Lives of the First World War

Source information

ID: 7895997

Reference: BT351

Title: Merchant Navy Seamen: 1914-1918

Description: These records consist of over 157,000 index cards recording the issue of the British War Medal and the Mercantile Marine Medal to merchant seamen and officers in the First World War.

UPP: GBM/BT351/153379

Credit: © The National Archives

Source information

ID: 8546956

Reference: gbm_cwgc_casualties_iwm_ww1

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

Connected by: Peter6648

UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/1003224

Additional: Name and birthplace match seeding document. Birth year differs by 2 years

Credit: © Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Source information

ID: 8546961

Reference: 1911gbc

Title: 1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Peter6648

UPP: GBC/1911/RG14/04538/0077/3

Additional: Name and occupation as a fisherman in Ramsgate matches Seamans' Church Role of Honour.

Credit: © The National Archives

Source information

ID: 8546971

Title: THE SAILOR’S HOME RAMSGATE FISHERMAN’S ROLL OF HONOUR

Description: Records the circumstance regarding the loss of the LLWYNGWAIR on 26 April 1918

Connected by: Peter6648

URL: http://www.ramsgatehistory.com/documents/THE_SAILOR'S_CHURCH_MEMORIAL.pdf
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Additional: Name, date of death and service in Merchant Navy match seeding document and CWGC casualty details

Source information

ID: 8546997

Reference: 1901gbc

Title: 1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Peter6648

UPP: GBC/1901/0007450177

Additional: Name, mother's name and year and place of birth match CWGC Casualty Details

Credit: © General Register Office

Source information

ID: 8546999

Reference: bmd_births

Title: England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription

Connected by: Peter6648

UPP: BMD/B/1888/4/AZ/000598/172

Additional: Full name and birth place match census and merchant navy documents but year of birth of this GRO certificate is the earliest date recordded

Credit: © General Register Office

Source information

ID: 8547002

Reference: bmd_marriages

Title: England & Wales marriages 1837-2008 Transcription

Connected by: Peter6648

UPP: BMD/M/1916/4/AZ/001171/018

Additional: His wife's name matches CWGC Casualty Details

Credit: © General Register Office

Source information

ID: 9387771

Title: Ramsgate Royal Harbour

Description: Ramsgate c.1900

Connected by: Terry7885

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