Search British Armed Forces, First World War Disability & Retirement Payments for Officers & Nurses

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• First name(s)
• Last name
• Age
• Birth year
• Birth date
• Year
• Corps
• Address
• Relation’s first name
• Relation’s last name
• Relation’s birth year
• Relations birth date
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Findmypast has digitised this collection of records from The National Archives at Kew. The collection comprises of 40 pieces from 6 series covering the following:

• Disability, retired pay and gratuities
• Royal Navy, Royal Marines & Royal Air Force widows, dependants & officers
• Army officers, widows & dependants
• Army officers' parents' & sisters' pensions and daughters' compassionate list
• Army officers' parents' pensions
• Army officers' parents' & sisters' pensions
• Army officers' parents' & other relatives' pensions
• Royal Navy, Royal Marines & Royal Air Force officers' relatives' pensions
• Army officers' widows
• Army compassionate list
• Pay to relatives of missing Army officers

PMG 42 – Ministry of Pensions: Disability Retired Pay, Gratuities, etc In this series you will be able to find details of payments of temporary retired pay and gratuities awarded to invalided officers of the three services, and to nursed in respect of the disabilities for which they were invalided.

PMG 43 – Ministry of Pensions: Supplementary Allowances and Special Grants In this series you will be able to find out details of supplementary allowances and special grants made by the Special Grants Committee to officers of the three services and to widows and other dependants of officers in these services.

PMG 44 – Ministry of Pensions: Pensions to Relatives of Deceased Officers In this series you will details of pension payments to relatives of deceased officers of the three services.

PMG 45 – Ministry of Pensions: Widows Pensions In this series you will find details of pensions paid to widows of Army officers.

PMG 46 – Ministry of Pensions: Children’s Allowances This series consists of allowances paid to the children of Army officers killed during warlike operations.

PMG 47 – Ministry of Pensions: Relatives of Missing Officers This series will give details of interim payments made at pension rates to relatives of Army Officers posted as missing.