Armed Forces deaths post WW2

[Greensleeves]

My friend and I have been researching the WW1 & WW2 deaths for my village, both those listed on the war memorial as well as those which have been omitted.  As a follow-on to this we are now thinking of the post WW2 conflicts and wondering where we could find records of the fallen in such conflicts as Korea, Malaya, Kenya, Aden, Cyprus, Falklands etc.  We'd appreciate any suggestions as to where we should be searching.   

Many thanks in advance

GS

[Andy J2022]

A good starting point might be this document which sets out the total number of casualties in the post war period. From those figures you will at least know the scale of the problem you face in tracking down names. Perhaps understandably you left Northern Ireland out of your list of post war conflicts. Almost as many service personnel lost their lives in N Ireland as were killed in the Malayan Emergency.
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/512070/20160331_UK_Armed_Forces_Operational_deaths_post_World_War_II.O.pdf

[groom]

Thanks Andy - I'm working on this with Greensleeves. The biggest problem is we haven't got any names, and there may not even be any who were involved. We presume majority would have been from the time of conscription. I don't suppose there is anyway to search using place of birth or residence? It's a relatively small town/village and unfortunately being in Wales lots of common Welsh names.

Would the British Legion be able to help?

[Andy J2022]

In due course once the service records for the period 1920 -1963 have all been digitised it might be possible to do a search of all deaths occurring 1945-1963 where the place of birth was XXX, but the current policy from TNA is that they will not release records until after 115 years from a soldier's date of birth. More details here: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/our-role/plans-policies-performance-and-projects/our-projects/ministry-of-defence-service-records/  So that doesn't help you.

While the British Legion may have a few details, they won't have a complete list; their role is largely concerned with looking after living ex-servicemen.

I think your best bet would be the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, although they again won't have details for soldiers who were buried privately.

And lastly contact the Regimental Museums of Regiments who traditionally recruit in the area you are interested in. Unlike during the First and Second World Wars, a greater percentage of men who  voluntarily joined up will have ended up in a local unit.  National Servicemen also tended to serve in their local Regiments where this was possible. However this approach really only applies to the Infantry. The Infantry only make up around 20% of the Army, although that figure rises the further back you go towards 1945. And of course the Infantry are the most likely to sustain casualties in the sort of low-intensity operations which characterise the post war period, the exception being the 2 Gulf Wars which were all-arms operations.

[groom]

Thank you, a lot to try there. I'll also try a newspaper search in the hope that any local deaths may have been reported.