Selected Biographies

Lilley, Albert – Born: London in 1890.  Parent: Louisa Mary Lilley.  Family Connections: Brother to Bertie John Lilley [b1887].  Home: Barnardo’s Boy boarding with Abraham Drury in High Street, Long Melford (1891), St John’s Home for Boys and Girls, Freehold Road, Ipswich, Suffolk (1901), Military Barracks in Egypt (1911).  Occupation: Soldier [1907 to 1916].  Service Record: Albert enlisted in 1907 as Pte.7363 with 3^rd [Militia] Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, transferring as Pte.7590 to 1^st Battalion, Suffolks, and then posted to France from 17.1.1915 where he served with 7^th [Service] Battalion, Suffolks as part of 35^th Brigade, 12^th [Eastern] Division.  Died: Albert was killed in action on 3.7.1916 during a frontal attack on Ovillers-la-Boisselle, during the Battle of Albert, the opening phase of the Somme Offensive.  He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme [pier and face 1c and 2a], Somme, France and on the Long Melford War Memorial.[1]

Lilly, Alexander Edmund – Born: Long Melford, Suffolk on 17.3.1895.[2]  Parents: Charlotte Elizabeth Lilly (Laundress) [married Alfred Byford in 1900 and Johnson Mann in 1917].  Family Connections: Cousin of Walter Lilly [b1885], William George Lilly [b1885], Percival Alfred Lilly [b1894], Frederick William Lilly [b1887] and Harry Charles Lilly [b1896].  Home: Cranmore Hill Cottages, Long Melford (1901 to 1911), RAF Station, Ismailia, Egypt (1921), The Green, Wix, Essex [1931].  Occupation: Agricultural Labourer (1911), Labourer [1919].  Married: Emily M. Bareham in 1934.  Service Record: Alexander enlisted on 4.10.1914 as Pte.201729 with 4^th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, transferring to 1^st [Garrison] Battalion, Suffolks, then to 15^th [Suffolk Yeomanry] Battalion, Suffolks.  This latter battalion, when under the command of 74^th [Yeomanry] Division’s 230^th Brigade, saw action during the Palestine Campaign of 1917/18, before being transferred to the Western Front from May 1918.  The absence of an extant Service Record makes it a matter of conjecture as to when Alexander moved from one unit to another and in which theatre of war he served.  Private Lilly received his discharge from the Army in January 1919, re-enlisting in September of that year, as Aircraftsman First Class with the Royal Air Force.  He was placed on the RAF Reserve in 1923 and received his discharge in 1931.[3]  Died: Colchester, Essex in 1970.

Lilley, Bertie John – Born: Marylebone, London on 28.4.1887.  Parent: Louisa Mary Lilley.  Family Connections: Brother to Albert Lilley [b1890].  Home: Barnardo’s Boy boarding with Abraham Drury in High Street, Long Melford (1891), recorded as Burke Lilley in St John’s Home for Boys and Girls, Freehold Road, Ipswich, Suffolk (1901), Long Melford [1909], 84 High Street, Shoreditch, London [1915].  Occupation: Clerk [1915].  Service Record: Bertie was a member of Company Band of 5^th Battalion Suffolk Regiment [Territorial] in 1909.  He enlisted on 14.11.1915 as Rfn.S/15765 with 5^th Battalion, Rifle Brigade [The Prince Consort’s Own], transferring to the Brigade’s 1^st Battalion and posted to France from 15.6.1916 as part of 11^th Brigade, 4^th Division.  The Battalion saw action at the Battle of Albert on 1.7.1916, the opening push of the Somme Offensive.  Died: Bertie was killed in action by phosgene gas on 8.8.1916, while his unit was taking over front-line trenches at a sector known as Canal Bank.  More than fifty of his comrades also died during the German gas attack.  Rifleman Lilley is buried in Essex Farm Cemetery [grave ref: III.C.13], Boezinge, Ypres, Belgium and is commemorated on the Long Melford War Memorial.[4]

Lilly, Charles – Born: Long Melford, Suffolk on 1.3.1830.[5] Parents: John Lilly (Thatcher) and Elizabeth [née Golding].  Home: High Street, Long Melford (1841 to 1851), Blacksmiths Shop, Church Road, Alpheton, Suffolk (1881).  Occupation: Agricultural Labourer (1851), Master Blacksmith (1881).  Married: Sarah in Ferozepore, India in 1877.  Service Record: Charles enlisted in 1859 as Dvr.6448 with 3^rd Brigade, Royal Artillery, qualifying as a Shoeing Smith in 1865 and posted to India from 1867 to 1880. He saw action during the Second Anglo-Afghan War in 1878; a bloody conflict that was to see over 5,000 Afghans perish in battle and the death of nearly 10,000 British and Indian troops, the vast majority of these from disease.[6] He returned to England, receiving his discharge after 21 years in 1880.[7]

Lilly, Clifford Walter – Born: Hawkedon, Suffolk in 1891.  Parents: Arthur Lilly of Long Melford (Wheelwright) and Agnes Susannah [née Clifford].  Home: Broom Road, Cawston, Norfolk (1901), New Street, Cawston (1911).  Occupation: Horseman on Farm (1911).  Service Record: Clifford enlisted as Pte.16654 of 7^th [Service] Battalion, Norfolk Regiment, posted to the Western Front from 30.5.1915 as part of 35^th Brigade, 12^th [Eastern] Division. His battalion saw action at the Battle of Loos in the autumn of 1915 after which he was promoted to the rank of Lance Corporal.[8]  Died: killed in action on 3.7.1916 during the Battle of Albert, the opening phase of the Somme Offensive, and commemorated on Thiepval Memorial [pier and face 1C and 1D], Somme, Picardy, France.[9]

Lilly, Frederick William – Born: Long Melford, Suffolk on 21.11.1887.[10]  Parents: Thomas Lilly (Groom and Gardener) and Harriett [née Cook] (Laundress).  Family Connections: Brother to Harry Charles Lilly [b1896]; also, cousin of Walter Lilly [b1885], Alexander Edmund Lilly [b1895], William George Lilly [b1885] and Percival Alfred Lilly [b1894].  Home: 95 Cannon Street, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk (1891), 40 Southgate Street, Bury St Edmunds (1911).  Occupation: Grocer’s Assistant (1911).  Service Record: Frederick enlisted in 1915 as Pte.4020 with 1/4^th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment and was posted to France as part of 98^th Brigade, 33^rd Division, seeing action during the Somme Offensive of 1916.  Died: Private Lilly was killed in action on 29.8.1916, during a period of heavy shelling on a section of the front line called ‘Orchard Street’ and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme [pier and face 1c and 2a], Somme, France.[11]

Lilly, Harry Charles – Born: Newmarket, Suffolk in 1896.  Parents: Thomas Lilly (Groom and Gardener) and Harriett [née Cook] (Laundress).  Family Connections: Brother to Frederick William Lilly of Long Melford [b1887]; also, cousin of Walter Lilly [b1885], Alexander Edmund Lilly [b1895], William George Lilly [b1885] and Percival Alfred Lilly [b1894]. Home: 40 Southgate Street, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk (1911).  Occupation: Butcher’s Assistant (1911).  Service Record: Harry enlisted as Pte.2113 with 1^st Suffolk Yeomanry, transferring as L/Cpl.320204 to 15^th [Suffolk Yeomanry] Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, posted to the Egyptian Expeditionary Force as part of 230^th Brigade, 74^th Division and seeing action during the Palestine Campaign in 1917.[12]  Died: Harry died of wounds on 9.12.1917 during the capture of Jerusalem, and is buried in the Jerusalem Cemetery [grave ref: C.38], Israel.[13]

Lilly, Percival Alfred – Born: Battersea, London on 20.8.1894.[14]  Parents: George Lilly (General Labourer) and Harriet [née May] of Long Melford.  Family Connections: Brother to William George Lilly of Long Melford [b1885]; also, cousin of Walter Lilly [b1885], Alexander Edmund Lilly [b1895], Frederick William Lilly [b1887] and Harry Charles Lilly [b1896], and brother-in-law of Thomas Henry Warren [b1889].  Home: 22 Warsill Street, Battersea, London (1901 to 1939), 3 Barnhall Road, Tolleshunt Knights, Essex [1969].  Occupation: Errand Boy (1911), Fishmonger [1915], Packer for Veritas Mantle Works of Wandsworth (1921), Factory Clerk (1939).  Married: Ellen Jane Ford in 1923.  Service Record: Percival enlisted on 29.5.1915 as Dvr.3550 with ‘B’ Battery, 302^nd [2/7^th London] Brigade, Royal Field Artillery transferring as Dvr.2266 with 3/5^th London Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps, posted to France on 25.6.1916 with 2/5^th LFA and moving with them to Salonika where he was issued with a new service number as Dvr.961130, then on to Alexandria in Egypt from 18.6.1917.  On 13.10.1917 he was transferred as to N^o. 2 Section, 60^th Divisional Ammunition Column, Royal Field Artillery, seeing action at the Third Battle of Gaza in 1917 and the Battle of Sharon in 1918.  His Service Record also shows that he served with 2/19^th Battery, Royal Field Artillery.  In 1917 he contracted dysentery and in the following year malaria, being issued with a Silver War Badge and discharged in August 1919, due to sickness.[15]  Died: Colchester, Essex in 1969.

Lilley, Thomas Travis – Born: Barking, Essex on 16.1.1899.[16] Parents: William Travis Lilley of Long Melford (Milkman) and Hannah Rebecca [née Rolfe].  Family Connections: Brother to William Thomas Lilley [b1893] and Thomas William Lilley [b1894].  Home: 559 Green Lanes, Tottenham, Middlesex (1901), 176 Skeltons Lane, Leyton, Essex (1911), 132 Hibbert Road, Walthamstow, Essex (1921), 30 William Morris Close, Walthamstow (1939).  Occupation: Sole Channeller, later a Rough Cutter for H. Levin, Boot and Shoe Manufacturer of Hackney (1921 to 1939).  Married: Lillian Grace Richardson in 1920. Service Record: Tom enlisted as Pte.201754 with 10^th [Service] Battalion, Essex Regiment, being posted to France as part of 53^rd Brigade, 18^th [Eastern] Division.  His unit saw action at the Third Battle of Ypres in 1917 and the Battles of the Hindenburg Line and the Final Advance in Artois in 1918.[17]  Died: Waltham Forest, London in 1972.

Lilly, Thomas William – Born: Long Melford, Suffolk on 3.2.1899.[18]  Parents: Harry Edward Lilly (Wood Cutter) and Mary Ann [née Greer] (Horsehair Weaver).  Family Connections: Cousin of William George Lilly [b1887].  Home: Back Meadow, Smaley Lane, Long Melford (1901), Hall Street, Long Melford (1911), Grenfell Street, Greenwich, London [1925] to (1939).  Occupation: Ship’s Fireman [1925], Labourer (1939).  Married: Beatrice Joscelyne in 1925.[19]  Service Record: Thomas, having seen service during the First World War is recorded as a Trimmer in the Merchant Navy from 1919 to 1921.[20]  Died: Greenwich, London in 1966.

Lilley, Travis William – Born: Putney, London on 14.5.1894.[21] Parents: William Travis Lilley of Long Melford (Milkman) and Hannah Rebecca [née Rolfe].  Family Connections: Brother to William Thomas Lilley [b1893] and Thomas Travis Lilley [b1899].  Home: 559 Green Lanes, Tottenham, Middlesex (1901), 176 Skeltons Lane, Leyton, Essex (1911), 29 Vicarage Road, Leyton (1939), 38 Leigh Road, Leyton [1957].  Occupation: Boot Sole Sewer (1911), Dairy and Grocery Shopkeeper (1939).  Married: Florence Theresa Hall in 1915.  Service Record: Travis enlisted on 15.7.1915 as Pte.3838 with 1/7^th Battalion, Essex Regiment, being posted to Gallipoli as part of 161^st Brigade, 54^th (East Anglian) Division, before its evacuation in December to Egypt. Lilley was issued with a Silver War Badge and discharged on 14.9.1916 due to wounds.[22]  Died: Whipps Cross Hospital, Leytonstone, Essex on 15.12.1957.[23]

Lilly, Walter – Born: Long Melford, Suffolk on 29.11.1885.[24]  Parents: Walter Lilly (Thatcher) and Eliza Ann [née Chinnery] (Laundress).  Family Connections: Cousin of Alexander Edmund Lilly [b1895], William George Lilly [b1885], Percival Alfred Lilly [b1894], Frederick William Lilly [b1887] and Harry Charles Lilly [b1896].  Home: High Street, Long Melford (1891) to [1957].  Occupation: Assistant Thatcher (1901), Thatcher, Hurdle Maker, and Hay Trusser [1916], Agricultural Labourer (1939).  Service Record: At the Melford Military Service Tribunal in March 1916 Walter’s father applied for exemption from conscription on his son’s behalf.  He argued that Walter ‘works on his own account and does the stack thatching for three farms and cannot carry on his work without the applicant.’  Exemption was refused; however, an appeal may have been lodged as both father and son were back before the panel in May.  Following the intervention of Charles Westropp, the Agricultural Advisor, it was decided to grant exemption until the end of September, once the rush of the harvest was over.[25]  Conscription should have followed shortly after; however, his unit is unknown as no definitive military record has been found.  Died: Sudbury, Suffolk on 9.4.1957.[26]

Lilly, William George – Born: Long Melford, Suffolk on 12.5.1885.[27]  Parents: George Lilly (General Labourer) and Harriet [née May] of Long Melford.  Family Connections: Brother to Percival Alfred Lilly [b1894]; also, cousin of Walter Lilly [b1885], Alexander Edmund Lilly [b1895], Frederick William Lilly [b1887] and Harry Charles Lilly [b1896].  Home: 13 Peabody Buildings, St Georges Hanover Square, London (1891), 22 Warsill Street, Battersea, London (1901) to [1916].  Occupation: Van Boy (1901), Carman for a Laundry (1911).  Service Record: He was attested as William Lilley [sic] Rfn.1121 with 1/18^th [County of London] Battalion [London Irish Rifles], London Regiment, part of 141^st [5^th London] Brigade, 47^th [2^nd London] Division.  William was posted to France from 9.3.1915, seeing action at the Battles of Festubert and Loos in 1915, and during the Somme Offensive of 1916.[28]  Died: Private Lilly was killed in action on 4.10.1916 at Eaucourt L’Abbaye, during the Battle of Le Transloy, and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme [pier and face 13c], Somme, France.[29]

Lilly, William George – Born: Long Melford, Suffolk on 7.3.1887.[30]  Parent: Ellen Rosina Lilly (Horsehair Weaver), m1907 to Thomas Copsey.  Family Connections: Cousin of Thomas William Lilly [b1899].  Home: Living with William Lilly (Grandfather) at High Street, Long Melford (1891), Holland, The Green, Long Melford (1901), Military Barracks in India (1911), 54 High Street, Long Melford [1915].  Occupation: Stableman [1905], Railway Porter at Silver Street Station in London for the Great Eastern Railway [1913], Soldier [1905 to 1915].  Service Record: William enlisted in 1905 as Pte.9587 with 4^th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment, transferring to the Army Reserve in 1912.  He was mobilised on 5.8.1914 with 3^rd Battalion, Worcesters and posted to France from 16.4.1914 as part of 7^th Brigade, 3^rd Division, seeing action at the Battles of Mons, Le Cateau and the Marne in 1914.[31]  Died: Private Lilly was listed as missing presumed killed in action on 12.3.1915, during a brigade attack on German trenches at Lindenhoek near Ypres.  His battalion lost 178 men killed or wounded on that day.  William is commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing [panel 34], Ypres, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium; also, on the Great Eastern Railway Memorial at Liverpool Street Station in London and the Long Melford War Memorial.[32]

Lilley, William Thomas – Born: Poplar, London on 7.2.1893.[33] Parents: William Travis Lilley of Long Melford (Milkman) and Hannah Rebecca [née Rolfe].  Family Connections: Brother to Thomas William Lilley [b1894] and Thomas Travis Lilley [b1899]. Home: 37 Canton Street, Poplar, London (1891), 559 Green Lanes, Tottenham, Middlesex (1901), 23 Radlix Road, Leyton, Essex (1911), 18 Chobham Road, Leytonstone, Essex (1921) to [1951]. Occupation: Labourer in a Salt Warehouse (1911), unemployed Coach Trimmer (1921), Assistant to a Relieving Officer (1939).  Married: Edith Mary Allingham in 1921.  Service Record: Although no definitive military record has been found, William may have enlisted on 3.2.1915 as Pte.1718 with 2/1^st Kent Cyclist [Reserve] Battalion. If this assumption is correct then he was posted to India on 8.2.1916, transferring as Gnr.94556 to the 260^th Machine Gun Company, Machine Gun Corps in 1917 as part of 16^th Indian Division and seeing action on the North West Frontier during the Third Anglo-Afghan War of 1919.  Rising to the rank of Corporal, he received his discharge in 1920.[34]  Died: Whipps Cross Hospital, Leytonstone, Essex on 2.12.1951.[35]

Related Biography

Warren, Thomas Henry – Born: Westminster, London on 15.12.1889.[36] Parents: James William Warren (Sawyer) and Elizabeth [née Shepherd].  Family Connections: Brother-in-law of William George Lilly of Long Melford [b1885] and Percival Alfred Lilly [b1894].  Home: Horseferry Road, Westminster (1891), Gatliff Buildings, Commercial Road, Westminster (1901), 4 Warsill Street, Battersea, London [1915], 81 Harvest Road, Egham, Surrey (1939).  Occupation: Teacher [1915], School Master (1939).  Married: Harriet May Lilly of Long Melford in 1915. Service Record: Thomas enlisted on 15.11.1915 as Rfn.4813 with 1/16^th [County of London] Battalion (Queen’s Westminster Rifles), London Regiment, later issued with a new regimental number 551943. The Westminster Rifles saw action during the Somme Offensive of 1916 as part of 169^th (3^rd London) Brigade, 56^th (1^st London) Division. By 1917 he had been promoted to Sergeant and transferred to Aldershot as a Physical Training and Bayonet Instructor, being posted to Mesopotamia in 1918 as part of the Army Gymnastic Staff. He received his discharge in 1919.[37]  Died: Ealing, Middlesex in 1972.

Notes – [1] For details of the action see 7^th Suffolk’s War Diary [WO 95/1852/1] and Murphy, Lieutenant-Colonel C. C. R. The History of the Suffolk Regiment 1914-1927 [London: Hutchinson and Co, 1928], p.178.  See also his Commonwealth War Graves Commission record, British Army Registers of Soldiers’ Effects, 1901-1929 file [ref: 388895] [next of kin is shown as Mrs Mary A. Pearson], Service Medal and Award Rolls 1914-1918 [WO 329] and Service Medal and Award Rolls Index Cards 1914-1922 [WO 372]. [2] Date and place of birth taken from his RAF Record [AIR 79/2844]. [3] Air Member for Personnel and predecessors: Airman’s Records [AIR 79/2844] recorded as Alex Lilley [sic].  See also his Service Medal and Award Rolls 1914-1918 [WO 329] and Service Medal and Award Rolls Index Cards 1914-1922 [WO 372]. [4] Date of birth from the Baptism Register 6.5.1887, St Marks Church, St Johns Wood, London.  For details of 1^st Rifle Brigade’s movements up to Bertie’s death see War Diary [WO 95/1496/2-3], and for the Battalion’s part in the Battle of Albert see Chris M^cCarthy, The Somme: The Day-by-Day Account [London: Brockhampton Press, 1998], pp.30-31.  See also his Commonwealth War Graves Commission record, British Army Registers of Soldiers’ Effects, 1901-1929 file [ref: 328676], Soldiers’ Documents, First World War ‘Burnt Documents’ [WO 363], Service Medal and Award Rolls 1914-1918 [WO 329], and Service Medal and Award Rolls Index Cards 1914-1922 [WO 372]. [5] Date of birth from the Baptism Register of 18.7.1830 for Holy Trinity Church, Long Melford. [6] For more information on this conflict see Brian Robson, The Road to Kabul: The Second Afghan War 1878-1881 [Spellmount 2003, Stroud]. [7] Chelsea Pensioners British Army Service Records 1760-1913 [WO 97]. [8] Medal Roll [WO 329] and Medal Index Card [WO 372]. [9] Commonwealth War Graves Commission record and British Army Registers of Soldiers’ Effects, 1901-1929 file [ref: 327060]. [10] Date of birth from the Baptism Register 5.2.1888, Holy Trinity Church, Long Melford. [11] For details of the action see 1/4^th Suffolk’s War Diary [WO 95/2427/2] and Murphy, Lieutenant-Colonel C. C. R. The History of the Suffolk Regiment 1914-1927 [London: Hutchinson and Co, 1928], p.192.  See also his Commonwealth War Graves Commission record, British Army Registers of Soldiers’ Effects, 1901-1929 file [ref: 358678], Service Medal and Award Rolls 1914-1918 [WO 329] and Service Medal and Award Rolls Index Cards 1914-1922 [WO 372]. [12] For details of 15^th Suffolk’s movements in Palestine see War Diary [WO 95/4678] and Murphy, Lieutenant-Colonel C. C. R. The History of the Suffolk Regiment 1914-1927 [London: Hutchinson and Co, 1928], pp.216-18.    See also his Service Medal and Award Rolls 1914-1918 [WO 329] and Service Medal and Award Rolls Index Cards 1914-1922 [WO 372] all recorded as Lilley. [13] Commonwealth War Graves Commission record and British Army Registers of Soldiers’ Effects, 1901-1929 file [ref: 640368]. [14] Date of birth from the 1939 Register for Battersea, London, and Death Index. [15] For details of 60^th DAC’s movements in Palestine see War Diary [WO 95/4663].  See also his Soldiers’ Documents, First World War ‘Burnt Documents’ [WO 363], Service Medal and Award Rolls, First World War, Silver War Badge [WO 329] record [ref: 498186], Service Medal and Award Rolls 1914-1918 [WO 329] and Service Medal and Award Rolls Index Cards 1914-1922 [WO 372]. [16] 1939 Register. [17] Medal Roll [WO 329] and Medal Index Card [WO 372]. [18] Date of birth from the Baptism Register 31.3.1899, Holy Trinity Church, Long Melford. [19] Occupation and address taken from Marriage Register 12.9.1925, St Andrew and St Michael Church, Greenwich, London. [20] Photograph and details from his Merchant Navy record see Registry of Shipping and Seaman: Register of Seaman N^o. 405746 [BT 350/14/91/149185], Service Medal and Award Rolls Index Cards 1914-1922 [WO 372], and [BT351/1/82385]. [21] 1939 Register. [22] Medal Roll [WO 329] and [WO 329] Silver War Badge [ref:107541]. [23] National Probate Calendar. [24] Date of birth from the Baptism Register 7.2.1886, Holy Trinity Church, Long Melford. The 1939 Register for Long Melford records his birth date as 29.11.1886. [25] For the Tribunal’s rulings see Suffolk and Essex Free Press 15.3.1916 and 10.5.1916. [26] Date of death from the National Probate Calendar. [27] Date of birth from the Baptism Register 2.8.1885, Holy Trinity Church, Long Melford. [28] For details of 1/18^th London’s movements see War Diary [WO 95/2737/2] and for a wider view of the battle see Chris M^cCarthy, The Somme: The Day-by-Day Account [London: Brockhampton Press, 1998], pp.128-30.  See also his Service Medal and Award Rolls 1914-1918 [WO 329] and Service Medal and Award Rolls Index Cards 1914-1922 [WO 372]. [29] Commonwealth War Graves Commission record, British Army Registers of Soldiers’ Effects, 1901-1929 file [ref: 384801]. [30] Date of birth from the Baptism Register 1.7.1888, Holy Trinity Church, Long Melford. [31] For details of the various actions mentioned above see 3^rd Worcester’s War Diary [WO 95/1415/3].  See also his Soldiers’ Documents, First World War ‘Burnt Documents’ [WO 363], Service Medal and Award Rolls 1914-1918 [WO 329], and Service Medal and Award Rolls Index Cards 1914-1922 [WO 372]. [32] Commonwealth War Graves Commission record and British Army Registers of Soldiers’ Effects, 1901-1929 file [ref: 281531]. [33] 1939 Register. [34] Soldiers’ Documents, First World War ‘Burnt Documents’ [WO 363], Medal Roll [WO 329], and Medal Index Card [WO 372]. [35] National Probate Calendar. [36] 1939 Register. [37] Soldiers’ Documents, First World War ‘Burnt Documents’ [WO 363] and Medal Roll [WO 329].