Hello Try the Commonwealth War Graves Commission http://www.cwgc.org/ for information on what the registration system is. They also have a search facility. good luck Bob Phillips ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chas Charles-Dunne" <chascharlesdunne@hotmail.com> To: <freebmd-admins@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2012 1:34 PM Subject: Wartime > > Hello, > > I have a question about official procedure. How are wartime records > handled, please? I know a relative was killed in 1915 in France and that > his next of kin was informed here in our village, but there is no record > of the death on FreeBMD. > > Did the MoD, or the War Office, or whatever it was called register the > deaths somewhere? Or was that left to the next of kin? I know from > personal experience that not all service personnel listed a next of kin - > I didn't when I joined the RAF in 1970. I was blown up in Northern > Ireland and wounded in the Falklands. If I had died from my injuries, > would there have been any registration of my death? Or would it have been > left to the next of kin that I didn't have? > > Thanking you in advance, for what ever help you can give and Thank You for > a wonderful resource. > > Regards > > Chas Charles-Dunne > > FreeBMD-Admins mailing list - archive > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/freebmd-admins > > FreeBMD http://www.freebmd.org.uk/ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > FREEBMD-ADMINS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message