Lives of the First World War

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ID: 9479825

Reference: gbm_cwgc_casualties_iwm_ww1

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

Connected by: Anne23518

UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/266560

Credit: © Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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ID: 9479826

Reference: bmd_marriages

Title: England & Wales marriages 1837-2005 Transcription

Connected by: Anne23518

UPP: BMD/M/1902/4/AZ/000310/278

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 9479828

Reference: bmd_births

Title: England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription

Connected by: Anne23518

UPP: BMD/B/1876/3/AZ/000439/149

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 9479829

Reference: bmd_deaths

Title: England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 Transcription

Connected by: Anne23518

UPP: BMD/D/1919/1/AZ/001088/024

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 9479938

Title: Capt William Randall Ponsonby [Find a Grave]

Description: Incl. photo of his private memorial - St Eadburgha Churchyard, Broadway

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URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52384432/william-randall-ponsonby
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Additional: Engraved "William Rundall Ponsonby"

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ID: 9479987

Title: National Probate Calendars

Description: of The Cottage Broadway Worcestershire died 19.1.1919 Widow Lilian Patteson Ponsonby

Connected by: Anne23518

URL: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/1904/31874_222926-00699?pid=5391887&backurl=https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv%3D1%26dbid%3D1904%26h%3D5391887%26tid%3D%26pid%3D%26usePUB%3Dtrue%26_phsrc%3DUrA2852%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=UrA2852&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true
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ID: 9479998

Title: LONDON GAZETTE, 14 OCTOBER, 1914 - Captain

Description: Reserve Regiments. The undermentioned to be temporary Captains: — Dated 15th October, 1914. William Rundall Ponsonby, late Captain, 3rd (Prince of Wales's) Dragoon Guards.

Connected by: R58235

URL: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/all-notices/notice?text=%22William+Rundall+Ponsonby%22&location-distance-1=1&service=all-notices&categorycode-all=all&numberOfLocationSearches=1
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Additional: Second forename, "Rundall" matches his grave memorial but differs from "Randall" used in may other records

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ID: 9480001

Title: LONDON GAZETTE, DECEMBER 1, 1903 - Capt. (resigns commn.)

Description: 3rd Dragoon Guards, Captain William R. Ponsonby, D.S.O., resigns his Commission. Dated 2nd December, 1903

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URL: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/27621/page/7938
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ID: 9480028

Title: LONDON GAZETTE, APRIL 16, 1901 - Mentioned in Despatches

Description: War Office, April -16/1901: A DESPATCH from Earl Roberts, KG., G.C.B., to the Right Honourable the Secretary of State for War, War Office, London S.-W. .. SIR, London, 2nd April, 1901: IN continuation of my despatch. No. 9, dated Johannesburg, 15th Nov., 1900, I have the honour to bring to your notice the excellent work done'during the campaign up to the 29th November, 1900, ... I wish to bring the names of the following officers to notice for meritorious services performed ... THORNEYCROFT'S MOUNTED INFANTRY ... Lieutenant W. R. Ponsonby

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URL: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/27305/page/2612
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ID: 9480036

Title: LONDON GAZETTE, APRIL 19, 1901 - Distinguished Service Order

Description: The following appointments to the Distinguished Service Order, and promotions in the Army, to be granted in recognition of the services of the undermentioned Officers in connection with the Campaign in South Africa, 1899-1900, dated 29th November, 1900, except where otherwise stated:— To be Companions of the Distinguished Service Order :— ... Lieutenant W. R. Ponsonby, Thorneycroft's Mounted Infantry.

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URL: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/27306/page/2703
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ID: 9480260

Title: Lieutenant (later Captain) William Ponsonby DSO [The Australian Boer War Memorial]

Description: William Randall Ponsonby - Biography

Connected by: R58235

URL: https://www.bwm.org.au/soldiers/William_Ponsonby.php
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ID: 9483415

Reference: 1891gbc

Title: 1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: R58235

UPP: GBC/1891/0024145038

Additional: Census whilst at school it would appear = "Rundell" spelling of second forename but other details seem to match

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 9483450

Name: Issue 67 July/August 2017

Title: Cape Town to Broadway ....Continuing the Mysterious Tombstone story [Broadway Newsletter]

Description: A biography and family story - discusses the fact that Captain Ponsonbys's gravestone has an empty/unengraved half = "Captain William Rundall Ponsonby DSO had established a fine reputation as a courageous, somewhat buccaneering, soldier after his exploits in South Africa with Thorneycroft’s Mounted Infantry ... [continues] ... "Lily moved to London, where she died four years later, aged 77. There she was buried, never to return to her first love, whose grave monument would remain incomplete to intrigue future generations"

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URL: http://www.broadwayvillage.org.uk/uploads/Broadway%20Newsletter%20July%20-%20August%202017%20Web%20edition.pdf
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ID: 9484419

Reference: 1881gbc

Title: 1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Anne23518

UPP: GBC/1881/0003919206

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 9484434

Title: Baptism of sister Olive Mary Ponsonby

Description: Aldershot Holy Trinity 15.5.1881 Bap Olive Mary d/Justinian & Sophia Elizabeth Ponsonby 5 Queen's Villas. Captain 48th Regt

Connected by: Anne23518

URL: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/4772/40815_1831109333_1343-00017?pid=2518346&treeid=&personid=&rc=&usePUB=true#?_phcmd=u('https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/?name%3Dolive%2Bm_ponsonby%26birth%3D1880%26successSource%3DSearch','successSource')
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Additional: Same address as 1871 Census, parents

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ID: 9484477

Reference: anguline_school_ImageUppId

Title: School & university registers Image

Connected by: Anne23518

UPP: ANGUL/ARA072/0462

Credit: Courtesy of Findmypast

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