Help With Pension Card And Soldiers Effects Widow S Address Unknown Would she get a widow's pension? i know she received £8 when he died, but would that be it ? i have found the documents below. Welcome to the forum. i can’t find any record of francis’ wife elizabeth claiming a widow’s pension {the surviving records may not be complete}, but i would be surprised if she hadn’t claimed. the widow’s pension would have been awarded from 6 months after francis’ death.
Widows Pension Card Can Anyone Please Decipher The Name Since walter thompson died in september 1914, and the pension seems not to have commenced until june 1916, what happened between march 1915 and june 1916? the card you have is on jan 17 or later card stock so it was, as many are, created later in the pension process. This is the bottom right hand segment of a (wfa) widow's pension reference card. can anyone please decipher the name in red ink? there are two ledger references on the card; one for the widow and one for the illegitimate child. unfortunately neither seem to have survived. i am assuming that the w. Does the £5.00 under 'remarks' mean that his widow received £5 pension? also, widow named as margaret but just after it looks like '18 4 (19)37' what does this date mean?. Selected first world war pensions award files are in pin 26, with those for the second world war in pin 80. other second world war pension award files are in pin 91 (far eastern.
Widows Pension Given To Mother Any Clues As To Why That Might Be Does the £5.00 under 'remarks' mean that his widow received £5 pension? also, widow named as margaret but just after it looks like '18 4 (19)37' what does this date mean?. Selected first world war pensions award files are in pin 26, with those for the second world war in pin 80. other second world war pension award files are in pin 91 (far eastern. It is estimated that three to four million women became war widows during the first world war and most had children to support. each record will provide you with the name of the soldier’s next of kin. you may also find notes if a soldier was missing and then later confirmed to be deceased. I found my maternal grandfather's pension record on fold3 recently, but it was actually recording his death in 1934 and that my grandmother was the new recipient. My great grandfather enlisted in the royal west kents and went to war and died in action in france in 1914. my grandmother was left a widow with 2 daughters age 4 and 2. my question is would she have received a widows pension?. This collection provides details of military and military related personnel, who filed for a pension after world war one if injured or, if killed, details of their widow and or other dependents or their next of kin, if they were unmarried and had no children.
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