Lives of the First World War

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ID: 836560

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=D1823828
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UPP: GBM/MCI/0837355

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 7374985

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/760533/
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UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/593941

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Credit: © Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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ID: 9080024

Name: Sources: 1891 Statutory Registers Births 557/1 20 District Inverkip County Renfrew

Reference: Scotland's People Website

Title: Birth Registration

Description: Details of place, date, time or birth and parents' names

Connected by: Rosemary251

Source information

ID: 9080026

Name: Wills and Testaments Reference SC62/44/122, Jedburgh Sheriff Court

Reference: Scotland's People Website

Title: Probate Record

Description: 1917 Clarke, Hugh Reginald Stanley (Wills and Testaments Reference SC62/44/122, Jedburgh Sheriff Court

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Source information

ID: 9080055

Name: 4900 The London Gazette 21 May 1915

Title: Gazetted

Description: Infantry. The undermentioned to be temporary Second Lieutenants. Dated 20th May 1915. Hugh Reginald Stanley Clarke

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URL: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29169/page/4900/data.pdf
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ID: 9080056

Name: The Straits Times, 17 October 1916

Reference: National Library Board of Singapore eResources

Title: Roll of Honour

Description: Obituary The Straits Times, 17 October 1916 also in Malay Mail, and MALAYA TRIBUNE (SINGAPORE), 18 October 1916, Page 12

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ID: 9080057

Name: Coldstream History Society.

Title: Hugh Clarke Kelso

Description: Second Lieutenant Hugh Reginald Stanley Clarke, 11th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders. He was killed in France on 18th August 1916 during the Battle of the Somme, aged 25. He was the son of the Reverend Walter John Clarke and Mrs Clarke of The Rectory, Kelso and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, Thiepval, Somme, France. He had been educated at Kelso High School and Ellesmere College Shropshire. In 1911 He had joined the 4th Battalion, Royal Scots ( Queens Edinburgh Rifles ) a Territorial Unit before going to Malaya. Here he joined the Malay States Volunteers before returning home on the outbreak of war. He trained with the Public Schools Battallion before joining the 11th Gordons.

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URL: http://www.coldstreamhistorysociety.co.uk/index.php/war-memorials/profile/kelso-hugh-clarke
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