Lives of the First World War

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ID: 79540

Reference: WO372/1

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=D1065027
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UPP: GBM/MCI/0079603

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 5479712

Reference: bmd_overseas_deaths_aro1

Title: GRO War Death Army Officers Indices (1914 to 1921) Transcription

Connected by: Clare995

UPP: BMD/OVS/ARO1/000011/042

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 5479974

Title: Commonwealth War Graves reference

Description: Details of where Maurice Ashley is buried and Regiment

Connected by: Clare995

URL: http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1750857/ASHLEY,%20MAURICE
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Additional: War grave details

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ID: 5480364

Title: Personal Knowledge of Clare Alford

Description: This is being used as evidence based on a members personal knowledge.

Connected by: Clare995

Additional: This is being used as evidence based on a members personal knowledge.

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ID: 5480370

Title: 1901 Irish Census

Description: Maurice Ashley, age 4, with his parents, in Malone Road, Belfast.

Connected by: Clare995

URL: http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Antrim/Windsor_Ward/Malone_Avenue/976615/
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Additional: Evidence of Maurice Ashley and his family in 1901.

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ID: 5480390

Title: 1911 Irish Census

Description: Maurice Ashley, age 14, at home with his parents, in Dublin.

Connected by: Clare995

URL: http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Dublin/Drumcondra/Gracepark_Gardens/14058/
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Additional: Evidence of Maurice Ashley and his family in 1911

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ID: 5486747

Reference: bmd_births

Title: England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription

Connected by: Clare995

UPP: BMD/B/1897/1/AZ/000017/371

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 5489677

Title: Ireland's Memorial Records, 1914-1918. Entry for Maurice Ashley.

Description: 'Maurice Ashley. Rank 2nd Lieutenant, Royal Irish Fusiliers, 1st Batt; killed in action, Marcoing, near Cambrai, November 23rd 1917; born Essex (Irish parents); age 20.'

Connected by: Clare995

URL: http://interactive.ancestry.com/1633/NOISBN-IRISHVOL1-00063/2326?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3fMS_AdvCB%3d1%26db%3dIrelandMemorial%26rank%3d1%26new%3d1%26so%3d3%26MSAV%3d2%26msT%3d1%26pcat%3dROOT_CATEGORY%26gss%3dms_r_db%26gsfn_x%3d1%26gsln%3dashley%26gsln_x%3d1%26uidh%3dhq2&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnSearchResults
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Additional: The person's names match and other family and military details confirm the match.

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ID: 5491161

Title: Photo of family of Maurice Ashley.

Description: Parents and sister of Maurice Ashley, c 1932. Parents:- Anna Patteson and Thomas J E Ashley. Behind:- Norah May Renton (nee Ashley).

Connected by: Clare995

Source information

ID: 6150127

Reference: wwisd

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

Connected by: Clare995

UPP: GBM/WWISD/1026826

Additional: The person's names match and military details confirm the match.

Credit: © Naval and Military Press Ltd

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ID: 6994228

Title: London Gazette, 27 April 1917, Maurice Ashley appointed 2nd Lieutenant, R Ir Fusiliers

Description: Appointed 2nd Lieutenant, from 1 May 1917:- 'R Ir Fus. - Maurice Ashley'.

Connected by: Clare995

URL: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30040/supplement/4082
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ID: 7089640

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/1750857/
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UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/937040

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: 8069568

Reference: ire_nat_rollofhonour1914-1920

Title: Ireland: National Roll of Honour 1914-1921 Transcription

Connected by: Clare995

UPP: IRE/MIL/NATROLLHONO/1000295

Credit: Courtesy of Findmypast

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ID: 8700023

Name: WO 339/70353

Title: 2/Lieutenant Maurice ASHLEY Princess Victoria's (Royal Irish Fusiliers).

Description: Service record of Maurice Ashley

Connected by: David114

URL: http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C1124189
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ID: 9069744

Title: Panel in Memorial Hall at Ashville College

Description: The interior of the Memorial Hall at Ashville College in Harrogate is lined with wooden panels commemorating the fallen from Ashville, and also from New College and Elmfield College, which merged with Ashville in the early 1930s.

Connected by: Yvonne27542

Additional: Photograph © Yvonne Fenter, November 2016. Photo used on Lives of the First World War by permission, and may only be reproduced for non-commercial purposes, attributing copyright.

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ID: 9069751

Title: New College memorial panels at Ashville

Description: New College was amalgamated with Ashville College in Harrogate in 1930, and inside the Memorial Hall at Ashville, above the door, is a set of 3 panels, naming the WW1 casualties from New College and Turton Hall.

Connected by: Yvonne27542

Additional: Photograph © Yvonne Fenter, November 2016. Photo used on Lives of the First World War by permission, and may only be reproduced for non-commercial purposes, attributing copyright.

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ID: 9069757

Title: Original cenotaph memorial panel at Ashville

Description: New College was amalgamated with Ashville College in Harrogate in 1930, and the memorial cenotaph at Ashville (undergoing restoration in 2016) had a panel naming the WW1 casualties from New College.

Connected by: Yvonne27542

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ID: 9069764

Title: The memorial cenotaph at Ashville College

Description: The memorial cenotaph in the grounds of Ashville College in Harrogate. Recently relocated, and being restored, the memorial has around the base the names of the fallen from Ashville College, New College, and Elmfield College.

Connected by: Yvonne27542

Additional: Photograph © Yvonne Fenter, November 2016. Photo used on Lives of the First World War by permission, and may only be reproduced for non-commercial purposes, attributing copyright.

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