Lives of the First World War

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ID: 962900

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.

URL: http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=D1950270
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UPP: GBM/MCI/0963797

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 8794001

Reference: gbm_wo363-4

Title: British Army Service Records 1914-1920 Transcription

Connected by: Fife3190

UPP: GBM/WO363-4/7303468/46/1024

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 8794002

Reference: gbm_cwgc_casualties_iwm_ww1

Title: Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Transcription

Connected by: Fife3190

UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/1039343

Credit: © Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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ID: 8804109

Title: Medal Index Card - Image

Description: BWM, VM

Connected by: R58235

URL: http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/1262/30850_A000370-01439/4098961?backurl=%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.co.uk%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3fdb%3dMedalRolls%26gss%3dsfs28_ms_r_db%26new%3d1%26rank%3d1%26gsln%3dcorkill%26gsln_x%3d1%26_F8007A65%3d26855%26_F8007A65_x%3d1%26MSAV%3d1%26uidh%3d2y5&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnSearchResults
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ID: 8822834

Title: Manx National Heritage - WW1 biography (Jephthah W Corkill)

Description: Jephthah W. Corkill First World War soldier Record type: First World War Biographies Town / Village residence: Douglas Address or abode residence: 22 Tynwald Street Biography: First World War Soldier. 'No. 26855 / 28560. Private. 16 King's Liverpool Regt / Manx. Co. 3 Cheshire R (3rd Cheshire Regiment). Joined from I.O.M. Vols. at Wesleyan Hall Hoylake Reported May 24. Sept. 13 at Whitchurch. Dec. 14. Bidston Camp Birkenhead. Nov 1916 L-Corp. Manx. Co. 2 Cheshire R. Salonica Force. Oct. 1917 as before. Nov. No 1 Co. Brit. Convalescent Camp. Corfu Oct. 1918 C. Co. 12 Cheshire R. B. Sal. F..(12 Cheshire Regiment British Salonica Force) Later 28 Gen. Hosp. B.S.F.' (Extract from handwritten notes by The Reverend Robert Daniel Kermode, Vicar of St George's Church, Douglas, about men from his parish serving in the First World War. MS 10003/4

Connected by: R58235

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ID: 8823061

Title: Manx National Heritage - WW1 biography (Jephthah William Corkill)

Description: Jephthah William Corkill First World War soldier (enlisted on the Isle of Man 4 September 1914) Record type: First World War Biographies Parish: Onchan Town / Village residence: Douglas Address or abode residence: 22 Tynwald Street Biography: Regimental No.: 1289. Age: 20. Transferred to 16th Bn King's Liverpool Regt. Struck off 6 March 1915. (MS 00789 Muster roll of the Isle of Man Volunteer Corps) Occupation / profession: farm labourer Gender: Male

Connected by: R58235

URL: http://imuseum.im/search/agent_record/view?id=mnh-agent-1176167&type=agent&tab=people&from=0&term=corkill&size=20&sort=&filter=&view=&images=&ttmgp=0&rfname=&rlname=&machine=&race=&raceyear=&linked=0&title=&firstname=&lastname=corkill&dfrom=&dto=&gender=M&nationality=&occupation=&parish=&church=&townvillage=&address=&subtype%5b%5d=First%20World%20War%20Biographies&century=&pos=5
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ID: 8823099

Title: Manx National Heritage - burial transcription

Description: Jeptha William Corkill Record type: Burials Parish: Onchan Biography: 24 years Gender: Male Date of burial: 6 February 1919

Connected by: R58235

URL: http://imuseum.im/search/agent_record/view?id=mnh-agent-1070102&type=agent&tab=people&from=0&term=corkill&size=20&sort=&filter=&view=&images=&ttmgp=0&rfname=&rlname=&machine=&race=&raceyear=&linked=0&title=&firstname=&lastname=corkill&dfrom=1919&dto=1919&gender=M&nationality=&occupation=&parish=&church=&townvillage=&address=&subtype%5b%5d=Burials&century=&pos=0
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Additional: Allowing for questionable spelling of first given name this is a close match

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ID: 8824017

Reference: 1901gbc

Title: 1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: R58235

UPP: GBC/1901/0033746351

Additional: Using cousin Eva Clarke link to 1911 Census to 22 Palace Terrace, Douglas [address to which he went on his final leave in 1919]

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 8824018

Reference: 1911gbc

Title: 1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: R58235

UPP: GBC/1911/RG14/34675/0073/5

Additional: Using cousin Eva Clarke [who at time of 1901 Census was living with him and his family]

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 8824059

Title: Isle of Man History Society - Birth Registration Index - Corkhill/Corkill

Description: Name: CORKILL, Jephthah; Date: 3 Apr 1894; Parish: Ramsey; Page: 322; Father: CORKILL, Thomas William; Mother: CORKILL [nee CLARKE], Agnes Jane

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URL: http://www.iomfhs.im/resources/births/C-Corkhill.html
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ID: 8828032

Title: CORKILL, J. W."Manx Soldier Dies from the 'Flu'"

Description: Newspaper report of his death, 3 February 1919, in Douglas, Isle of Man.

Connected by: R58235

Additional: Isle of Man Times, 8 September 1919

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ID: 9288049

Title: Cheshire Regiment © IWM (INS 5616)

Description: Typical cap badge

Connected by: R58235

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ID: 9288051

Title: Cheshire Regiment

Description: Typical CWGC badge - as used on CWGC headstones when provided

Connected by: R58235

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