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Series
Admiralty: Widows and Dependants of Seamen and Marines Pensions, etc.
Catalogue reference: PMG 72
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PMG 72
Pensions and allowances to widows, children and other dependants of seamen and Royal Marines whose deaths were attributable to service other than warlike operations.
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PMG 72
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Title (The name of the record)
- Admiralty: Widows and Dependants of Seamen and Marines Pensions, etc.
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Date (When the record was created)
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1921-1926
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Description (What the record is about)
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Pensions and allowances to widows, children and other dependants of seamen and Royal Marines whose deaths were attributable to service other than warlike operations.
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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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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)
- Admiralty, 1832-1964
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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2 volume(s)
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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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These pensions and allowances were instituted in 1883 and were originally administered by Greenwich Hospital. Responsibility for payment was transferred by the Admiralty to the Ministry of Pensions in 1916: their administration was re-transferred to the Admiralty with effect from 1 0ctober 1921 by the War Pensions Act, 1920 (10 &11 Geo V, c 23) and an Order in Council of 7 November 1924.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11728/
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