Hello Everyone
Have been researching my great uncle for a while. Have recently found out he went out to South Africa in 1851 to fight in the '8th Kaffir War' with the 74th Highlanders. When the war ended the regiment moved on to India but he remained in the Cape transferring to the Cape Mounted Rifles to facilitate this. He died there in service around August 1861 near the border of Cape Colony at Fish River. This info comes from his intestate will in Aberdeen (Nov 1862).
Now question is would he have a death certificate, and if so where and how to view it? He doesn't appear to have one in Scotland. Would there be one in South Africa for a British soldier who died in service there, or were there special arrangements?
Any help much appreciated.
Thanks
Have been researching my great uncle for a while. Have recently found out he went out to South Africa in 1851 to fight in the '8th Kaffir War' with the 74th Highlanders. When the war ended the regiment moved on to India but he remained in the Cape transferring to the Cape Mounted Rifles to facilitate this. He died there in service around August 1861 near the border of Cape Colony at Fish River. This info comes from his intestate will in Aberdeen (Nov 1862).
Now question is would he have a death certificate, and if so where and how to view it? He doesn't appear to have one in Scotland. Would there be one in South Africa for a British soldier who died in service there, or were there special arrangements?
Any help much appreciated.
Thanks
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