There are types of birth certificates in the UK, which include the following:
Short form birth certificate: This contains limited information about your child.
Long-form birth certificate: This contains more information, including the parents details.
Adoption certificate: This is issued when you adopt a child. Once the adoption is finalised by the courts. It serves as proof of the child’s identity and effectively substitutes their original birth certificate.
Regimental birth certificate: Soldiers’ or their families’ births, baptisms, marriages, deaths, and burials are all recorded in Regimental Registers.
Chaplains Births: The Army Chaplains’ department records births, baptisms, marriages, deaths, and burials at overseas bases.