Lives of the First World War

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ID: 713022

Reference: WO372/4

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/0713583

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 9138546

Title: Profiles of Western Front generals, part of the Lions led by donkeys research project.

Description: Frederick Montgomerie Carleton (1867-1922) Brigadier-General DSO, GOC Infantry Brigade Military College Oxford RMC Sandhurst psc King's Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment Son of General Henry Carleton CB, Royal Artillery. Commissioned KORL Regt 3 Oct 1888. Dongola (1896), Sierra Leone (1898-9) South Africa (1899-1902); DSO; ADC; psc (1902). 22 Feb 1908 resigned commission and retired to Reserve as major. Recalled on outbreak of war and, from Dec 1915 until June 1916, CO 1/4th KORL. 18 June 1916 GOC 98th Brigade, 33rd Division -- Somme. Command short lived. 28 Aug GOC 33rd Division, Maj-Gen Herman Landon, requested his removal. Sent home but effort to clear his name brought success. Nov 1916 GOC 180th Brigade, Salonika, until Aug1917, when health broke down and invalided home permanently. Died of heart attack May 1922. His removal came at unhappy period, when command seemed be superiors berating immediate subordinates for failure to do impossible. Landon suffered same fate in July 1917.

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ID: 9138551

Reference: bmd_births

Title: England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription

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UPP: BMD/B/1867/3/AZ/000102/015

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 9138553

Reference: 1891gbc

Title: 1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

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UPP: GBC/1891/0013400197

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 9138554

Reference: 1881gbc

Title: 1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

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UPP: GBC/1881/0010991187

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 9138556

Title: BRIGADIER GENERAL F M CARLETON DSO

Description: A collection of 292 ms letters to his family, including: .. .. .. 8 letters to his wife covering his service as GSO II of the Home Counties Division in the UK (July - November 1914); 62 letters covering his commands as a Lieutenant Colonel of the 1/4th Battalion King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment and the 164th Infantry Brigade on the Western Front (November 1915 - June 1916); 39 letters and one Field Message Post Card covering his command of the 98th Infantry Brigade on the Western Front (June - September 1916); 17 letters to his wife covering his service at Third Army Headquarters and in command of the 180th Infantry Brigade on the Western Front (October - November 1916); 67 letters covering his command of the 180th Infantry Brigade on the Salonika front (December 1916 - June 1917); 20 letters covering his command of the 180th Infantry Brigade in the Egyptian Expeditionary Force (June - August 1917).

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ID: 9138563

Name: Page 136

Title: The Imperial War Museum Book of the Western Front

Description: "Stellenbosched": Nightmare of a Brigadier General

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URL: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Tb7VAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA137&lpg=PA137&dq=Brigadier+General+Frederick+Montgomerie+Carleton,+DSO&source=bl&ots=s_sVUFYwj2&sig=SqA32gxoQ4ubngaICWFD_ynMRCU&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjyns_Sso3ZAhVTa8AKHee4DRMQ6AEIOzAE#v=onepage&q=Brigadier%20General%20Frederick%20Montgomerie%20Carleton%2C%20DSO&f=false
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ID: 9138577

Title: The Peerage: Brig. Gen. F M Carleton

Description: Brig.-Gen. Frederick Montgomerie Carleton1 b. 21 July 1867, d. 15 May 1922 Son of General Henry Alexander Carleton and Elizabeth Boyle. Married Emma Gwendolen Priscilla Lloyd, daughter of Sampson Samuel Lloyd, 20 November 1899.1 Educated at Bath College and Oxford Military College. Dongola Expedition 1896. Nile Expedition 1897. Sierra Leone 1898-99. D.S.O. 1900. Boer War. 1902 psc. Children: 1. Claire Emilia Carleton2 b. 5 Dec 1901, d. 21 Mar 1934 2. Guy Carleton2 b. 18 Apr 1903, d. 4 Oct 1973 3. John Dudley Carleton2 b. 29 Aug 1908, d. 6 Nov 1974

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ID: 9138580

Reference: bmd_marriages

Title: England & Wales marriages 1837-2005 Transcription

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UPP: BMD/M/1899/4/AZ/000064/116

Credit: © General Register Office

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