Lives of the First World War

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ID: 7630006

Reference: ADM196

Title: Royal Navy Officers: 1899 - 1919

Description: The Royal Navy Officers records contain the complete service histories of around 18,000 Royal Navy officers who served with the Royal Navy between 1899 and 1919.

UPP: GBM/ADM196/19765/1

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 7957007

Title: Death Cerificate of Lt. Commander Head

Description: Charles Head died in the Gretna/Quintinshill Rail Disaster of 1915. He was travelling in the Glasgow express train northbound which collided with the 7th Royal Scots troop train heading south (for Gallipoli)

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ID: 7957009

Title: Grave of Lt Commander Head

Description: Buried in the Western Necropolis, Glasgow - Grave Ref. Section P Lair 2907.

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ID: 7957010

Title: Grave of Lt. Commander Head

Description: Scottish War Graves site

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URL: http://scottishwargraves.phpbbweb.com/scottishwargraves-ftopic129-0-asc-165.html
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Additional: Died in the Gretna rail disaster.

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ID: 7957012

Title: Memorial to Lt. Commander Head

Description: Memorial plaque to Lt. Commander Head in St Ann's Church, Portsmouth

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URL: http://www.memorials.inportsmouth.co.uk/churches/st_anns/head.htm
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Additional: Did in the Gretna rail crash

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ID: 8481680

Title: Lt Comm Head's grave

Description: Western Necropolis, Glasgow, following the Quintinshill Rail Disaster

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ID: 8481681

Title: Death certificate

Description: After Quintinshill rail crash

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ID: 8482261

Reference: gbm_cwgc_casualties_iwm_ww1

Title: Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Transcription

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UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/528939

Additional: The person's name, date of death, and military details match.

Credit: © Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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ID: 8482266

Reference: gbm_rnomr_1914

Title: Royal Navy Officers Medal Roll 1914-1920 Transcription

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UPP: GBM/RNO/13173

Additional: The person's name and service details match.

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 8482269

Title: List of those involved in the Gretna Rail Disaster

Description: List of people involved in the Quintinshill rail disaster on 22nd May 1915 includes ... Head, C E; Commander, Royal Navy; HMS Vernon, Portsmouth; Killed.

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URL: http://www.military-researcher.co.uk/GretnaList.html
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Additional: The person's name, date of death, and military details match.

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ID: 8486216

Name: 1915; Parish of Gretna; Page 19; Entry 57.

Title: Statutory Death Register (Scotland)

Description: Charles Harold Evelyn Head; (Lieutenant Commander Royal Navy); Single; Died 1915, May 22nd about 6.45 a.m. on the Caledonian Railway near to Quintins Hill Signal Cabin (usual residence HMS Vernon, Portsmouth); Male; Age 32 years; Father: Harold Ellershaw Head, Engineer; Mother: Rachel Eveline Head, m.s. Brew; Cause of Death: Railway Collision; Informant: Joseph Coupland Police Constable; Registered 1915, June 3rd at Gretna.

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URL: http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/
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Additional: The person’s name, date and place of death, and military details match.

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ID: 8529534

Title: Quintinshill Roll of Honour

Description: List of all those who lost their lives in the Quintinshill Railway Disaster of Saturday 22nd May1915.

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URL: http://www.scotsman.me.uk/Newsletters/Amended_Quintinshill_Roll.pdf
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