brother. They were buried together in the Kingsway Old Cemetery, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Notts

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Source information

ID: 6650792

Name: Entry 3865

Title: Kirkby in Ashfield, Kingsway Old Cemetery, Burial Register

Description: Pte. John Butler. Male Soldier. 36 yrs. Died Netley Hospital, Hampshire. Burial date September 29th 1915. Ceremony performed by Rev. E.E. Hodges.

Connected by: Heather12434

URL: http://www.ashfield-dc.gov.uk/ashfieldcemeteries/images/burials/Kingsway%20Old/1883_1916/pics_Compressed/Page_000192.jpg
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Additional: Name, surname and date of burial match existing sources

Source information

ID: 7072550

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

UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/963352

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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