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Series
Army Establishment, Hanover, Pay Office: Foreign Half Pay, Pensions, etc.
Catalogue reference: PMG 7
What's it about?
PMG 7
Half pay, pensions, widows' pensions, compassionate allowances, royal bounty and miscellaneous allowances paid by the British Pay Office at Hanover to foreign corps (mainly the King's German Legion).
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- PMG 7
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Title (The name of the record)
- Army Establishment, Hanover, Pay Office: Foreign Half Pay, Pensions, etc.
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1843-1867
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Description (What the record is about)
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Half pay, pensions, widows' pensions, compassionate allowances, royal bounty and miscellaneous allowances paid by the British Pay Office at Hanover to foreign corps (mainly the King's German Legion).
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 4 volume(s)
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Army
- Pay and pensions
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11663/
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