brownag Posted 27 February , 2003 Share Posted 27 February , 2003 If a soldier died in August 1914 in Netley Hospital, before he went to France, would he have been given a UK Death Certificate with his cause of death on it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robwilliams Posted 28 February , 2003 Share Posted 28 February , 2003 I would say yes. Try looking in the indexes to Births, marriages and deaths for the relevant quarter. If you find him, he has a certificate. Generally, a service death certificate was only used for people dying abroad. Those who died at home should have a standard UK certificate. Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted 1 March , 2003 Share Posted 1 March , 2003 I would also say yes. If he died in the UK then he should have a UK death certificate. From 1st April you will be able to search BMD indexes for England and Wales on line at: www.1837online.com. Cost will be £5 per 50 page views. Let's hope it doesn't crash like the 1901 Census online. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownag Posted 2 March , 2003 Author Share Posted 2 March , 2003 Thanks lads. The chap in question was a Scots Grey who died on 27.8.14. He is not listed on the Scots Grey's Memorial on Princes Street in Edinburgh but he is commemorated on the Rogart War Memorial and also on his family gravestone in Rogart as died of wounds. At the moment I'm guessing he was injured during the Regiment's move to France and died in Netley a few days later. Cheers Adam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robwilliams Posted 2 March , 2003 Share Posted 2 March , 2003 Adam, Rather than pay, try www.freebmd.rootsweb.com This is a genealogy website. The volunteers are putting the indexes to Births, Marriages and Deaths onto the web, from 1837. Not yet sure if they cover all the way up to WW1, but has to be worth a look. The 1837 website has been promising to go live for some time now. Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob HAmilton Posted 2 March , 2003 Share Posted 2 March , 2003 Rather than pay, try www.freebmd.rootsweb.com Rob Is that web address corect as I can't seem to access it. Regards Rob Hamilton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin Posted 2 March , 2003 Share Posted 2 March , 2003 Rob Try this link for rootswebclick here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob HAmilton Posted 2 March , 2003 Share Posted 2 March , 2003 Kevin Many thanks, I can access it now. Rob Hamilton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted 6 March , 2003 Share Posted 6 March , 2003 Whilst Free BMD has over 49 million records it only covers the period 1837 to 1902 More records are being added all the time though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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