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[1] Correct a death registration
https://www.gov.uk/correcting-a-death-registration
[2] General Register Office (GRO)
https://www.gov.uk/general-register-office
[3] Register a death
https://www.gov.uk/register-a-death
[4] Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/1-2/20
[5] Order a death certificate
https://www.gov.uk/order-copy-birth-death-marriage-certificate Image credits:
Annette Carell – Death Certificate (1967).jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annette_Carell#/media/File:Annette_Carell_-_Death_Certificate_(1967).jpg
Death Certificate of Evelyn Beatrice Hall.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Death_Certificate_of_Evelyn_Beatrice_Hall.jpg
Death certificate of Thomas Alexander McBean stating ‘ Atrophy from Albuminuria ’ as a cause of death (Crown copyright, with permission).
https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Death-certi-fi-cate-of-Thomas-Alexander-McBean-stating-Atrophy-from-Albuminuria-as-a_fig3_236659243