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Royal Hospital, Chelsea: Regimental Registers of Pensioners
Catalogue reference: WO 120
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WO 120
Registers of pensioners of the Royal Hospital Chelsea arranged by the regiments in which they last served. Registers of men receiving pensions between 1845 and 1854 (with additions to 1857) only give the date of the award of the pension, rate of...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- WO 120
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Title (The name of the record)
- Royal Hospital, Chelsea: Regimental Registers of Pensioners
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Date (When the record was created)
- c1715-1857
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Description (What the record is about)
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Registers of pensioners of the Royal Hospital Chelsea arranged by the regiments in which they last served. Registers of men receiving pensions between 1845 and 1854 (with additions to 1857) only give the date of the award of the pension, rate of pension and district in which the man received his pension. From about 1812 dates of death have been noted and in the last series these dates extend to 1877.
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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)
- 70 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Available in digital format only
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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/C14328/
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