Records for soldiers discharged to pension before 1854 are surname-indexed in the National Archives online catalogue. Charles ALEXANDER's pension records are indexed here http://tinyurl.com/ygpyu8a You should be able to get an estimate for a copy by clicking Request This (top right). Note that this service is to close on 31 March, as TNA are introducing a new online ordering service on 16 April. Details here http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/445.htm HTH Judy London, UK > I believe some records for the Pensioners have been released on Find my > Past?, so would SKS be able to do a search for me please? > I seek ANYTHING for a Charles ALEXANDER, b1785 in Calne, Wilts, and > married to Mary. He was living in Brook Sq, Southwark by the 1851 > census , his occ. listed as being a labourer (Chelsea Pensioner)....so > obviously an 'out' pensioner. > On the 1861 census, he was widowed, a Private, 76 yrs and living 'in' > at the District Royal Hosp. > I do not know exactly when he died, but there is a likely one in 1870 > in Chelsea. > > TIA, Robyn of Oz.