> In January 1915 the Bureau of Pensions sent out a questionaire > including the following question; > > State the names and dates of birth of all your children living or > dead. > > Dave Mayall <dave@research-group.co.uk> Of the five pension files of which I have copies, none is of a veteran who was still living in 1915. All five left widows, and three of them were living in 1915. (One widow died in 1912. Another has no death date on file, but her pension was dropped in 1886 for "failure to claim," and she was described as deceased in her son's letter of 7 Aug 1912.) None of my three files pertaining to a widow living in 1915 includes a questionnaire. I suspect that I would have to have looked up a veteran who was himself living in 1915 to get a file with a questionnaire. Like your great-great-grandfather, he would have to have lived at least to his mid-seventies, and if he was born much before 1840 even advanced age is no guarantee of living to receive a questionnaire. I understand that filled questionnaires are included in the National Archives Pension Documents Packet, for those who desire only direct genealogical information and wish to save on the cost of a full pension file. Austin W. Spencer "Austin W. Spencer" <AustinWSpencer@sdc.cox.net>