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A number of newspapers in the United Kingdom from 1824 into the 1860s contained a Monthly Military Obituary, being a list of names of officers. Includes deaths overseas or in transit (for example on board ship). Available in online newspaper collections including [[findmypast]].<ref>Clark, Noel. [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2016-03/1458986087 The "Monthly Military Obituary"] Rootsweb India Mailing List 26 March 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2016.</ref>
==See also==
*[[Ships' Journals]]
==External links==
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/podcasts/bmd-at-sea.htm National Archives Podcast – Tracing Births and Deaths at Sea]
===See alsoHistorical books online===*[[Shipshttps://books.google.com.au/books?id=qI1JAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA183 Pages 183-184 ''Asiatic Annual Register for 1806'' Journals]]. Under a heading Deaths, May 1805, "At sea. On board the ''David Scott'', East Indiaman, off the Cape of Good Hope, Mrs Clerk, wife to Lieut. Col. Clark, of the Madras establishment. ... '''Her remains were preserved in spirits''' until the 31st December following, when they were interred at St. Helena..." It is believed the dates as stated may be inaccurate, and the time difference between death and burial was much shorter, a normal ship's voyage.<ref> It is believed there is some correspondence on the Rootsweb India List Archive, not currently (2018/02/02) available</ref>
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