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HI there Ken
The birth details I have for William's son Robert were sent on a brief email from the Indian Office, they said India for Robert's birth, on the 1901 census I have Robert in Devon but the record says Calcutta India for his birth, on the 1911 census his birth is Rangoon India,  his army record says 1884 Rangoon India, I am quite sure it is the same Robert as his army record number matches the number on his wedding certificate so from these I am working backwards to William's marriage to Agnes.
 
I have no indication of where they were married home or abroad!, or born so have no clue where to start looking for a marriage. I have looked up 2 William Mitchell's on National Archives but they are records for 1st world war medals, so can't match them up for certainty. 

So would FindMyPast be the only place to find Army serive record for the 1880's ?  And are they the only people to have records of Birth's in India?

On the Family Search web site I found a record for Robert's birth it says Thayetmyo, West Bengal India I now need to  look into the geography to check where it is!
Thanks for the FindMyPast info will look into it there.
Thanks for all info
Angela

Thanks to everyone who has taken this time to read through this dead end.  I have now emailed both the British Library and the Rangoon embassy - long shot but nothing will be lost if no reply - I don't know if the date is the correct one as it is on his service record and he could have less than honest with the truth, other than this I have the age he was on his wedding certificate so still checking all ideas supplied.  Once again thanks for everything.
angela

hi there
 that could be him as the only information i have is what is written on his service record, his service number is the corect one as it is written on his wedding certificate. 
where can you look up the arm birth records?  does it say his fathers naem ?  as i know this was williwm and he was in the army.
thank you for thaking the time
angela

Hi there everyone,

I am a bit stuck and need some guidance.

 I have got a copy of my g grandfathers 2 marriage certificates and his Royal Navy service record no, 218085.  Now I have found out that he was born in Rangoon India on 18th October 1884, this where I am stuck I don't know where to go to track down his birth certificate.  Can anyone help with places to search? please

I also don't know any history of this time to try to understand why he was born in India.  I have also tried searching find my path and ancestry but can not find any crossing for him, but he was in Enlgland in 1901 in Devon.                                                                                                                     
I only know his fathers name was William and he was in the army and was deceased by 1921.    If anyone could help in anyway it would be very much appreciated.
Thank you all for taking the time to read this
Angela Reid                     

hi there thank you very much my mum and uncle will appreciate this very much, what record have you looked into to find out his number ?  we have a telegram from him which states he is being treated well, but nothing else so we did not even know his number!  , he never mentioned the long march, am i right in thinking that would have been the death march? he only ever mentioned it once to mum late one night shortly before he died, his wife - my nan - did not know of this story at all.
i now can identify his war record form the national archeives.

oncew again thank you very much
angela