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== External Links ==
*[http://www.familyrelatives.com/index.php Familyrelatives.com] contains the Overseas Indexes which include images from the British Army Overseas Indexes which you can access for free, (even though most other records on the site require a subscription). These are viewable images, which have not been transcribed to search. The site requires an up to date Adobe Flash (Flash 11 or later) plug-in to view the images. First you must log in (with first time registration required), from the Home Page, then select 'Search' (from the bar across the top of the page) and then 'Overseas Records'. Then select the database you are interested in. '''Note, some pages from the indexes were missing at one time, so the database may not be complete''' (missing Army marriage pages were noted). Note: this website became inactive late July 2015, but appears to have returned (c February 2016).
*[http://www.awin1.com/awclick.php?mid=2114&id=201071 findmypastFindmypast] contains three separate Index databases called '''British Nationals Armed Forces Births, Marriages, Deaths''', all of which contain overseas and some UK events, which include the British Army Overseas Indexes, (located within BMD). Some Royal Air Force index records are also included. There is a charge to search, however the findmypast records have the advantage that at least some, (possibly all) indicate the relevant regiment. In addition, the database contains indexes for births in the U.K. and overseas, 1761-1924, taken from regimental registers, including births in India. The Armed Forces Deaths database also includes what may be called GRO War Deaths or GRO War Dead.<ref>War Deaths, including World Wars I and II, and the Boer War. [http://web.archive.org/web/20051223043104/www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/research/searchingforoverseasrecords/index.asp Searching for overseas records] GRO, now an archived web page.</ref> As noted above, WO97 records are also available.
:'''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>
:Findmypast also contains the database '''British Armed Forces, Roman Catholic Registers''' 1836-1975 (located within BMDs, introduced 2017/11). There is a related Browse database. The registers were created by the Bishopric of the Forces, the religious officials of the Roman Catholic Church responsible for the pastoral care of Roman Catholics in the military, and are from The Scottish Catholic Archives. Includes locations in the UK as well as bases in Cairo, Cyprus, Malta, and more.
*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]].
