Hi Ray, The man I was searching for should have died in Lincolnshire but the CWGC is what I used and they have only the burial places. I was told that soldiers who died in the UK were usually returned to their families. Certainly Ivor John JACKSON was registered in South Wales on BMDs. Logically I too agree that registration would be in the place of death but not every JACKSON has been recorded - the Free BMD is incomplete and Ancestry uses that when you are looking for a death. However, Ancestry has images of the registries and so if a name doesn't turn up, you have to look through them. Another candidate for Freddy JACKSON was a William JACKSON, who does show up when she put in a query but he is there and I found him. He is registered in Birmingham. I admitted I was clutching at strays trying to find a ghost andI am now convinced that this ghost is based on bad memory and possibly to need to believe in ghosts. However, I haven't given up and I am now approaching the problem from another angle before writing to Cranwell. Best wishes, Charles ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ray Lewis" <harveyjl@iinet.net.au> To: <monmouthshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 1:31 PM Subject: Re: [MON] Ivor John JACKSON - Registration of deaths in UK > G'day List > > Just to ask a question about registration of deaths in the UK for a > moment. I always understood that the place of registration of a death in > Britain was where that death took place in Britain not the place of > burial. I am not sure about individual members of the Armed Services > whose deaths took place on board ship outside UK territorial waters but > always understood that their death was registered at the next port of > arrival whether it was in the UK or somewhere else. Similarly, for > deaths in aircraft outside British airspace. > > Please could someone tell me if I am mistaken in this. > > Thanks > Ray Lewis > Hazelmere Western Australia