Lives of the First World War

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ID: 777864

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.

URL: http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=D1765013
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UPP: GBM/MCI/0778540

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 6190369

Reference: wwisd

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

Connected by: Tracey528

UPP: GBM/WWISD/0636689

Additional: My detailed research re Boxley WWI

Credit: © Naval and Military Press Ltd

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ID: 7510764

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

URL: http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1628529/
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UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/866914

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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ID: 7655037

Title: Boxley War Memorial (nr Maidstone, Kent)

Description: Boxley WWI War Memorial, dedicated 1 November 1925

Connected by: Tracey528

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ID: 8739991

Name: RG13; Piece: 770; Folio: 49; Page: 18

Title: 1901 census Boxley Kent

Description: 1901 census ref for Robert Chapman with parents in Stream Cottages, Sandling, Kent.

Connected by: Bearsted33934

URL: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9FP-C7V
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ID: 9354979

Name: Christening, Allington, Kent, England, Kent Archives Office, Maidstone; FHL microfilm 1,473,724.

Title: FamilySearch England Births and Christenings

Description: Name Robert Henry Chapman Event Type Christening Event Date 07 Oct 1894 Event Place Allington, Kent, England Father's Name Alfred William Chapman Mother's Name Harriet Chapman

Connected by: Bearsted33934

URL: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJD2-LXLD
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ID: 9354982

Name: RG14; Piece: 3964; Schedule Number: 180

Title: 1911 census Aylesford, Kent

Description: 1911 census ref for Robert Chapman with parents at 12 Pratling Street, Aylesford, Kent

Connected by: Bearsted33934

URL: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XWDK-PP2
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ID: 9354989

Name: Boxley Parish Volunteers 1914 - 1918 World War I

Title: Boxley Parish Volunteers 1914 - 1918 World War I for Robert Henry Chapman

Description: Robert Henry ‘Robin’ Chapman G/5397 'The Buffs' East Kent Regiment KIA 12 Oct 1917

Connected by: Bearsted33934

URL: http://www.boxleyparishcouncil.org.uk/userfiles/files/Boxley%20Parish%20VOLUNTEERS%20During%20WWI%20to%204%20June%202014%281%29.pdf
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