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As an example of a record from the Army Birth Returns, a researcher has advised he has a “certified copy” from the GRO taken from “Army Book 112 (Register of Births) of the -th Bn. -th Punjab Regiment for the six months ending 30th June 19-- reported from the Military Station at Isak (North Waziristan)”. Note this Regiment was part of the [[Indian Army]]. He advised: I suspect the official recording and reporting of such events as births to British or foreign Indian Army soldiers’ wives were likely to have been done almost entirely through their Army channels with not a Chaplain in sight and would be dependent on the British/foreign father reporting the birth, although one needs to allow for delays in reporting - I was born before the six months specified above In my case it looks as if my father reported my birth to his adjutant a couple of months or more after the event when he was on operations (that means in a war situation) in Waziristan. <ref> By email to User:Maureene, 23-24 Feb 2010</ref>
The indexes in respect of the overseas registrations are most commonly called the British Army Overseas Indexes. '''The [[LDS]] have microfilmed some of the indexes, [https://familysearch.org/catalog-search Search the Library Catalogue] and you can order the microfiches and view them at [[Family History Centres]]. However, the indexes are available online, see below'''.
Note that if a record is available both in the India Office [[Church records]] (now available on findmypast) and in the General Register Office records, the latter may contain more information, at least for some time periods. By way of example, in 1903 the additional information available for a marriage record was the nationalities of the groom and bride, and the occupations of the fathers of the groom and bride.
:'''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). In the past the certificate has been a transcript, not a copy of the original document, and this is believed to be the current situation. '''Note''': If you do not supply the GRO Index reference, the certificate will take longer to be sent.
::The GRO certificates for War Deaths only contain limited information, which is taken from Army records, and an example shows it does not contain details about cause of death etc.<ref>Ellis1918. [http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/topic/253019-death-certs/?do=findComment&comment=2558394 Death certs?] Great War Forum 27 August 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2017.</ref>
*Ancestry includes a database [http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=60931 UK, British Army and Navy Birth, Marriage and Death Records, 1730-1960] (located in BMD records). This database consists mainly of Naval records, sourced from the National Archives, with relatively few records in respect of the British Army and does '''not''' include the GRO records referred to above.
*[http://www.cwgc.org Commonwealth War Graves Commission]. For more detais see, [[Cemeteries# CWGC| Cemeteries – CWGC]].
*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]
*FamilySearch microfilm/microfiche records relating to various Indexes mentioned above, with [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&query=%2Bkeywords%3ANational%20%2Bkeywords%3AStatist catalogue entry] by keyword search National Statist. These records are expected to be digitised in time. See [[FamilySearch Centres]] for more details.
*Mediterranean area
**Malta. Some regiments in India came from a posting in Malta, or were posted there after leaving India.
