Lives of the First World War

Source information

ID: 893831

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=D1881144
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UPP: GBM/MCI/0894671

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 7340583

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/730097/
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UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/565022

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: 9202530

Name: Parish: Barony; ED: 17; Page: 4; Line: 6; Roll: CSSCT1891_221

Title: 1891 Scotland Census

Description: Extract from the 1891 Scotland Census, registration number 622/1. This lists Thomas McC[allum] Colgan as age 7, son of George and Barbara Colgan - therefore Thomas Colgan was born ca. 1884.

Connected by: Scott131897

URL: https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=1108&h=2677116&ssrc=pt&tid=116316300&pid=320155964894&usePUB=true
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Additional: Name matches with other details about Thomas Colgan. I also have military records for Thomas Colgan which correlate.

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