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Series
Naval Establishment: Greenwich Hospital Pensions and Civil Superannuation Allowances
Catalogue reference: PMG 70
What's it about?
PMG 70
Greenwich Hospital pensions awarded under an Order in Council of 16 February 1866 to commissioned and warrant officers of the Navy, field officers and captains of the Royal Marines and chief officers of the Coastguard. From 1875 the series also...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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PMG 70
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Title (The name of the record)
- Naval Establishment: Greenwich Hospital Pensions and Civil Superannuation Allowances
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Date (When the record was created)
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1866-1928
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Description (What the record is about)
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Greenwich Hospital pensions awarded under an Order in Council of 16 February 1866 to commissioned and warrant officers of the Navy, field officers and captains of the Royal Marines and chief officers of the Coastguard. From 1875 the series also contains civil superannuation allowances to the staff of the Greenwich Hospital and School and of the Greenwich Hospital Estates, and, from 1892, the Travers pensions to retired naval officers.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Other records of pensions paid by the Royal Greeenwich Hospital are in: ADM 165 ADM 166
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former reference (Former reference given to the record)
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PMG 21
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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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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30 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
- Navy
- Hospitals
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11726/
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Naval Establishment: Greenwich Hospital Pensions and Civil Superannuation Allowances
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