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Does anyone know the answer to this?

In 1941 my uncle was serving with the RAF in India and was killed in a motor cycle accident. He is buried in the CWGC cemetery in Calcutta.

The question I have is where would his death have been registered? Would it be in Calcutta or the UK.

Depending on the answer I then have another question.

If it was registered in the UK then in which district? (I have searched FreeBMD but came up with no results)

If it was in Calcutta then is there any possiblity of being able to find it - bearing in mind that there was a war on at the time?

Any suggestions would be appreciated

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The 1837 people have some new links which may or may not be of use. I confess I haven't persued them myself!
http://www.1837online.com/Trace2web/

Nigel

There is a separate regster for deaths of members of the forces during both world wars.

They are held in the overseas section of the family records centre (beyond the normal deaths section), and applications for certificates should be made on a special form (I think they are blue from memory)

there is a separate index for each of the armed forces, so you need to consult the RAF index - I can't remember exactly what information the indexes contain - I think it is name, service number, year & place of death.

the certificate obtained showed personal details as well as the place of death etc


Jeremy