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WW1 death certs killed in Action

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Margaret in Sussex

Margaret in Sussex Report 23 Nov 2010 15:56

Have PM'd you with death cert index info.

Margaret

Margaret in Sussex

Margaret in Sussex Report 23 Nov 2010 15:41

Have just had a look on FMP......
Can only find the scroll I posted above for WW1
The indexes are there for WW2

You could perhaps try the Commonwealth war graves commission..... by letter... they may be able to help.

mgnv

mgnv Report 22 Nov 2010 04:44

There's an example of a WW1 war returns death rego via a link near the end of the page at:
http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/content/help/index.aspx?r=554&404

Of course, given the site, this is for a Scottish Regt with soldiers who attested in Scotland, but an English register is pretty much identical.

Note a war death in England (like died of wounds in a hospital at Shorncliffe) will be rego'd in the usual way (in Folkestone RD).

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 22 Nov 2010 01:35

you could do a free search of fmp to see if his name is listed


OR

the few volunteers on the Help Clinic have free access to fmp, so you could ask them to check whether his death certificate is on there.

They won't be able to tell you what's ON the certificate, but at least you will know whether it is there or not.



sylvia

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

CupCakes

CupCakes Report 21 Nov 2010 17:03

We are back to FMP again which I just can't afford at the moment but thanks for the infomation

Regards

Susanne

nuttybongo

nuttybongo Report 21 Nov 2010 16:49

its worth getting them. Mine confirmed what i had been told in a way. it also clears up any family stories. Mine confirmed that he was a prisoner of war and it also told me that after they were released, unfortunately he died from the spanish flu that killed thousands of people after the 1st world war.

Researching:
Wood, Westnedge(spelling variants) padley, parkin, coulthard, (Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, ) Jenkinson,Pashley, Moss (America) Meechan, Meehan, Mofatt, (Scotland and Ireland)

Margaret in Sussex

Margaret in Sussex Report 21 Nov 2010 16:37


Name: Louis Anthony ROBERE Memorial Scroll

Purchase scroll




Rank: PRIVATE

Initials: L A

Birthplace:

Residence:

Enlisted: Colchester

Regiment, Corps etc.: Royal Sussex Regiment

Battalion etc.: 2nd Battalion.

4.8.14 Woking: 2nd Bde. 1st Div. Aug. 1914 landed in France. 11.11.18 2nd Bde. 1st Div. France; S.W. of Bohain.


Number: G/14632

Date died: 9 September 1916

How died: Killed in action

Theatre of war: British Expeditionary Force

Supplementary Notes:

Jonesey

Jonesey Report 21 Nov 2010 16:37

I believe that death certificates were issued for soldiers killed in action but they do not appear in the normal index. I also understand that they do not usually contain much specific information other than "Died of wounds" ect.

Researching:
Don't put off until tomorrow doing what you can do today. If you like doing it today you can do it again tomorrow. Be kind to your children for it is they who will decide which care home you end up in.

Margaret in Sussex

Margaret in Sussex Report 21 Nov 2010 16:35

Yes there were.. I have the death cert of my cousin..... you will find details on FMP. ....

CupCakes

CupCakes Report 21 Nov 2010 16:20

Louis Anthony Robere born 12 Jul 1984 died WW1 9 Sep 1916

Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919 Enlistment Location: Colchester Rank: Private Regiment: Royal Sussex Regiment Battalion: 2nd Battalion Number: G/14632 Type of Casualty: Killed in action Theatre of War: Western European Theatre

Were there any actul death certs issued for such deaths

Regards

Susanne