Lives of the First World War

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ID: 873228

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=D1860520
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UPP: GBM/MCI/0874047

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 7358975

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/730016/
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UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/564940

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: 8705954

Name: MAF 39/139 - Registers of service: established staff - 1906 to 1913

Reference: National Archives

Title: Board of Agriculture and Fisheries staff record

Description: Staff record of Herbert Andrew John Cockbain

Connected by: John21589

Additional: Surname, first names and date of birth match

Source information

ID: 8705960

Reference: wwisd

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

Connected by: John21589

UPP: GBM/WWISD/0365545

Additional: Surname, first names, date of death and military details match

Credit: © Naval and Military Press Ltd

Source information

ID: 8705962

Reference: 1901gbc

Title: 1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: John21589

UPP: GBC/1901/0029255793

Additional: Surname, first name, age and place of birth match

Credit: © General Register Office

Source information

ID: 8705963

Reference: 1911gbc

Title: 1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: John21589

UPP: GBC/1911/RG14/31324/0425/5

Additional: Surname, first name, age and place of birth match

Credit: © The National Archives

Source information

ID: 8705968

Reference: 1891gbc

Title: 1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: John21589

UPP: GBC/1891/0029393125

Additional: Parents and brother's names match

Credit: © General Register Office

Source information

ID: 8705972

Name: Births - Jun qtr 1890 to Jun qtr 1894 Carlisle

Title: England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes

Description: Birth entries for three Cockbain brothers - Henry Alfred G, Herbert Andrew J and Cecil Gordon T.

Connected by: John21589

URL: http://www.freebmd.org.uk
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Additional: Names of brothers and place of birth match

Source information

ID: 8705977

Name: Marriages - Sep qtr 1889 - Carlisle - Vol 10b Page 680

Title: England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes

Description: Marriage entry for Henry Cockbain and Annie Gordon Greig

Connected by: John21589

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Additional: Parents names match

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ID: 8705980

Title: Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Description: Grave/memorial for Herbert Andrew John Cockbain at Loos Memorial

Connected by: John21589

URL: http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/730016/COCKBAIN,%20HERBERT%20ANDREW%20JOHN
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Additional: Surname, first names, date of death and military details match

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ID: 8705985

Name: MAF 39/149

Reference: National Archives

Title: Board of Agriculture and Fisheries - Staff on active service during WW1

Description: Staff serving with the Forces, 1914-1918 and 1939-1945: honours and casualty lists

Connected by: John21589

Additional: Surname, initials and military details match

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