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First World War Dead

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Stephen

Stephen Report 16 Sep 2003 17:16

Can anyone help - if a man died during WW1 and was buried in Belgium / France - in which district would his death be registered when looking for the certificate ?. Thanks

Zoe

Zoe Report 16 Sep 2003 17:20

Diane As far as i know (and I've only had one to trace so far) the deaths are registered by the closest living relatice i.e. the one who would have got the telegram informing of the death. It's worth looking maybe one or two quarters after the date of death in case the actual registration was delayed in any way (my death occurred in August but was registered in the December quarter). Zoe

Stephen

Stephen Report 17 Sep 2003 20:16

Thanks zoe - I'll give it a try

zoe

zoe Report 17 Sep 2003 21:03

Hi, Have you tried the Commonwealth War Graves commission website? You can type in a name and if they died during either of the WW's it will give you info on where buried and mission although amount of info does vary per person. http://www.cwgc.org.uk Zoë's are obviously helpful people!!

Gail

Gail Report 17 Sep 2003 21:24

I haven't been able to get on the CWGC site for a few days now, is anyone else having problems??

Elizabeth

Elizabeth Report 17 Sep 2003 21:34

Hi it is impossible to get on, does anybody know how else to find out about someone who died during the war? Thanks Liz

Elizabeth

Elizabeth Report 17 Sep 2003 22:21

Kevin sorry to jump in, but you couldnt look up a joseph harold fillingham who died 1918 in france. Any details will help. Thanks Liz

Elizabeth

Elizabeth Report 17 Sep 2003 22:43

Kevin Thanks for your help with that. Much appreciated Liz

Maz (the Royal One) in the East End 9256

Maz (the Royal One) in the East End 9256 Report 19 Sep 2003 12:37

There are separate registers at the FRC for Army/Navy/Marines etc deaths.There is one register for 1914-1921 split into each service. Quite sobering that there are about 20 volumes for Army alone. I would imagine that these should be searchable on 1837, but would think it unlikely that they have been 'done' on Free BMD yet. Hope this helps. Maz. XX

Stephen

Stephen Report 19 Sep 2003 21:09

Thanks everyone - the best way to do it online is throu the war graves site - provided you know enough to ID the person it will even id the full unit the person served in - date of death - location of grave - directions for getting there and what other units have soldiers buried there - very useful site and helpful too Regards.