Following Marged's request for questions on Liverpool Life, I was wondering if anyone knew of any special arrangements for the widows of those killed in WW1? My grandmother was widowed when her husband was killed in June 1918. She was left with 6 children aged between 2 and 16. They all went into different types of jobs and the family history is that there was some scheme ( like apprenticeships ) to help the children. How much pension would she get? Thanks Geoff

There were a number of provisions made for war widows both during and after World War One, and although I can't tell you the exact figures which were paid out, I think that much of it depended on the status of the husband himself, whether officer or other rank, and the number of dependants. Charitable institutions also ran programmes alongside [belated] government initiatives, though both being barely sufficient as a long-term solution, with a number of widows and families falling victim to poverty, and some women quickly re-marrying. The National Archive hold a number of documents in the "Widows' and Dependants' Pension Case Files" at PIN 82. It's by no means comprehensive, but is perhaps worth a look. Also..... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7082625.stm >From google...hope it helps.....Lesley -----Original Message----- Following Marged's request for questions on Liverpool Life, I was wondering if anyone knew of any special arrangements for the widows of those killed in WW1? My grandmother was widowed when her husband was killed in June 1918. She was left with 6 children aged between 2 and 16. They all went into different types of jobs and the family history is that there was some scheme ( like apprenticeships ) to help the children. How much pension would she get? Thanks Geoff ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Internal Virus Database is out of date. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.134 / Virus Database: 270.4.4/1532 - Release Date: 7/3/2008 8:32 AM

I don't know how much the pension would be for a War Widow, Geoffrey, but there certainly was a pension. Both my grandmothers were widowed in WW1, and left with children. I think they had quite a generous pension, but when they both remarried, the pension stopped. My father, being the son of a sailor lost at sea in the war, was admitted to the Training Ship "Indefatigable". I don't know of any similar arrangements made for my mother's brothers, whose father was also lost at sea, but perhaps they just didn't ask for it. Marged Following Marged's request for questions on Liverpool Life, I was wondering if anyone knew of any special arrangements for the widows of those killed in WW1? My grandmother was widowed when her husband was killed in June 1918. She was left with 6 children aged between 2 and 16. They all went into different types of jobs and the family history is that there was some scheme ( like apprenticeships ) to help the children. How much pension would she get? Thanks Geoff