Lives of the First World War

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ID: 99929

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.

URL: http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=D1085425
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UPP: GBM/MCI/0100001

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 7391811

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/852318/
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UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/677711

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: 9133427

Reference: wwisd

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

Connected by: Linda571

UPP: GBM/WWISD/0525750

Credit: © Naval and Military Press Ltd

Source information

ID: 9133428

Reference: 1901gbc

Title: 1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Linda571

UPP: GBC/1901/0029427216

Additional: Names and age fit CWGC. Sadly no clues to parents.

Credit: © General Register Office

Source information

ID: 9133429

Reference: 1911gbc

Title: 1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Linda571

UPP: GBC/1911/RG14/28207/0175/4

Additional: Names and age fit CWGC and 1901 census, place and grandfather's name fits 1901 census too.

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 9133430

Name: Attewell, Charles

Title: Army Register of Soldiers' Effects

Description: A listing of the disposal of deceased soldier's back pay and war gratuity, usually names next of kin, in this case aunt Grace Lawton.

Connected by: Linda571

URL: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/60506/42511_6129999_0122-00083?pid=265722&backurl=https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc%3DObi126%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource%26usePUBJs%3Dtrue%26indiv%3D1%26db%3DUKArmyRegistersEffects%26gss%3Dangs-d%26new%3D1%26rank%3D1%26msT%3D1%26gsfn%3Dcharles%26gsfn_x%3D0%26gsln%3Dattewell%26gsln_x%3D0%26msddd%3D20%26msddm%3D3%26msddy%3D1918%26MSAV%3D1%26uidh%3Dln3%26pcat%3D39%26fh%3D0%26h%3D265722%26recoff%3D3%25204%26ml_rpos%3D1&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=Obi126&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true
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ID: 9133431

Name: Attewell, Charles

Title: British Army Service Records on Ancestry

Description: Images of this man's service records - only two damaged pages.

Connected by: Linda571

URL: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/1219/31240_210346-00602?pid=1491438&backurl=https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc%3DObi128%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource%26usePUBJs%3Dtrue%26gsfn%3DCharles%26gsln%3DAttewell%26_F0007E0F%3DManchesterRegiment%26_F0007E0F_x%3DXPN%26_F8007A65%3D42197%26_F8007A65_x%3DXPN%26rank%3D1%26gss%3Dangs-c%26uidh%3Dln3%26MSV%3D0%26pcat%3DUK_WWI_COLLECTIONS%26h%3D1491438%26dbid%3D1219%26indiv%3D1%26ml_rpos%3D5&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=Obi128&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true
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Additional: Gives place of birth - tallies with SDGW and address - tallies with 1901 and 1911 census.

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