Ministry of Pensions: First World War Widows' Pensions Forms

PIN 82

1910-1932

This series consists of a random sample of First World War widows' and dependents' pensions forms created by the Ministry of Pensions.

Each file contains approximately 50 forms. The forms give personal details of each serviceman's name, place of residence, particulars of service and the date, place and cause of death or injury. The forms also give details of the assessment of, and entitlement to, pensions awards, the amount awarded, and the length of time for which the award is granted. Some forms contain details of awards of mourning grants, and copies of death certificates.

The forms are arranged largely in alphabetical order by name of serviceman. The last file in the series contains forms filed out of sequence. The item numbers have been generated automatically for system reasons and do not appear on the forms.

Covering dates shown in catalogue descriptions for individual items are approximate and based on the date range of the whole file.

Public Record(s)

English

• Ministry of Pensions, Awards Division, 1917-1944
• Ministry of Pensions, General Administration Division, 1917-1944

183 file(s)

Open

Researchers are asked to note that many of the forms in this series are fragile, and care must be exercised when handling them.

Topics

Conflict

Pay and pensions

Operations, battles and campaigns

Series is not accruing.

The forms ultimately passed to the Department of Health and Social Security where the decision (with the agreement of the Public Record Office) to sample the forms was taken, and the remaining forms destroyed. The files in this series are a random sample of less than one twelfth of the estimated 100,000 files that originally existed.