31 March 2013

British First War Pension Records


The Western Front Association have posted an update to last year's announcement that they've acquired a collection of 6.5 million British WW1 pension cards:

Other Ranks Died (this contains nearly one million individual records)
Widows and Dependents of Other Ranks Died (in excess of one million records)
Other Ranks Survived: Requested/Rejected/Receiving Pension (over 2.5 million records)
Officers survived and Officers' Widows (approximately 150,000 records)
Merchant Naval Cards (about 5,000 records)
See an explanation and examples at
http://www.westernfrontassociation.com/great-war-current-news/pension-records.html

Thanks to Glenn Wright for the tip.

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