Lives of the First World War

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ID: 8662976

Reference: gbm_cwgc_casualties_iwm_ww1

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

Connected by: Ann39898

UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/268462

Credit: © Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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ID: 8662979

Reference: gbm_wo363-4

Title: British Army Service Records 1914-1920 Transcription

Connected by: Ann39898

UPP: GBM/WO363-4/7323163/6/151

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 8662982

Reference: wwisd

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

Connected by: Ann39898

UPP: GBM/WWISD/0063561

Credit: © Naval and Military Press Ltd

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ID: 8663102

Title: William John Short

Description: C.W.G.C. - Grave Memorial

Connected by: Terry7885

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ID: 8796902

Name: Short William J 24 Thanet Vol 2a Page 1054

Title: FreeBMD Death Sep 1917 for William J Short

Description: FreeBMD GRO Death Index

Connected by: Bearsted33934

URL: http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl?start=1917&end=1917&sq=3&eq=3&type=Deaths&vol=2a&pgno=1054&db=bmd_1479781955&jsexec=1&mono=0&v=MTQ4MDI1MDY0OTo2YmM2MWU1NjZlZWI0OGI1OGM2ZDMyMjRkNjVjMWI1OTg3NTM0NzI3&searchdef=type%3DDeaths%26given%3Dwilliam%26eq%3D4%26end%3D1917%26start%3D1917%26surname%3Dshort%26sq%3D1%26db%3Dbmd_1479781955&action=Find
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ID: 8796910

Name: RG13; Piece: 766; Folio: 159; Page: 28

Title: 1901 census Maidstone, Kent

Description: 1901 census ref for William Short with parents at 111 Boxley Road, Maidstone, Kent

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URL: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9FG-X2C
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ID: 8796914

Name: Short William John Maidstone Vol 2a Page 699

Title: FreeBMD Births Dec 1893 for William John Short

Description: FreeBMD GRO Birth Index

Connected by: Bearsted33934

URL: http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl?start=1893&end=1893&sq=4&eq=4&type=Births&vol=2a&pgno=699&db=bmd_1479781955&jsexec=1&mono=0&v=MTQ4MDI1MTI4NDo0Y2QwZDhkNzg3ODgxOGY2ZmFmNTk5MGZkY2VhOGRmYzQ4NWE5NDRl&searchdef=sq%3D1%26countyid%3DKEN%252C26%252C55%252C56%252C82%252C233%252C234%26given%3Dwilliam%26eq%3D4%26surname%3Dshort%26type%3DBirths%26db%3Dbmd_1479781955%26end%3D1900%26start%3D1890&action=Find
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ID: 8796918

Name: WO 363, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 7,323,163.

Title: FamilySearch United Kingdom, World War I Service Records

Description: World War I Service Records for William John Short

Connected by: Bearsted33934

URL: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVBG-RCHX
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ID: 8856002

Name: Maidstone, Kent, England, reference item 1; FHL microfilm 1,835,480.

Title: FamilySearch England Births and Christenings

Description: Name William John Short Gender Male Christening Date 21 Jan 1893 Christening Place Holy Trinity, Maidstone, Kent, England Father's Name William Charles Short Mother's Name Grace Frances

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URL: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J7G5-PZ9
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ID: 8860442

Title: 1st Home Counties Field Ambulances Memorial

Description: 1st Home Counties Field Ambulances Memorial in All Saints Church, Maidstone, Kent.

Connected by: Bearsted33934

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ID: 9259019

Name: RG14; Piece: 4142; Schedule Number: 195

Title: 1911 census Maidstone, Kent

Description: 1911 census ref for William Short with parents at 111 Boxley Road, Maidstone, Kent

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URL: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XWDR-R1K
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