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Pension for widow of Staff Surgeon Henry Purdon.
Catalogue reference: WO 43/799
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This record is about the Pension for widow of Staff Surgeon Henry Purdon. dating from 1844 in the series War Office: Secretary-at-War, Correspondence, Very Old Series (VOS) and Old Series.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- WO 43/799
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1844
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Pension for widow of Staff Surgeon Henry Purdon.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- 110,075
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- Open Document, Open Description
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