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Thank you.
That clears that theory up lol.

Hi
Usually the Soldier would return with his regiment on a troop ship to his country.The wife and children would go on a special War Bride ship to a main Port and then by train to her Husband and family.
The Wives did not go with their husbands on an official ship paid for by the Army of their husband.

The War Bride ship would I presume be free but it was very much with the other wives.And for that she would need a marriage certificate.
If she's on the same Ship ,she or her 'husband' have paid their passage.

Ciderdrinker

Hi all.
If an already  married lady met a serviceman here in the uk, who was from another country, during ww1 , could she go back with him to his country of origin without getting married to him.She may not of disclosed this information .

Sorry this has taken so long. The Internet went down in our area a few days ago and has been on and off since.
So. I spoke to the death registry department in the GRO. And basically the person I spoke to said I had done everything that they would of suggested.
And no. The presumed death would not be included on the death index.
And the person I spoke to  didn't know if there was a separate record .
If there was ,she didn't know about it. She also said she would of thought there would be a record of it somewhere 🤔
Basically.  I got nowhere 😕
The search continues.
I'm still looking for any evidence of Mary ann grocock abandoning her two young children around 1919 Leicester.  Only for them being rescued by a neighbour after fire engulfed the house . 😖

Thank you. It’s just a subject I’ve never looked into before.
I’ll let you know what the GRO say.

There are thousands of items in the online papers re presumed death. I took a couple of dozen yesterday and tried to find a death registration. Restricted myself to unusual names and limited period of "missing". The loss of the Stella, 1899, furnished a couple. These were instances where a family member had gone down with the ship where others survived.
Found 2 death registrations under FindMyPast's "Overseas deaths" but no others. Found about a dozen probate records which included "... died on or since ......" (or similar wording) and where eg. " ... at sea ...".

The earliest legislation relating to a Register of presumed Deaths I spotted was 2013/14. I noted a bill to introduce such a register in Scotland in 1888 was proposed but couldn't discover if it became law.

I imagine the GRO has a list/register but not available to the public?

Thank you for the information 🙏
I'm aware of the 7 year thingy, and read up on the process on how to get a declaration.
 But what I can't get an answer to is would the presumed death date be included on the GRO death index ,although no death certificate as such,like a standard one.
Or am I being incredibly daft 🤔
What I mean is,  how can I find out if a death was  presumed.
Sorry if I'm not explaining it properly 😅