Just a General question?

[worth]

Hi all
Just a quick question and wasn't sure where to post. My dad died in Holland in 1980 he was a british citizen but lived/resided in Lincolnshire England. He was killed in a car accident when he was over there and on request of his father (my grandfather) his ashes were scattered there. I have found his dutch death certificate which doesn't really give me anything, I have been trying to find an English one but it appears there isn't one. My question is, would it be possible that his death wasn't registered over here after he died I have looked upto 10 years after his death on the Ancestry website but there is nothing. I have also looked on the deaths overseas on the find my past site and still nothing. I would have thought that even though he had died abroad he would still have to be registered here as well, as he was a british citizen?
Thanks in advance
Dawn

[avm228]

A death is only registered in England if it takes place in England.

In limited circumstances there will be British military or consular records for an overseas death.  It is unlikely that a civilian death in the Netherlands in 1980 would have been the subject of a consular registration, but if there is one you can find it in the GRO overseas index on Findmypast.

[dawnsh]

Hi Dawn

As long as his death was registered according to the customs and legal requirements of the country of his death, there is no legal obligation to notifiy the British authorities overseas and re-register his death so that it appears in the GRO indexes.

Dawn

[dawnsh]

Just found this

https://www.gov.uk/after-a-death/what-happens-to-the-persons-body

[worth]

Hi
Thanks all, that explains things a lot clearer and now I know why I could never find one.
Thanks for your help
Dawn