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CWGC |
SDGW |
Uttoxeter Advertiser |
Other |
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Parents |
George Ambrose |
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8g |
Annie Ambrose |
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8g |
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Where born |
Burton on Trent Staffordshire |
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Yes |
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3 4a 4b 5 7 8c |
When born |
About 1884 |
Yes |
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Jan- |
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7 |
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About December 1884 |
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About 1889 |
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4a |
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Address |
His wife lived at 16 Cheadle Road, Uttoxeter. |
Yes |
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1b |
3 8b 8d 8e |
16 Cheadle Road, Uttoxeter |
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8a |
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Uttoxeter |
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5 |
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The Wharf, Uttoxeter |
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1a |
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Spouse |
Henrietta Shigsley Ambrose, of 16 Cheadle Road, Uttoxeter |
Yes |
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3 8g |
Henrietta Ambrose |
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8e |
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Harriet Shipley Ambrose |
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8b |
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Children |
John William Ambrose, born in Uttoxeter on 17th March 1900 |
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8b 8g |
Frederick George Ambrose, born in Uttoxeter on 21st October 1912 |
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8b 8g |
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Employment Before Joining up |
Lamplighter at Uttoxeter |
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1a |
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Labourer |
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8a 8c |
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When Enlisted |
24th Feb 1915 |
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8a 8b |
Where Enlisted |
Lichfield, Staffordshire |
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Yes |
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5 8a 8b |
Regiment |
North Staffordshire (Prince of Wales’s) |
Yes |
Yes |
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3 5 6 8a 8b 8d 8e 8g |
Unit |
7th Bn |
Yes |
Yes |
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3 5 6 8d 8e |
7th Service Bn |
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3 |
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Rank |
Private |
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Yes |
1a 1b |
5 8b 8d 8e 8g |
Service Number |
16959 |
Yes |
Yes |
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3 5 6 8a 8d 8e 8g |
Date of Death |
20th April 1916 |
Yes |
Yes |
1a 1b |
3 5 |
Presumed 20th April 1916 |
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6 8b 8c |
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Age at time of death |
31 |
Yes |
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Where Killed or died |
Mesopotamia (Iraq) |
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1b |
5 |
Asiatic Theatres |
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5 |
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Sanni- |
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1a |
3 |
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How he died |
Missing |
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1a 1b |
8b 8c |
Killed in Action Previously Missing |
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8e |
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Killed in Action |
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Yes |
1a 1b |
5 |
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Dearth Presumed |
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8b 8c |
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Location of Grave or Memorial |
No known grave – commemorated on the Basra Memorial, Panel 34 |
Yes |
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Awards |
Victory Medal: Roll F/104 B7 Page 687 |
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6 |
British Medal: Roll F/104 B7 Page 687 |
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6 |
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1915 Star: Roll 15/5 B4 Page 325 |
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6 |
Name |
Relationship |
Age |
Where born |
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1891 Census |
1901 Census |
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Thomas Ambrose |
Head of the household |
26 |
Born about 1865, hence age about 36 |
Burton- |
Frances K (or H?) |
Wife |
27 |
Born about 1864, hence age about 37 |
London (Clapham) |
John W. Ambrose |
Son |
2 |
Born about 1889, hence age about 12 |
Burton- |
Thomas Ambrose |
Son |
Not born yet Born |
Son about 1892, hence age about 9 |
Wolverhampton, Staffordshire |
Corps in which served |
Regt or Depot |
Promotions, Reductions, Casualties |
Army Rank |
Dates |
Service not allowed to reckon for fixing the rate of Pension |
Service in Reserve not allowed to reckon towards G.C. Pay |
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years |
days |
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Service towards limited engagement reckons from 24 Feb 1915 Joined at Lichfield on 24.2.1915 |
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N. Staffs |
D |
Posted |
Pvte[?] [Private?] |
24th Feb 1915 |
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3rd |
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4th Mar 1915 |
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Med Ex Force |
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Transferred Posted |
.. |
28th Aug 1915 |
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Home |
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24th Feb 1915 |
to |
27th Aug 1915 |
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185 |
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Med Ex Force |
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28th Aug 1915 |
to |
30th Mar 1916 |
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215 |
1 |
56 |
Med Ex Force |
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31st Mar 1916 |
to |
Xx Apr 1916 |
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21 |
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Wounded |
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20th Apr 1916 |
1 |
56 |
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Missing |
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20th Apr 1916 |
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7th |
Death Presumed |
Pte |
20th Apr 1916 |
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M.E.F. |
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Degree of relationship |
Name in full of every relative now living in each degree enquired for |
Address in full of each surviving relative opposite his or her name |
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Widow of the Soldier |
Henrietta Shigsley Ambrose |
16 Cheadle Road, Uttoxeter, Staffordshire |
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Children of the Soldier and dates of their births |
John William March 17/1910 |
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Frederick George Oct 21st 191x |
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Father of the Soldier |
George Ambrose |
Burton Terrace, Uttoxeter |
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Mother of the Soldier |
Annie Ambrose |
Burton Terrace, Uttoxeter |
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Brothers of the Soldier |
Full blood |
Thomas George |
Age |
Burton Terrace, Uttoxeter |
16 |
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Half Blood Sister |
Martha Alice |
31 |
Burton Terrace, Uttoxeter |
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Sisters of the Soldier |
Full Blood |
Mary Ann |
23 |
Burton Terrace, Uttoxeter |
Ann E. Bentley |
xx |
3 Dove Bank Uttoxeter |
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Half Blood |
Gertured [sic] Mable |
24 |
Address not know [sic] |
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Beatrice Ethe [sic] |
21 |
Address not know [sic] |