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Series
Royal Hospital Chelsea: Length of Service Pensions, Admission Books
Catalogue reference: WO 117
What's it about?
WO 117
These service pensions books relate to pensions awarded to soldiers for length of service. From 1857 they give the individual's registered Chelsea number, regiment, rank, name, age, years of service, rate of pension, details of foreign service,...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- WO 117
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Title (The name of the record)
- Royal Hospital Chelsea: Length of Service Pensions, Admission Books
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1823-1920
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Description (What the record is about)
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These service pensions books relate to pensions awarded to soldiers for length of service.
From 1857 they give the individual's registered Chelsea number, regiment, rank, name, age, years of service, rate of pension, details of foreign service, regimental surgeon's report, character reference, cause of disability, place of birth, trade, height and physical description.
From 1874 the records may also provide information on intended place of residence, date of discharge and number of good conduct badges.
From 1903 the date of enlistment is recorded, and from 1905 the medals awarded to the soldiers are given.
Records within this series are available to download as digital microfilm .
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
The volumes are arranged in chronological order. From 1857 (WO 117/6) the entries are by registered Chelsea number, which can often be found in the records used for pension purposes when soldiers were discharged to pension: WO 97
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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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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Royal Hospital Chelsea, 1682-1682
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 77 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Available in digital format unless otherwise stated
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14325/
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Royal Hospital Chelsea: Length of Service Pensions, Admission Books
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