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Series
Ministry of Pensions: Widows' Pensions
Catalogue reference: PMG 45
What's it about?
PMG 45
Pensions paid to widows of Army officers.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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PMG 45
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Pensions: Widows' Pensions
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Date (When the record was created)
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1917-1919
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Description (What the record is about)
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Pensions paid to widows of Army officers.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For further war pensions records see
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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)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Ministry of Pensions, 1916-1953
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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6 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
- 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 payment of pensions to the widows of army officers was authorised after the formation of the Ministry of Pensions in 1917.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11701/
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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Within the department: PMG
Records of the Paymaster General's Office and predecessors
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Ministry of Pensions: Widows' Pensions
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