Lives of the First World War

Source information

ID: 962834

Reference: WO372/5

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/0963730

Credit: © The National Archives

Source information

ID: 7726351

Name: No reference because held in family library

Reference: Book given to wife by his late daughter, Olive Cassirer

Title: Glad did I Live, Memoirs of a Long Life by William Corkey

Description: Autobiography of William Corkey published 1962 by The Belfast News-Letter Ltd, Donegall Street, Belfast 1

Connected by: Peter19700

Additional: Chapter XII of Rev William Corkey's autobiography details his service in the YMCA in WWI, provides particulars of his parents, siblings and his wife, together with photographs.

Source information

ID: 7726850

Name: FHL Film Number: 255987

Title: Select Births & Baptisms 1620-1911

Description: Name: William Corkey; Gender: Male; Birth Date: 15 Jun 1877; Birth Place: Altnagalvin, Londonderry, Ireland; Father's name: Joseph Corkey; Mother's name: Isabella Corkey Sloane;

Connected by: Peter6648

URL: http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=angs-c&gsfn=william&gsfn_x=XO&gsln=corkey&gsln_x=NS&msbdy=1877&cpxt=1&uidh=6ie&cp=11&pcat=34&h=729764&recoff=5+6+26+39&db=FSIrelandBirth&indiv=1&ml_rpos=1
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Additional: Rev William Corkey's birth date, birthplace and parents' names match the details given in his autobiography

Source information

ID: 7727498

Name: reels/nai003923189

Title: 1911 Irish Census - Cliftonville Rd Shankhill Belfast

Description: Rev William Corkey living at hime in Belfast with his wife, family and servants.

Connected by: Peter6648

URL: http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai003923189/
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Additional: Family details match information in his autobiography but provide ages of his children, and confirm his occupation as a Presbyterian Minister

Source information

ID: 7727522

Name: reels/nai000635651

Title: 1901 Irish Census - Altnagelvin (Waterside, Londonderry)

Description: 1910 Census record for William Corkey's parents and some of his siblings

Connected by: Peter6648

URL: http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai000635651/
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Additional: Confirms details in William Corkey's autobiography

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