We aimed to test for replication and transferability of our European-centric results in 401 RP cases of British Bangladeshi and Pakistani ancestry from the Genes & Health cohort30 (n = 40,532), and observed directionally concordant results (rs11748327; OR = 1.16, 95%-CI = 0.99–1.37, p-value = 0.06; IRX1) for one of the two strongest loci, while for the second one, rs7090046 (ADRA2A), the lead variant or suitable genetic proxies were not available. Here, ADRA2A is linked to retinitis pigmentosa 1.