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*If you have found an index reference and you then want to order a certificate, this can be done [http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates online from the GRO]. (A charge applies). This will be a transcript, not a copy of the original document.
*National Archives Guide [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/looking-for-person/birthmarriagedeatharmedforces.htm Looking for records of a birth, marriage or death in the armed forces]
*Mediterranean area**Malta. Some regiments in India came from a posting in Malta, or were posted there after leaving India.***[http://maltafamilyhistory.com Malta Family History]. Includes data for births, marriages and burials. Also includes data about other areas such as the Ionian Islands, including Corfu and has a section called "Other Mediterranean Cemeteries" which includes Gibraltar and Smyrna, Turkey.The Smyrna database also includes baptisms and marriages (1795 – 1832) ***There are some church records for Malta available at the [[London Metropolitan Archives]]***[https://www.deceasedonline.com deceased online], a website which is free to search but pay to view, has some records for military burials in Malta, also Egypt and Cyprus. These records are described as "Selected pieces from the National Archives WO 156/103-122'", which are "UK and overseas garrisons; Registers of burials". For more details, from the deceased online Home Page, select 'Coverage ' and scroll down to " “The National Archives - Military Burials” date added: 12 Dec 2013".**[http://www.iukgenweb.org/gibraltar/news.php Gibraltar WorldGenWeb Project] Select 'Articles' for the databases, including burial records from King’s Chapel (Witham’s Cemetery). Where an occupation is shown, the burials appear to be of British Army soldiers, and seamen.
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