mortimer Posted 18 September , 2020 Share Posted 18 September , 2020 Is there a published table anyone is aware of for Gt War soldiers and % of disability v's rank & monies etc Also interested to see if sliding scale available for such & such number of children in connection with above. THANKS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin ss002d6252 Posted 18 September , 2020 Admin Share Posted 18 September , 2020 The number of children increased the level of pension. There's nothing directly published re rates etc - I plan to do so in due course but it's not as straightforward as they might appear on the surface. Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interested Posted 18 September , 2020 Share Posted 18 September , 2020 Is this relevant? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin ss002d6252 Posted 19 September , 2020 Admin Share Posted 19 September , 2020 The pension was paid in place of any Separation Allowance - after 26 weeks post death the Allowance was swapped to a Pension. Can I ask @Interestedwhere you found that ? Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mortimer Posted 19 September , 2020 Author Share Posted 19 September , 2020 MANY thanks for the above, very useful, Mort Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin ss002d6252 Posted 19 September , 2020 Admin Share Posted 19 September , 2020 Of course, I wasn't thinking 100% yesterday. Hogge - War Pensions & Allowance , covers the basics but it is far from inclusive of the whole history of pensions (Believe me, there's a whole rabbit hole to go down !). Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWF1967 Posted 19 September , 2020 Share Posted 19 September , 2020 27 minutes ago, ss002d6252 said: (Believe me, there's a whole rabbit hole to go down !). Craig I have directions to the rabbit hole! March 1957. "Pensions, Allowances an Welfare Services for The War Disabled (1914 War. Officers and Nurses)" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin ss002d6252 Posted 19 September , 2020 Admin Share Posted 19 September , 2020 8 minutes ago, GWF1967 said: I have directions to the rabbit hole! March 1957. "Pensions, Allowances an Welfare Services for The War Disabled (1914 War. Officers and Nurses)" A very interesting document ! I have a whole range of regulations, reports, Warrants etc on WW1 pensions (at least a 100 different ones) but that's not a document I have seen. Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWF1967 Posted 19 September , 2020 Share Posted 19 September , 2020 6 minutes ago, ss002d6252 said: A very interesting document ! I have a whole range of regulations, reports, Warrants etc on WW1 pensions (at least a 100 different ones) but that's not a document I have seen. Craig If it's of interest, PM your address and I'll happily make that 101. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin ss002d6252 Posted 19 September , 2020 Admin Share Posted 19 September , 2020 8 minutes ago, GWF1967 said: If it's of interest, PM your address and I'll happily make that 101. Merci. Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interested Posted 19 September , 2020 Share Posted 19 September , 2020 8 hours ago, ss002d6252 said: Can I ask @Interestedwhere you found that ? Well General, I wish you hadn't asked... It must have been from an internet search, and the download date is July 2014. As they say where I come from..."I've slept since then" so can't really remember. It's a jpeg (picture) image and you can see the reverse text showing through, so someone must have scanned the original document. Sorry not to be more helpful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaureenE Posted 19 September , 2020 Share Posted 19 September , 2020 (edited) The document was probably obtained from http://ww1lit.nsms.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/collections/item/4091 and there doesn't seem to be a second page from this digital source. It is stated to be from the John Johnson Collection Bodleian Library, University of Oxford The following is available online, but a different article, you may or may not already have it. "Separation allowance for dependents of unmarried soldiers, or widowers, during the war" November 1914 https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/separation-allowance-for-dependents-unmarried-soldiers-or-widowers Also https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=2014-07-29-1 Soldiers Separation Allowances, 1915 (A poster) Cheers Maureen Edited 19 September , 2020 by Maureene Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mortimer Posted 20 September , 2020 Author Share Posted 20 September , 2020 This an interesting story...soldier enlists pre Boer War with brothers ID, recalled Gt War, post war living in Donegal & IRA get on his tail, hid under floor in one search of his home ! Successfully claimed 50% disability, still in his brothers name (oddly never owned up as alias), brother died and pension documents annotated as such, hence pension stops, (also death announced & IRA ceases hunt) BUT the Gt War veteran lived on for about ten years...his wife/children now claiming widows pension with I assume an added veteran premium. Admit all sounds a bit far fetched but I knew a WW2 London Irish officer who told me how his IRA mother ! (an anglo Irish Lady) used to fill in former British veterans war pension documents for them when their literacy might be problematic. I know of other similar cases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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