Death Certificate for WW1 casualty
My great-grandfather from Liverpool was killed in Flanders Belgium 8/6/1917. He was buried in Belgium too. Would there be a death certificate filed in England too? I cannot seem to find one in the GRO.
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Here are links that might provide the advice you require:
https://www.researchingww1.co.uk/how-to-order-a-death-certificate
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The summary answer - and a caution - is that yes, there will be a DC created by the GRO (though I can't remember where you find them 😯 ).
Under all normal circumstances, DCs issued by the GRO and the Registrars working for the GRO, will only be issued for events in England & Wales. However, it was felt sensible for reasons of closure and record keeping to issue DCs for WW1 casualties - eventually.
The caution is that it is a complete waste of time to get it. Somebody in another place got one and accused GRO staff of giving incorrect answers by saying that the death was in France & Flanders. No - that's all it says on the original. Nor does it give any details about how the person died. You will get much more of that information from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission web-site.
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