Lives of the First World War

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ID: 81713

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=D1067200
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UPP: GBM/MCI/0081776

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 6628738

Reference: gbm_wo363-4

Title: British Army Service Records 1914-1920 Transcription

Connected by: Cath3185

UPP: GBM/WO363-4/7292759/40/836

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Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 7089641

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/1750860/
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UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/937043

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: 7622898

Reference: wwisd

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

Connected by: Yvonne27542

UPP: GBM/WWISD/1041432

Additional: The person's name, date of death, and military details match.

Credit: © Naval and Military Press Ltd

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ID: 7932646

Name: Class: WO 329; Piece Number: 1553; Sheet 3082B.

Title: WWI Service Medal and Award Rolls

Description: Medal and Award Rolls - Manchester Regiment - Roll of Individuals entitled to the Victory & British War Medals.

Connected by: Yvonne27542

URL: http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&MS_AdvCB=1&db=IWOServiceMedalAwardRolls&rank=1&new=1&MSAV=2&gss=angs-d&gsfn=herbert&gsfn_x=NP_NN_NIC&gsln=ashton&gsln_x=XO&_F8007A65=7290&dbOnly=_F8007A65%7c_F8007A65_x%2c_F00061C3%7c_F00061C3_x%2c_F000836E%7c_F000836E_x&_F8007A65_x=1&uidh=jmn&pcat=39&fh=0&h=5699280&recoff=5+6+84&ml_rpos=1
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Additional: The person's name and military details match.

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ID: 8951178

Title: The Cambrai Memorial at Louverval

Description: Memorial to Second Lieutenant Herbert Ashton and all those who fell in the Battle of Cambrai.

Connected by: Anne1202

Additional: Image courtesy of the CWGC.

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ID: 9024361

Name: Page 450

Reference: Barclays Group Archives

Title: Journal of the Institute of Bankers - October 1907

Description: Details of those who passed the Institute of Bankers examinations held in April 1907 … Preliminary Examination … Ashton, Herbert, Lancashire and Yorkshire Bank Limited, Oldham.

Connected by: Yvonne27542

Additional: Other evidence confirms he worked for a bank in Oldham.

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ID: 9024362

Name: Page 448

Reference: Barclays Group Archives

Title: Journal of the Institute of Bankers - October 1913

Description: Details of those who passed the Institute of Bankers examinations held in April 1913 … Final Examination … Ashton, Herbert, Lancashire and Yorkshire Bank Limited, Oldham.

Connected by: Yvonne27542

Additional: Other evidence confirms he worked for the bank.

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ID: 9634206

Title: Service Roll of Martins Bank - Cover

Description: A printed roll of honour entitled “Service Roll of Martins Bank”, listing “Those who did not return” and “Ex-Service Men 1914-1919”, was compiled in 1931 for the centenary of the Bank of Liverpool, and comprises of a list of staff of all the constituent banks in the Martins group (Bank of Liverpool, Martins Bank, Bank of Liverpool and Martins Limited, Lancashire & Yorkshire Bank, Cocks Biddulph, Palatine Bank, Halifax Commercial Bank, Cattle Trade Bank, Equitable Bank). It used to be on permanent display at the former Martins head office at Water Street in Liverpool, but was transferred to Barclays Group Archives in 2007 when Barclays sold the building. The image shows the cover of the book.

Connected by: James201

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ID: 9635150

Title: Service Roll of Martins Bank - Title Page

Description: A printed roll of honour entitled “Service Roll of Martins Bank”, listing “Those who did not return” and “Ex-Service Men 1914-1919”, was compiled in 1931 for the centenary of the Bank of Liverpool, and comprises of a list of staff of all the constituent banks in the Martins group (Bank of Liverpool, Martins Bank, Bank of Liverpool and Martins Limited, Lancashire & Yorkshire Bank, Cocks Biddulph, Palatine Bank, Halifax Commercial Bank, Cattle Trade Bank, Equitable Bank). It used to be on permanent display at the former Martins head office at Water Street in Liverpool, but was transferred to Barclays Group Archives in 2007 when Barclays sold the building. The image shows the title page of the book.

Connected by: James201

Additional: Image copyright Barclays Group Archives www.archive.barclays.com. Book reference 1585/1. This image has kindly been made available by Barclays Group Archives for publication on Lives of the First World War for personal use only, and is subject to Barclays Group Archives terms of use. For permission to publish this image in any form of publication please contact Barclays Group Archives via www.archive.barclays.com/contact.

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ID: 9636214

Title: Detail page from Service Roll of Martins Bank

Description: A printed roll of honour entitled “Service Roll of Martins Bank”, listing “Those who did not return” and “Ex-Service Men 1914-1919”, was compiled in 1931 for the centenary of the Bank of Liverpool, and comprises of a list of staff of all the constituent banks in the Martins group (Bank of Liverpool, Martins Bank, Bank of Liverpool and Martins Limited, Lancashire & Yorkshire Bank, Cocks Biddulph, Palatine Bank, Halifax Commercial Bank, Cattle Trade Bank, Equitable Bank). The information printed for each person consists of initials & surname, plus regiment. The image shows the page of the book which features this person’s name in the list of “Those who did not return”.

Connected by: James201

Additional: Image copyright Barclays Group Archives www.archive.barclays.com. Book reference 1585/1. This image has kindly been made available by Barclays Group Archives for publication on Lives of the First World War for personal use only, and is subject to Barclays Group Archives terms of use. For permission to publish this image in any form of publication please contact Barclays Group Archives via www.archive.barclays.com/contact.

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ID: 9652198

Title: Original Lancashire & Yorkshire Bank WW1 Memorial

Description: A WW1 memorial tablet to the fallen staff from the Lancashire & Yorkshire Bank was unveiled by the Chairman in the Banking Chamber at Head Office at 43 Spring Gardens, Manchester, in 1921, and framed photographs of the tablet were sent to relatives of the men. The panel was headed, “To the memory of our colleagues who made the supreme sacrifice in defence of their country during the Great War 1914-1919”, and the wording at the bottom was, “The Lancashire & Yorkshire Bank Limited”.

Connected by: Yvonne27542

Additional: Image from The Story of Lancashire & Yorkshire Bank Limited 1872-1922, photograph of memorial facing p.80. Freely available on the internet at https://ia701209.us.archive.org/25/items/TheStoryOfTheLancashireYorkshireBankLimited/TheStoryOfTheLancashireYorkshireBankLimited1872-1.pdf