I have taken the liberty of including the gist of this thread to the the FreeBMD FAQ <http://www2.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/prepare-page.pl#24> I hope that is OK ... and perhaps people would like to check it. Barrie On 19:59, Daniel Colbert wrote: > I also had an ancestor who was killed in France (in 1916) and the death was > registered in England. The Family Records Centre (now closed) used to have a > separate section for military deaths, they were recorded separately from the > general population, so that would explain why they are not on FreeBMD. If you > can track down the date of death on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission > website, you should be able to get a death certificate from DirectGov. > > http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Governmentcitizensandrights/Registeringlifeevents/Birthmarriageanddeathcertificates/DG_175628 > > > I also had the MoD do a search for my ancestors service record for a fee, but > the majority of the WW1 service records were destroyed by German bombing > (about 60% if I remember correctly) in WW2. Finally, you can get a copy of the > soldier's medal record from the national Archives in Kew, as far as I know > casualties were automatically awarded a posthumous medal. > > Hope this helps > > Daniel > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Chas Charles-Dunne" <chascharlesdunne@hotmail.com> > Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2012 1:34 PM > To: <freebmd-admins@rootsweb.com> > 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 >> >