Lives of the First World War

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ID: 871279

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=D1858569
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UPP: GBM/MCI/0872096

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 6179304

Name: Journal of the Kew Guild v3 no24 (1917) p370: In memoriam. Sydney George Cobbold

Title: Journal of the Kew Guild (1893- )

Description: A brief resumé of his life. The version in hard copy includes a photograph.

Connected by: Sarah28795

URL: http://www.kewguild.org.uk/articles/1254/
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Additional: Despite the variant spelling of his first name, the person's name matches; other military details confirm the match

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ID: 6179383

Reference: 1891gbc

Title: 1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Sarah28795

UPP: GBC/1891/0010661547

Additional: Aged 3, living with parents and some older siblings, in his birthplace Woolpit

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 6179408

Reference: bmd_births

Title: England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription

Connected by: Sarah28795

UPP: BMD/B/1887/4/AZ/000110/299

Additional: The variant spelling of his first name notwithstanding, the names match in all other respects as do other data.

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 6179424

Reference: gbm_wo363-4

Title: British Army Service Records 1914-1920 Transcription

Connected by: Sarah28795

UPP: GBM/WO363-4/7292750/5/73

Additional: The surname and given names match (variant spellings notwithstanding), and his place of birth and (estimated) year of birth correspond with data elsewhere in his Life Story, as do the military details

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 6179430

Reference: bmd_overseas_deaths_arr1

Title: GRO WAR DEATHS ARMY OTHER RANKS (1914 to1921) Transcription

Connected by: Sarah28795

UPP: BMD/OVS/ARR1/000715/057

Additional: His names, military data, and date of death corresponds with data elsewhere in his Life Story

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 6179439

Reference: wwisd

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

Connected by: Sarah28795

UPP: GBM/WWISD/0583220

Additional: His names, date of death and military data match details elsewhere in his Life Story. The recorded birth place Bury St Edmunds is an acceptable approximation for his precise POB of Woolpit, Suffolk

Credit: © Naval and Military Press Ltd

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ID: 6179468

Reference: 1901gbc

Title: 1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Sarah28795

UPP: GBC/1901/0014063990

Additional: Records his given and last names, his place of birth and estimated year of birth, all of which correspond with data elsewhere in his life story. Also identifies his parents Maurice and Anna, and a younger sibling Alec M.

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 6179476

Reference: 1911gbc

Title: 1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Sarah28795

UPP: GBC/1911/RG14/23566/0031/3

Additional: The census transcription mistakenly records 'Sedney' as his given name (the original records 'Sidney'). His occupation, place of birth and estimated year of birth correspond with data found elsewhere in his Life Story

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 6179544

Name: WO 95/1895/1

Title: WW1 War diaries. France, Belgium, Germany. 14th Divison. 8 Bn Rifle Brigade

Description: Unit war diary on the national Archives website

Connected by: Sarah28795

URL: http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=C7352729
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Additional: Though he is not named, he is one of '2 Sgts... killed... by one shell' on 3 Oct 1916. His rank at the time is confirmed by data in other official war documents.

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ID: 6179647

Name: Casualty details

Title: Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Description: Gives his rank at the time of his death, regiment, age, place of burial etc. It also names his parents

Connected by: Sarah28795

URL: http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/36174/COBBOLD,%20SYDNEY%20GEORGE
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Additional: Confirms facts found in other official sources

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ID: 7122471

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/36174/
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UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/109030

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

Source information

ID: 7960601

Title: Kew Gardens war memorial

Description: Features Cobbold

Connected by: Edward43379

Source information

ID: 9382317

Title: Sgt Sydney George Cobbold

Description: In uniform (8th Bn Rifle Brigade)

Connected by: Sarah28795

Additional: Photo: Royal Botanic Gardens Kew.The Journal of the Kew Guild (Dec 1916) also carried an 'In memoriam' notice on p.370

Source information

ID: 9382320

Name: Royal Green Jackets Association E-zine v.7 pt.2 (Dec 2015), p. 24-25

Title: Sergeant Sydney Cobbold (1887-1916)

Description: A detailed biography

Connected by: Sarah28795

URL: http://www.greenjackets-net.org.uk/assoc_new/publications/e-zine/2015/Dec/ezdec15.pdf
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