Apologies if anyone has mentioned this before, but I just came across this on Ancestry - it was added some time last year. It gives the moneys paid to deceased soldier's "to whom authorised" so gives some additional details of dependents, presumably decided by whether the soldier had left a will. The amounts are pitiful. My great-uncle Joseph's (a sergeant) widow got £2-9-11 soon after his death - maybe arrears of pay - and a War Gratuity of £14 two years later. Adrian

Adrian, £2-9-11 does sound pitiful, but is equivalent to about £190.00 today. Still not much for a life though. Don On 17/01/2015 13:50, Adrian Abbott via wrote: > Apologies if anyone has mentioned this before, but I just came across > this on Ancestry - it was added some time last year. It gives the > moneys paid to deceased soldier's "to whom authorised" so gives some > additional details of dependents, presumably decided by whether the > soldier had left a will. The amounts are pitiful. My great-uncle > Joseph's (a sergeant) widow got £2-9-11 soon after his death - maybe > arrears of pay - and a War Gratuity of £14 two years later. > > Adrian > > _____________________________________________ > > RootsWeb lists - surnames, regions, software, etc http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GOONS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message