Lives of the First World War

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ID: 757362

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/0757968

Credit: © The National Archives

Source information

ID: 6167280

Title: C H Cawthorne

Description: Head and shoulders, smart looking man in military uniform, cap badge unclear.

Connected by: Linda571

Source information

ID: 6167282

Title: Cutting 26 May 1917 Barnsley Chronicle

Description: Newspaper Cutting, with thanks to Barnsley Archives.

Connected by: Linda571

Additional: Charles Cawthorne's name and details are in this article.

Source information

ID: 6170848

Reference: bmd_marriages

Title: England & Wales marriages 1837-2008 Transcription

Connected by: Linda571

UPP: BMD/M/1908/1/AZ/000047/146

Additional: We know from the census that his wife is called Ellen.

Credit: © General Register Office

Source information

ID: 6170850

Reference: 1881gbc

Title: 1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Linda571

UPP: GBC/1881/0021469366

Additional: Names match and this boy fits the calculated age for Charles Henry Cawthorne.

Credit: © General Register Office

Source information

ID: 6176020

Reference: 1891gbc

Title: 1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Linda571

UPP: GBC/1891/0026071120

Additional: Names and age match.

Credit: © General Register Office

Source information

ID: 6176021

Reference: wwisd

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

Connected by: Linda571

UPP: GBM/WWISD/0558349

Additional: Names and military details match.

Credit: © Naval and Military Press Ltd

Source information

ID: 6176022

Reference: bmd_births

Title: England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription

Connected by: Linda571

UPP: BMD/B/1881/1/AZ/000100/143

Additional: Names and age match.

Credit: © General Register Office

Source information

ID: 6176023

Reference: bmd_marriages

Title: England & Wales marriages 1837-2008 Transcription

Connected by: Linda571

UPP: BMD/M/1880/3/AZ/000046/091

Additional: Based on the 1891 census, where Charles is the grandson of Wroe, this must be his parents' marriage.

Credit: © General Register Office

Source information

ID: 6176026

Reference: 1911gbc

Title: 1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Linda571

UPP: GBC/1911/RG14/27523/0097/1

Additional: Names and age match.

Credit: © The National Archives

Source information

ID: 6176027

Reference: bmd_marriages

Title: England & Wales marriages 1837-2008 Transcription

Connected by: Linda571

UPP: BMD/M/1918/2/AZ/000164/059

Additional: Ellen Cawthorne remarries in 1918.

Credit: © General Register Office

Source information

ID: 6176030

Name: Q4 1914 9c 646

Title: Birth index entry of William Cawthorne

Description: Mother's maiden name Maher.

Connected by: Linda571

URL: http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=angs-c&gsln=Cawthorne&gskw=Maher&uidh=ln3&pcat=UK_BMD&h=36836475&recoff=10&db=FreeBMDBirth&indiv=1&ml_rpos=1
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Additional: Seem likely this is another child of Charles and Ellen.

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ID: 6176043

Name: Worsbro' Common Methodist Baptisms

Reference: Barnsley Archives

Title: Baptism of William Cawthorne

Description: 157 6 Jan 1916 Cawthorne William Charles Henry and Ellen 14 Peel Street, Worsbrough Common 25 Sep 1914 J Ibbotson

Connected by: Linda571

Additional: This is the baptism of Charles and Ellen's son William.

Source information

ID: 6176232

Title: Barnsley Soldiers Remembered - Charles Henry Cawthorne

Description: A Soldier's story written especially about this man for the Barnsley War Memorials Project.

Connected by: Linda571

URL: http://barnsleysoldiersww1.blogspot.com/2014/06/charles-henry-cawthorne-1881-1917.html
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Additional: Written specifically about this soldier.

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ID: 7331957

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/578136

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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