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Soldiers' & Widows' Pension Details - 1896

Widows Pension Details - 1896

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Date transcribed	2009-00-00
Transcribed by	Peter Rogers
Comment	These are details of Widow's entitled to receive pensions due their late husbands' service in India. The list was compiled for widows still living in 1896 and the details placed in IOR/L/MIL/14/215 Note that much of the detail was entered by the women themselves and that consequently some spelling, etc. are 'non-standard!' Illegiblewriting is written as $$$$

	IOR Reference No.	L/MIL/14/215 f.25
	Surname	Farrell
	First Name(s)	Alice
	Date	24-Jul
	Year	1896
	Address	Catherine St. Clonmel.
	Present Age	65
	Year of Marriage	1849.(28th.May 1850.)
	Where Married	Poonah, East Indies.
	Husband	Patrick.
	Husband	Farrell
	Husband	1st.Bombay Fusiliers. - afterwards transferred to 31st.N.I as Sergeant Major.
	Date of Death	25th.July 1870.(Pd.28th.September 1870.).

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In 1896 the Military Pension authorities determined to take a 'snapshot' of ex-soldiers of the EIC & Indian Armies who were receiving a pension in Europe. This snapshot provides very interesting details of the careers of each soldier and each widow receiving a pension.

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