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PENSION RECORDS LATEST: Further Release of 1.5 million Pension records

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Explore the wealth of information to be found in the further release of another 1.5 million digitised Pension Records This release amounts to approximately 35 percent of the total archive. It relates to the 'Ledgers' that recorded details of disability for those men who survived and next of kin details for those who were killed. Further detail...


Lily Wedge – A Portsmouth War Widow

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This investigation began during the ‘Big Push’ project, with the discovery of a pension card for a man who served in HMS Black Prince, which was lost with all hands at Jutland. Above: the pension card which sparked off the investigation into Samuel Woods. At Jutland, Black Prince became separated from her sister ships, and, during the night fo...