Lives of the First World War

Source information

ID: 88848

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.

UPP: GBM/MCI/0088915

Credit: © The National Archives

Source information

ID: 7390639

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

UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/674120

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: 9492800

Title: In Flanders Field Museum

Description: Walter Astin

Connected by: Victoria143992

URL: https://database.namenlijst.be/publicsearch/#/person/_id=8057aea4-d859-42ac-969b-ec6ef512c781
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ID: 9492807

Title: 1911 Census

Description: Walter Astin

Connected by: Victoria143992

URL: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/2352/rg14_24853_0729_03?pid=24370098&treeid=&personid=&rc=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=bxf21483&_phstart=successSource
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