Genealogy Chat

I know that the brother of my Gt Grandfather was killed in WW1 in 1918. Where would his death be registered so that I could obtain a death certificate? Many thanks, Becky

Check the CWG website www(.)cwg(.)org

If you check the Medal Rolls section of the National Archives website you may be able to find his service number and download full details immediately for a payment of £3.50. The National Archives may also hold his personal service record on film, though be prepared for disappointment as a large proportion of these were destroyed in the blitz. Also you would need to view these in person. Ancestry has begun to make service records available to view but only those beginning with A and B are currently available. If your're looking for one of these and you don't have an Ancestry subscription, let me know the details and I will look him up.

I found one in Scotlands People. He was my Grannies sisters husband. he died in action and I was able to get the certificate. It will not show you very much though. I found it quite disapointing. Good luck with it. Deanna X

Of course some of us ure luckier than Deanna. I found the service record of a wayward relation who was a persistent deserter yet was always allowed back. I found this fascinating because I always thought deserters were treated very harshly.

Paul I have a relation in the RN who deserted when on shore leave in Chicago. He spent a few weeks in the cells then was put back in service again! Sheila

you can get his cert by obtaining the refs from the deaths overseas section from the usual site. I have 2 for great uncles (brothers) who died within a week of each other. Fi

Becky Check the Commonwealth War Graves website it will give some detail and hopefully next of kin. www.cwgc.org Regards Jack

You should be able to get a death certificate from the appropriate GRO. If he died overseas in action then the details will be very basic. However, if he died in the UK then you can usually expect a normal death certificate. Denis

I used my local LDS Family History Centre to get the GRO record for my gt-grandfather's death certificate (he died in Belgium in 1916). They had the complete GRO Indexe for soldiers killed during WW1.

Bcause my grandfather had previously served 12 yrs and received a Chelsea pension and then served again during WW1 his death certificate was amongst his pension papers on Ancestry Bren

Thanks everyone, in the end I found it in the normal death registers, it seems he was shipped back to England before he died in King George's Hospital, Lambeth.