Lives of the First World War

Source information

ID: 7576964

Reference: AIR76

Title: British RAF Officers 1912-1920

Description: Officers who served in the Royal Air Force (RAF) between 1912-1920. This record set contains records of around 100,000 RAF officers.

UPP: GBM/AIR76/53395

Credit: © The National Archives

Source information

ID: 7618879

Reference: bmd_births

Title: England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription

Connected by: Janice2668

UPP: BMD/B/1898/2/AZ/000362/315

Additional: Surname, Christian names, date and place of birth match

Credit: © General Register Office

Source information

ID: 7618895

Title: Royal Aero Club Aviators Certificates

Description: Record found on Ancestry.co.uk

Connected by: Janice2668

URL: http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/1283/31032_A200012-02108/19512?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.co.uk%2f%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3frank%3d1%26new%3d1%26MSAV%3d1%26msT%3d1%26gss%3dangs-g%26gsfn%3dCecil%2bArthur%26gsln%3dLewis%26msbdy%3d1898%26msbpn__ftp%3dCheshire%252c%2bEngland%26msbpn%3d5257%26msbpn_PInfo%3d7-%257c0%257c0%257c3257%257c3251%257c0%257c0%257c0%257c5257%257c0%257c0%257c%26cpxt%3d1%26catBucket%3drstp%26uidh%3d6mh%26cp%3d11%26pcat%3dROOT_CATEGORY%26h%3d19512%26db%3dRoyalAeroClub%26indiv%3d1%26ml_rpos%3d6&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnRecord
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Additional: Surname, Christian names, date and place of birth and military details match

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ID: 7618915

Title: 1911 Census

Description: Record found on Ancestry.co.UK

Connected by: Janice2668

URL: http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/2352/rg14_00614_0179_03/1656580?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.co.uk%2f%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3frank%3d1%26new%3d1%26MSAV%3d1%26msT%3d1%26gss%3dangs-g%26gsfn%3dCecil%2bArthur%26gsln%3dLewis%26msbdy%3d1898%26msbpn__ftp%3dCheshire%252c%2bEngland%26msbpn%3d5257%26msbpn_PInfo%3d7-%257c0%257c0%257c3257%257c3251%257c0%257c0%257c0%257c5257%257c0%257c0%257c%26cpxt%3d1%26catBucket%3drstp%26uidh%3d6mh%26cp%3d11%26pcat%3dROOT_CATEGORY%26h%3d1656580%26db%3d1911England%26indiv%3d1%26ml_rpos%3d1&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnRecord
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Additional: Surname, Christian names and age match

Source information

ID: 7618955

Reference: bmd_deaths

Title: England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 Transcription

Connected by: Janice2668

UPP: BMD/D/1997/1/82049592

Additional: surname, Christian names and date of birth match

Credit: © General Register Office

Source information

ID: 8567827

Title: BBC The People Remember, Series 2, Episode 5

Description: In this series, Sophie Raworth and former army officer Andy Torbet honour heroes of war, both on the battlefield and the home front.

Connected by: Imperial1

URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b06nsrhw/the-people-remember-series-2-5-the-fallen
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Additional: Matches Stories and RAF record

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ID: 8668749

Name: Catalogue number 4162

Title: Sound Archive Interview

Description: Interview between Cecil Arthur Lewis and BBC, 1963

Connected by: Charlotte33

URL: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80004142
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Additional: Matches RAF record

Source information

ID: 8677959

Reference: 1901gbc

Title: 1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Catherine91214

UPP: GBC/1901/0015955381

Credit: © General Register Office

Source information

ID: 8677967

Reference: 1911gbc

Title: 1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Catherine91214

UPP: GBC/1911/RG14/00614/0179/3

Credit: © The National Archives

Source information

ID: 8688581

Title: Cecil Lewis MC

Description: Cecil Lewis, RFC

Connected by: First1803

Source information

ID: 9118407

Name: Pen & Sword Books, 2009, 2013 9781783830312

Reference: Amazon Kindle. Personal copy

Title: Sagittarius Rising

Description: Memoir of his time in the RFC.

Connected by: Trevor65535

Source information

ID: 9118519

Name: London gazette issue 29824 supplement 11058

Title: Military Cross

Description: Awarded MC dated 14 November 1916

Connected by: Trevor65535

URL: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29824/supplement/11058/data.pdf
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Source information

ID: 9118529

Title: Second Lieutenant

Description: Dated 13 December 1915. Commissioned Probationary Second Lieutenant.

Connected by: Trevor65535

URL: https://www.thezette.co.uk/London/issue/29439/page/633/data.pdf
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