Thanks Sparrer, that's very useful and will certainly give it a go. Regards Diana [email protected] wrote: > Hi all, > > Can anyone help me? Philip James Newman Marmont born 1884 in Sussex (his > father came from Chepstow), served in the first World War and died in Rouen on > the 7th November 1918 and is buried in Rouen Military Cemetery. My question > is, where would his death be registered as I would like to get hold of his > death certificate? Would it be in France? Or with the Commonwealth War > Commission office perhaps? Find his death in the War Dead on www.findmypast.com and order the certificate through the GRO in the normal way. It'll cost 7GBP the same as any other. Just follow the instructions but remember the reference won't be in the same format as you'll be used to for normal BMDs. http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/ It probably won't tell you much other than he died of injuries received whilst in the service of His Majesty or words to that effect. _____________________________________________

Hello Diana I hate to be a pessimist but I feel that I should warn you that you are likely to be disappointed with the death certificate when you receive it. The place of death is likely to be shown as "France & Flanders" (= The Western Front), and the cause of death is likely to simply read "On war service", or words to that effect, and even his date of death will not necessarily be accurate. The reason for all this is that a major war being fought and, with roughly, on average, about 300,000 to be recorded per annum there simply wasn't time to go into all the accurate details. Sorry! Ken. (in rural West Sussex, UK) ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2008 11:46 PM Subject: Re: [GLS] Death Certificate for WW1 Casualties Thanks Sparrer, that's very useful and will certainly give it a go. Regards Diana [email protected] wrote: > Hi all, > > Can anyone help me? Philip James Newman Marmont born 1884 in Sussex (his > father came from Chepstow), served in the first World War and died in Rouen on > the 7th November 1918 and is buried in Rouen Military Cemetery. My question > is, where would his death be registered as I would like to get hold of his > death certificate? Would it be in France? Or with the Commonwealth War > Commission office perhaps? Find his death in the War Dead on www.findmypast.com and order the certificate through the GRO in the normal way. It'll cost 7GBP the same as any other. Just follow the instructions but remember the reference won't be in the same format as you'll be used to for normal BMDs. http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/ It probably won't tell you much other than he died of injuries received whilst in the service of His Majesty or words to that effect. _____________________________________________