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Series
Army Establishment: Widows' Pensions
Catalogue reference: PMG 11
What's it about?
PMG 11
From 1827 to March 1870 and from April 1882 onwards these include the Drouly annuities paid from the Drouly Officers' Widows Fund.
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 11
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Title (The name of the record)
- Army Establishment: Widows' Pensions
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1808-1920
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Description (What the record is about)
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From 1827 to March 1870 and from April 1882 onwards these include the Drouly annuities paid from the Drouly Officers' Widows Fund.
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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)
- 104 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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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The Drouly Officers' Widows Fund was set up to pay annuities to officers' widows according to the will of Colonel John Drouly who died on 30 September 1818.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11667/
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Army Establishment: Widows' Pensions
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