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WIDOWS - FORCES : Royal Navy
1866-1869   Additional Pension Books: widows of Marine officers ADM 23/53-54   1870-1880
WIDOWS - FORCES : Army
1916-1917   Supplementary allowances: widows: Army PMG 43/2   1919-1920
1909   Widows pensions: termination WO 32/2619-2621 1923-1926;   1935
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1955-1977   National Insurance Statistics: Widows' and Guardians' Benefits   ACT 1/1095-1101
1957-1964   N Ireland National Insurance Statistics: Widows' and Guardians' benefit   ACT 1/1232
WIDOWS - FORCES : Army
1955-1956   Indian Military Service Family Pension Fund: widows and orphans   ACT 1/1305-1306
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1956-1959   Nigeria widows and orphans pension scheme   ACT 1/1329-1330
1958-1961   Indian Military Service Family Pension Fund   ACT 1/1345-1347
WIDOWS - FORCES : Army
1958-1961   Indian Military Service Family Pension Fund   ACT 1/1345-1347
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1961-1962   East African Territories Widows and Orphans Pension Scheme: investigation   ACT 1/1396
WIDOWS - General :
1962   Cyprus: review of pensions for dependants of victims of civil emergency   ACT 1/1400
WIDOWS - FORCES : Royal Air Force
1966   RAF Widows (Provident) Fund   ACT 1/1455
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1955-1967   Indian Military Widows' and Orphans' Fund: surrender values and refunds   ACT 1/220
WIDOWS - FORCES : Army
1955-1967   Indian Military Widows and Orphans Fund: surrender values and refunds   ACT 1/220
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1923-1925   Anderson Committee on Social Insurance: Widows and Orphans Pensions   ACT 1/246
1934-1936   Committee to consider the position of widows and orphans schemes and pension funds for the colonial service   ACT 1/518-525
WIDOWS - General :
1922-1923   Proposed scheme to make provision for widows and children of Royal Servants   ACT 1/52
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1895-1935   Ceylon widows and orphans pension fund: valuation as at 31 Dec 1933   ACT 1/583
WIDOWS - General :
1936-1937   Allocation of teachers' pensions to dependants (England and Wales): proposed scheme   ACT 1/585
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1936-1937   Widows and Orphans Pension Legislation: various countries: see list CO 850/89/8-18 1936-1950 Capital liability for widows and orphans of Servants of the Royal Household   ACT 1/586-587
1937-1949   Indian Military widows and orphans fund   ACT 1/622-624
WIDOWS - FORCES : Army
1937-1949   Indian Military widows and orphans fund   ACT 1/622-624
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1938-1963   Barbados widows and orphans pension scheme   ACT 1/656
WIDOWS - Police :
1941   Committee on Police Widows Pensions   ACT 1/675
WIDOWS - FORCES : General
1914-1944   Royal Patriotic Fund   ACT 1/67-72
1944-1962   Royal Patriotic Fund   ACT 1/724/729
WIDOWS - General :
1959-1964   Fire Service Act 1947: proposed improvements in widows' pensions   ACT 1/815
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1945-1950   East African colonies: widows and orphans pension   ACT 1/835
WIDOWS - Police :
1948-1971   Police: commutation of widows' pensions   ACT 1/842
1946-1947   Police: contribution pensions: widows remarriage rate   ACT 1/847
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1948-1953   Teachers' superannuation: widows' and orphans' benefits   ACT 1/897
WIDOWS - General :
1949-1955   Civil Service Widows Dependants Scheme   ACT 1/925-926
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1948-1954   Indian Military Service: Widows and Orphans Fund   ACT 1/941
WIDOWS - FORCES : Army
1948-1954   Indian Military Service: Widows and Orphans Fund   ACT 1/941
WIDOWS - FORCES : Royal Navy
1940   Letter of appreciation, inscribed on vellum to widow of Captain E C Kennedy of HMS Rawalpindi   ADM 1/11521
1943   Pensions payable to widows whose husbands held lower rank on active list than they had held on retired list; letters to Prime Minister and First Lord of the Admiralty   ADM 1/14903
WIDOWS - FORCES : General
1926-1928   Contributory Pensions Act 1925: pensions and allowances payable 1941-1944 to service widows in respect of step-children on remarriage to servicemen   ADM 1/15746
WIDOWS - FORCES : Royal Navy
1926-1928   Contributory Pensions Act 1925: pensions and allowances payable to 1941-1944 service widows in respect of step-children on remarriage to servicemen   ADM 1/15746
1944   Suggestions for a special government grant to be made to the widow of the late Captain J Walker CB, DSO in the recognition of his outstanding services: Treasury objection to creating a precedent   ADM 1/16970
1945   Presentation of the Private Diary kept by the late Admiral Sir B H Ramsay to Lady Ramsay   ADM 1/17247
WIDOWS - General :
1945   Presentation of the Private Diary kept by the late Admiral Sir B H Ramsay to Lady Ramsay   ADM 1/17247
WIDOWS - FORCES : Royal Navy
1945   Pensions of officers' widows: revision of 1914-1918 rates; representations by Ministry of Pensions on anomalies existing in naval pension rates; proposed new rates by the Treasury   ADM 1/17269
1945   Presentation to Lady Ramsay of French award to the late Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay   ADM 1/18300
WIDOWS - General :
1945   Presentation to Lady Ramsay of French award to the late Sir Bertram Ramsay   ADM 1/18300
1941-1945   Madame Tart: French claim in respect of death of husband and daughter on ss Chantilly: Admiralty decision   ADM 1/18914
WIDOWS - FORCES : Royal Navy
1947-1948   Rights of widows of Royal Naval personnel who died while serving abroad   ADM 1/20403
1938-1939   Appointment of retired officers in accordance with AFO 2478/1938: effect on widows' pensions etc.   ADM 1/22987
1939   Pension increase for widows of naval ratings dying from causes attributable to the service   ADM 1/22988
1939   Rates of pension for widows of retired RN and RM officers re-employed in war rank lower than that held on retired list   ADM 1/22990
1925,1934   Officers' widows' gratuities 1940-1944 payable under Article 55 1940-1944 of War Pensions regulations: definition of 'In action'; not finalised   ADM 1/22994
1942-1944   War widows' pensions and gratuities: review of supplementary pensions to widows of retired officers re-employed in lower grades   ADM 1/22997
WIDOWS - FORCES : General
1943-1944   Pensions for widows of warrant officers: Air Ministry proposal asking for Admiralty views   ADM 1/23001
WIDOWS - FORCES : Royal Navy
1783-1790   Applications for pensions from Marine officers' widows   ADM 1/5118/7
c.1711   List of pensions to widows of officers slain in action   ADM 1/5119/16
1792   Petitions from widows of sea officers   ADM 1/5120/18
1812   Instances of pensions to the widows of flag officers, 1722-1812   ADM 1/5122/20
1818   Mrs Rebecca Bell, widow of a Marine officer, requesting her pension to be paid at Plymouth   ADM 1/5122/20
1818   Precedents for late applications for widows' pensions   ADM 1/5123/22
1818   Mrs C Campbell requesting that her pension be paid at Cork   ADM 1/5123/22
1914   Widows' pensions and compassionate allowances   ADM 1/8404/441
WIDOWS - FORCES : Army
1916   Soldiers injured or killed while on leave at home. Eligibility of the man, his widow or dependant for grant   ADM 1/8462/168
WIDOWS - FORCES : Royal Navy
1919   General G H T Colwell, Royal Marines. Widows application for pension   ADM 1/8559/141
1924   Reported death of Mrs I M Wilson, widow of John Wilson   ADM 1/8661/105
1924   Widows and dependents pensions under post war regulations. Revised working for administering   ADM 1/8662/107
1927   Widows pension, conditions re restoration   ADM 1/8720/259
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1929   Widows' and Orphans' and Old Age Contributory Pensions Bill: its proposed amendment in the interest of the widows of certain Admiralty employees sent to naval establishments abroad   ADM 1/8733/24
WIDOWS - FORCES : Royal Navy
1929   Widows', Orphans' and Old Age Contributory Pensions Bill: its proposed amendment in the interest of the widows of certain Admiralty employees sent to naval establishments abroad   ADM 1/8733/24
1929   Procedure re payment of children's allowance and widows' pension when the child of a deceased Naval Officer is maintained in an institution   ADM 1/8734/66
1930   Widows' pensions: amendment of forms to facilitate the recovery of overpayments, and revision of procedure for review of income   ADM 1/8742/99
WIDOWS - FORCES : General
1937-1939   Widows' Pensions: comparison between service and civil rates   ADM 1/9121
WIDOWS - FORCES : Royal Navy
1937-1939   Widows' pensions: comparison between service and civil rates   ADM 1/9121
WIDOWS - General :
1937-1939   Widows' Pensions: comparison between service and civil rates   ADM 1/9121
WIDOWS - FORCES : Royal Navy
1923-1929   Widows' pensions and children's allowances   ADM 116/2390
1940   Widows of naval ratings: mortgage payments and hire purchase agreements   ADM 116/4289
1881   Greenwich Hospital Bill, 1883: payment of gratuities to widows, widows' pensions and allowances for children   ADM 169/112
1888   Inspection of the habits and circumstances of widows in receipt of pensions from the funds of Greenwich Hospital   ADM 169/144
1896   Greenwich Hospital Pensions to Widows: procedure in connection with examination of claims   ADM 169/205
1901   Award of addition of £60 p a from Greenwich Hospital funds to widow's pension of Mrs A H Huntingford, widow of late Superintendent of Greenwich Hospital School whose death allegedly was caused through insanitary condition of the house   ADM 169/289
WIDOWS - General :
1899-1901   Award of gratuities to widow of Mr G C Pulford, formerly Headmaster of Greenwich Hospital School   ADM 169/291
WIDOWS - FORCES : Royal Navy
1901   Loss of HMS Cobra: Greenwich Hospital pensions to widows of Royal Naval personnel   ADM 169/298
1902   Government pensions and allowances to widows and children of Seamen and Marines whose deaths are attributable to warlike operations. Orders-in-Council 26 Sept 1901, 19 Nov 1902 and 12 March 1903   ADM 169/309
1902-1903   Government pensions and allowances to widows and children of seamen and Marines whose deaths are attributable to warlike operations   ADM 169/309
1903   Greenwich Hospital pensions to widows and allowances to children of seamen and Marines killed or drowned on duty   ADM 169/320
1871   Suggested establishment of a Home at Greenwich Hospital for widows and orphans of naval officers and seamen   ADM 169/37
1912-1914   Admiralty v owners of ss Amerika. Claim for recovery of capitalised amount of pensions to widows of men lost in the submarine B2 in October 1912   ADM 169/422
1915   Pensions to widows of men lent from Royal Navy to Royal Australian Navy   ADM 169/431
1914-1918   Greenwich Hospital: pensions and allowances to widows, children and dependents of Seamen atc. lost in the 1914-1918 war   ADM 169/441
1918   Pensions to widows etc. of Seamen whose deaths are attributable to the Service but not to warlike operations   ADM 169/448
1941-1942   Greenwich: Royal Hospital School. Application on behalf of widow of headmaster for Greenwich Hospital Pension and gratuity not approved   ADM 169/772
1949-1956   Award of Greenwich Hospital widows' pensions   ADM 169/908
1939-1940   Award of widows' pension and children's allowance to widow and family of Lieutenant Commander William Henry Wood, RN   ADM 178/208
1809-1820   Application Book for Widows' Pensions   ADM 22/238
1734-1835   Pay Book of Widows' Pensions: see list   ADM 22/56-237
1830-1878   Additional Pension Books: Widows' Pension List   ADM 23/106-107
1880-1899   Additional Pension Books: pensions to widows of officers (alphabetical) see list   ADM 23/108-123
1880-1885   Additional Pension Books: pensions to widows of Marine officers   ADM 23/124
1899-1932   Additional Pension Books: widows of naval officers (alphabetical) see list   ADM 23/145-160
1899-1927   Additional Pension Books: relatives of officers slain, Royal Marine officers' widows......   ADM 23/161-167
1916-1932   Additional Pension Books: widows and relatives of officers slain   ADM 23/168-169
1922-1926   Additional Pension Books: pensions (warlike operations) to widows, children and other dependants   ADM 23/170
1922-1926   Additional Pension Books: widows and relatives of seamen and marines deceased   ADM 23/171
1927-1932   Additional Pension Books: widows of Royal Marine officers, retired naval and ordnance officers   ADM 23/172
1834-1836   Additional Pension Books: widows and relatives of officers slain etc. 1867-1880   ADM 23/29-31
1836-1893   Additional Pension Books: widows' pensions (alphabetical)   ADM 23/45-46
1867-1869   Additional Pension Books: widows of naval officers (alphabetical)   ADM 23/47-48
1870-1880   Additional Pension Books: widows of naval officers (alphabetical)   ADM 23/49-52
1830-1869   c. Additional Pension Books: register of widows' pensions   ADM 23/55
1880-1888   Additional Pension Books: widows and relatives of officers slain etc.   ADM 23/84-85
1885-1891   Additional Pension Books: widows and relatives of officers slain etc.; widows of Marine officers   ADM 23/85-86
1798-1810   Sea Fencibles: appointments, Widows' Charity etc.   ADM 28/146-147
1801-1818   Entry books of sworn statements made in default of marriage certificates by claimants on the Charity for the Relief of Sea Officers' Widows   ADM 30/57
1826   Commissioners for Widows' Charity   ADM 5/35
1809-1836   Register of officers' widows and orphans applying to the Compassionate Fund (indexed)   ADM 6/323-328
1817-1831   Register of ratings' widows applying for admission to Greenwich Hospital as nurses   ADM 6/329
1819-1829   Officers' widows pension book   ADM 6/330
1819-1842   Register of ratings' widows applying for admission to Greenwich Hospital as nurses   ADM 6/331
1732-1829   Minutes of the Commissioners of the Charity for the Relief of Officers' Widows   ADM 6/332-334
1797-1818   Certificates and other papers submitted by applicants to Charity for the Relief of Officers' Widows   ADM 6/335-356
1819   Certificates and other papers submitted by applicants to the Charity for the Relief of Officers' Widows: widows of Admirals, Captains and Commanders   ADM 6/357
1819   Certificates and other papers submitted by applicants to the Charity for the Relief of Officers' Widows: widows of Lieutenants and Masters   ADM 6/358
1819   Certificates and other papers submitted by applicants to the Charity for the Relief of Officers' Widows: widows of Pursers and Surgeons   ADM 6/359
1819   Certificates and other papers submitted by applicants to the Charity for the Relief of Officers' Widows: widows of Gunners and Boatswains   ADM 6/360
1819   Certificates and other papers submitted by applicants to the Charity for the Relief of Officers' Widows: widows of Carpenters and Gunners   ADM 6/361
1819   Certificates and other papers submitted by applicants to the Charity for the Relief of Officers' Widows: widows of Commissioned Officers and Masters   ADM 6/362
1819   Certificates and other papers submitted by applicants to the Charity for the Relief of Officers' Widows: widows of other warrant officers   ADM 6/363
1819-1829   Certificates and other papers submitted by applicants to the Charity for the Relief of Officers' Widows: all officers' widows   ADM 6/364-384
1808-1830   Papers of cases referred to the Court of Assistants of the Charity for the Relief of Officers' Widows for decision   ADM 6/385-402
1831-1840   Widows' pensions (70)   ADM 7/615
1864-1865   Greenwich Hospital: list of gratuities to widows   ADM 80/107
WIDOWS - FORCES : Royal Air Force
1949-1951   Proposed amendment to the Regimental Debts Act 1893: Royal Patriotic Fund Corporation Bill, 1950 (extension of purposes of Royal Patriotic Fund to include widows etc. of members of Air Force)   AIR 2/10636
WIDOWS - FORCES : General
1951-1961   Use of Japanese assets in the UK to benefit organisations helping ex prisoners of war and ex internees and dependants of those who died in captivity   AIR 2/11025-11027
WIDOWS - General :
1951-1961   Use of Japanese assets in the UK to benefit organisations helping ex prisoners of war and ex internees and dependants of those who died in captivity   AIR 2/11025-11027
WIDOWS - FORCES : General
1946-1953   Contributory family pensions scheme for the Forces: policy relating to widows and dependants   AIR 2/11532-11533
WIDOWS - FORCES : Royal Air Force
1946-1953   RAF: contributory family pensions scheme for the Forces: policy relating to widows and dependants   AIR 2/11532-11533
1953-1968   RAF: service attributable widows with latent ordinary pension   AIR 2/12047
1918-1920   Revision of Draft Order by His Majesty for pensions of disabled airmen and of families and dependants of deceased airmen   AIR 2/141/161888/20
1962-1968   RAF: widows' pensions: payment to widows of RAF personnel separated at time of husband's death: policy questions   AIR 2/16316
1930-1985   RAF: Flying Officer A K K Calwell: registration of will, and bequest to Air Ministry setting up trust for benefit of wives and children of RAF officers killed in flying accidents (hereafter, The Calwell Bequest)   AIR 2/16992
1934-1954   RAF: The Calwell Bequest: administration by Secretary of State for Air; details of grants (widows' trust fund)   AIR 2/17012
1965-1978   RAF: The Calwell Bequest: authorisation of grants by Secretary of State for Air (widows' trust fund)   AIR 2/17014-17015
1935-1965   RAF: The Calwell Bequest: authorisation of grants by Secretary of State for Air (widows' trust fund)   AIR 2/17018
1922-1929   Assistance by RAF Memorial Fund to wives and dependants of deceased officers and airmen   AIR 2/236/403892/22
1922-1929   Widows' Pensions and Children's Allowances: applications and procedure   AIR 2/236/507802/24
WIDOWS - FORCES : General
1937-1939   Pensions for service widows: surrender of part of retired pay   AIR 2/2488
WIDOWS - FORCES : Royal Air Force
1923-1937   Continuance of practice of paying gratuity in addition to pension to widows of officers killed on flying duty   AIR 2/269/S23946
1920-1921   Reporting by police of cases of misconduct by widows in receipt of pensions   AIR 2/275/419896/23
1922-1930   Non-effective benefits and dependants pensions in respect of airmen of the Special Reserve and Auxiliary Air Force   AIR 2/276/538501/24
1925   Revise of draft order by HM the King for pension of airmen disabled and of families and dependants of airmen deceased   AIR 2/278/598776/25
1926-1928   Question of whether widows of deceased employee tenants should sign new tenancy agreements   AIR 2/294/698650/26
1928-1932   Rank (Substantive, Temporary and Acting) in time of war and relation thereto of disability retired pay, disability pensions and widows' pensions   AIR 2/341/878958/28
1921-1922   Draft regulations for pensions of widows of officers and airmen   AIR 2/380/188300/21
1938-1940   Widows' pension: eligibility of wives divorced on grounds of insanity   AIR 2/3945
1940-1944   Definition of 'killed in action' for the purpose of widows' gratuities   AIR 2/5831
1939-1944   Pensions for widows of retired officers re-employed during future war emergency: policy   AIR 2/5832
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1925-1948   Widows, Orphans and Old Age Contributory Pension Bill   AIR 2/6081
WIDOWS - FORCES : Royal Air Force
1923-1932   Widows pensions and family allowances: policy   AIR 2/9235
1957   Presentation of late husband's sword to HQ Fighter Command by Mrs M Moneypenny   AIR 20/11170
WIDOWS - FORCES : General
1964-1965   Compensation for victims of Nazi persecution (including families of 50 RAF officers murdered after escape from Stalag Luft III)   AIR 20/11383
1964   Widows appeals, Great War   BF 3/72
WIDOWS - General :
1965-1990   War Disablement/Widows Pensions (open)   BN 18/150
1982-1989   War Pensions: widows (open)   BN 18/164
1952-1976   Widows' Benefit or Pension forms (open)   BN 18/20
1961-1970   Widows' Benefit or Pension (open)   BN 18/218
1983-1990   Widows' benefit or pension (open)   BN 18/94
1953-1983   Widows' Benefits: individual case papers: see list   BN 19/1-27
1959-1983   Retirement Pensions: case papers: see list   BN 20/1-43
1962-1963   Earnings rule for retirement pensions and widows' benefits: raising limits   BN 72/146
1963-1964   Earnings rule for retirement pensions and widows' benefits, child allowances for widowed mothers and age differentials for national assistance pensioners: policy   BN 72/174
1964   Steering Committee: policy papers on several social security subjects including armed forces and civil service pensions, widows pensions and attendance allowance   BN 72/177
1970   National Insurance (old persons and widows' pensions and attendance allowance) Bill   BN 72/191-192
1918   Bull Rock Lighthouse: Assistant Keeper's loss of life whilst fishing: widow's claim for compensation   BT 15/70/F3866/17
1948   Mrs Clara Shaw: securing protection for late husband's invention   BT 209/329
1956   Home Affairs Committee: Widows Benefits GEN 515   CAB 130/111
WIDOWS - FORCES : General
1919   Pension arising out of disability or death due to former wars WC 582,3   CAB 23/10
WIDOWS - FORCES : Royal Navy
1919   Navy: widows' pensions WC565,2   CAB 23/10
WIDOWS - FORCES : General
1918   Pensions to officers' widows WC473, 11   CAB 23/7
1918   Alternative pensions of officers' widows WC492,13; WC498,2   CAB 23/8
WIDOWS - FORCES : Royal Navy
1914   Pensions to widow of seamen and marines whose deaths are attributable to the service   CAB 37/121/108
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1914   Navy and Army Widows' and Orphans' Pensions. Allowances to other dependant relatives. Disablement pensions   CAB 37/121/120
WIDOWS - FORCES : Army
1914   Navy and Army Widows' and Orphans' Pensions. Allowances to other dependant relatives. Disablement pensions   CAB 37/121/120
WIDOWS - FORCES : Royal Navy
1914   Navy and Army Widows' and Orphans' Pensions. Allowances to other dependant relatives. Disablement pensions   CAB 37/121/120
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1914   Proposed further increase of pensions to widows and orphans   CAB 37/149
1952-1954   Widows and Orphans Pension Schemes and Funds: various countries: see list   CO 1017/64-102
1960-1961   Widows and Orphans Pension Schemes: various countries: see list   CO 1017/738-749
1960-1962   Widows and Orphans Pension Schemes and Funds abroad: see list   CO 1017/860-875 and 892-902
1927-1928   Honduras, British: Widows and Orphans Pensions Fund   CO 123/327/4
WIDOWS - General :
1936   Honduras, British: compassionate allowance paid to widow and children of S P Arnold, late inspector of crown lands   CO 123/358/17
WIDOWS - Police :
1939   Honduras, British: payment of compassionate allowance to widow and children of PC Raymond Robateau   CO 123/376/10
WIDOWS - General :
1926   Hong Kong: assistance for Mrs Longinotto, widow of a former Assistant Crown Solicitor in Hong Kong   CO 129/498/11
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1926   Hong Kong: death of Mr I A Wheal: application of his widow for a pension under the Hong Kong Widows and Orphans Pension Ordinance 1908   CO 129/498/15
1927   Hong Kong: Widows and Orphans Pension legislation: raising of pensionable age limit of male orphans   CO 129/505/8
WIDOWS - General :
1929   Hong Kong: pension for Mrs Longinotto (widow)   CO 129/517/4
WIDOWS - Police :
1931   Hong Kong: Mrs Robertson, widow of Sgt John Robertson, late of the Hong Kong Police: application for pension   CO 129/534/7
WIDOWS - General :
1937   Hong Kong: Mrs H M Taylour, widow of former harbour master: application for financial assistance   CO 129/560/9
1938   Hong Kong: proposed broadcast to America by widow of Sun Yat-sen   CO 129/574/3
1928   Mauritius: grant of gratuity to widow of Mr J Nankoo   CO 167/861/6
1928   Mauritius: Bill to amend and consolidate the law providing for the granting of pensions to widows and children of this colony: memorandum   CO 167/861/9
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1931   Mauritius: sale of investments held on behalf of the Reserve, Curatelle and Widows and Orphans Funds   CO 167/871/7
WIDOWS - General :
1931-1935   Mauritius: application for financial assistance from the wife and daughter of the late G A Lethbridge-Banbury, receiver general, Mauritius   CO 167/875/13
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1931-1932   Mauritius: Mrs B Oliver Smith: surrender of pension to Widows and Orphans Pension Fund   CO 167/875/2
1928   Straits Settlements: Mrs C E Gibbs: claim for a pension from the Government Widows anýÿÿÿ d Orphans Fund, and a compassionate allowance   CO 273/549/11
WIDOWS - General :
1935   Straits Settlements: petition: Mrs Melchisedech, widow of Dr J M Melchisedech   CO 273/603/10
1935-1936   Straits Settlements: petition: Mrs R Kandiah, widow of former government surveyor   CO 273/612/3
1938   Straits Settlements: petition: details of her husband's death   CO 273/639/2
1938   Straits Settlements: Mrs Mary Roper: application for financial assistance following death of her husband   CO 273/639/4
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1928   Barbados: Widows and Orphans Pensions Act, 1928   CO 28/307/10
WIDOWS - General :
1938   Barbados: petition of Mrs A Dickson: estate of her late husband   CO 28/320/3
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1950-1951   West Indies: Federation of British Civil Service Associations in the Caribbean area: Model Widows and Orphans Pensions Ordinance   CO 318/509/10
1928   West Indies: widows and orphans pension legislation   CO 323/1010/4
1928   Ceylon: Widows and Orphans Pension Fund (Muslim Public Officers) Ordinance 1928   CO 323/1012/12
1928   East Africa: Widows and Orphans pension legislation   CO 323/1014/10
1928-1929   West Africa: Widows and Orphans pension legislation   CO 323/1014/11
1928   Fiji and Western Pacific: Widows and Orphans pension legislation   CO 323/1015/20
1928   Hong Kong Widows and Orphans Pension Amendment Ordinance 1928   CO 323/1021/14
1928-1929   Mauritius: Widows and Orphans pension legislation   CO 323/1023/23
1928-1929   East Africa: Widows and Orphans Pension (Amendment) Ordinance 1929   CO 323/1025/8
1928-1929   West Indies: Widows and Orphans pension legislation   CO 323/1028/5
1929   Widows and Orphans pension scheme: miscellaneous enquiries   CO 323/1028/8
1929   West Indies: Widows and Orphans pension schemes   CO 323/1030/12
1929   Mauritius Widows and Orphans Pension Fund Ordinance 1928   CO 323/1030/13
1928-1929   East Africa: non-European Widows and Orphans pensions legislation   CO 323/1030/5
1929   Palestine: Widows and Orphans Pension Scheme   CO 323/1031/1
1928-1929   Ceylon and Mauritius: Widows and Orphans pension funds and schemes   CO 323/1032/4
1928-1929   Mauritius and Ceylon: Widows and Orphans pension funds and schemes   CO 323/1032/4
1929   East Africa: Widows and Orphans pensions schemes   CO 323/1034/13
1929   Eastern: Widows and Orphans Pension (Amendment) Ordinance 1929   CO 323/1034/2
1929   Ceylon and Hong Kong: Widows and Orphans pensions legislation   CO 323/1035/17
1929   Hong Kong and Ceylon: Widows and Orphans pensions legislation   CO 323/1035/17
1929-1930   Fiji and Western Pacific: Widows and Orphans pensions legislation   CO 323/1037/14
1929-1930   Widows and Orphans Pension (Amendment) Ordinance 1930   CO 323/1069/7
1930   Payment of pensions under the Widows and Orphans and Old Age Contributory Pensions Act 1929   CO 323/1071/3
1929-1930   Zanzibar Asiatic Widows and Orphans Rensions Decree 1930   CO 323/1073/1
1929-1930   West Indies: Widows and Orphans pensions scheme   CO 323/1073/11
1929-1930   East African Widows and Orphans pensions scheme   CO 323/1074/8
1930   Ceylon Widows and Orphans pension scheme   CO 323/1076/6
1930-1931   West Africa: Widows and Orphans pension schemes   CO 323/1078/10
1930   Nigeria: Widows and Orphans pension scheme; Lagos Town Council   CO 323/1078/11
WIDOWS - General :
1930   Repatriation expenses of widows and families of deceased public officers   CO 323/1078/9
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1931-1932   East Africa: non-European Widows and Orphans pensions legislation   CO 323/1118/6
1931   Ceylon: pensions legislation: Widows and Orphans scheme   CO 323/1119/12
1931   East Africa: Widows and Orphans pension scheme   CO 323/1119/4
1930-1931   West Africa: Widows and Orphans pension scheme   CO 323/1120/5
1930-1932   West Indies: Widows and Orphans pensions legislation   CO 323/1121/13
1931-1932   West Indies: Widows and Orphans pensions scheme   CO 323/1122/11
1931-1932   Palestine: Widows and Orphans pension scheme   CO 323/1122/14
1931   Ceylon and Hong Kong: Widows and Orphans pensions scheme legislation   CO 323/1127/3
1931   Hong Kong and Ceylon: Widows and Orphans pensions scheme legislation   CO 323/1127/3
1931   Fiji and Western Pacific: Widows and Orphans pensions legislation   CO 323/1127/6
1931   Nigerian municipalities and Lagos town council: Widows and Orphans pensions legislation of European employees   CO 323/1127/7
1931   Mauritius: Widows and Orphans pensions fund   CO 323/1128/17
1930-1931   Mauritius: Widows and Orphans pensions scheme   CO 323/113/6
WIDOWS - General :
1931   Widows pensions: position after divorce from colonial officers   CO 323/1130/11
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1931-1932   West Africa: Widows and Orphans pensions schemes   CO 323/1130/6
WIDOWS - General :
1933   British born widows resident abroad   CO 323/1213/12
1935   Minimum age of marriage and the age of consent: bride price, inheritance of widows etc.   CO 323/1344/5
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1936   Widows, Orphans and Old Age Contributory Pensions Acts 1925-1935: payments in the colonies   CO 323/1404/16
WIDOWS - General :
1936-1937   Malta: widows and old age pensions   CO 323/1404/17
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1942-1943   Widows and Orphans and old age pensions: payment in the colonies (with enclosures)   CO 323/1846/23-24
WIDOWS - General :
1930-1931   Seychelles: estate of Widow Hadee   CO 530/175
1934   Seychelles: Widow Hadee estate   CO 530/308
1935   Seychelles: settlement of the (Widow) Hadee estates   CO 530/337
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1939   Borneo: Pensions, Widows and Orphans Funds: appointment of Crown Agent as Trustee   CO 531/29/12
WIDOWS - General :
1929   Kenya: Mrs A M Gordon: increased widow's pension   CO 533/390/5
1930   Kenya: Mrs M Hewlett: enquiries about husband's death   CO 533/394/3
1935   Kenya: Mrs S Semini: request for cash compensation following murder of her husband   CO 533/454/9
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1935   Kenya: Widows and Orphans Pension Schemes: request for creation of special reserve account refused   CO 533/458/10
1936   Kenya: Widows and Orphans Pension Scheme: funding suggestion   CO 533/466/10
1926   Kenya: The Asiatic Widows and Orphans Pensions Fund   CO 533/630
WIDOWS - General :
1949-1950   Pensions for dependants of deceased African civil servants   CO 537/5601
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1951-1952   West Africa: pensions funds and widows and orphans scheme for dependents of non-Europeans   CO 537/7765
WIDOWS - General :
1926-1927   A J Jeffries, platelayer on Ceylon Railway: death and award of pension to widow   CO 54/882/7
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1926-1927   Ceylon: Widows and Orphans Pension Fund   CO 54/883/11
1927   Ceylon: Widows and Orphans Pension Scheme: proposed investigation of mortality experience   CO 54/884/3
1927   Ceylon: Widows and Orphans Pension Fund: extension of benefits to Muslim officers   CO 54/886/8
1927-1928   Ceylon: Widows and Orphans Pension Scheme: proposed investigation of mortality experience   CO 54/889/2
1929   Ceylon: Widows and Orphans Pension Fund: statements of accounts for 1927 and 1928   CO 54/895/5
WIDOWS - General :
1929   Ceylon: Mrs E H Moor, widow of W H Moor, former Ceylon civil servant: pension etc.   CO 54/896/14
1930   Ceylon: Mrs G P H Piyadasa: compensation for loss of husband in railway accident   CO 54/899/3
1931   Ceylon: Mrs A Spicer, widow: payment of pension to daughter   CO 54/907/13
1932   Ceylon: Mrs W P de Silva, widow of apothecary in Department of Medical and Sanitary Services: memorial about pension   CO 54/909/4
WIDOWS - FORCES : Army
1932   Ceylon: Mrs C Jago, widow of staff sergeant major Ceylon Volunteer Force: pension   CO 54/914/8
1934   Ceylon: Brigadier-General R B Fell, deceased, former Officer Commanding, Ceylon Defence Force: request for pension for widow   CO 54/924/1
WIDOWS - General :
1937-1938   Ceylon: A R Ali, deceased: request for death certificate for widow   CO 54/940/13
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1937-1938   Ceylon: Colombo Municipal Council: proposed Widows and Orphans Pension Fund   CO 54/950/3
WIDOWS - General :
1938   Ceylon: death of Lord Chalmers: letter of condolence to Lady Chalmers   CO 54/951/11
1937-1938   Ceylon: Mrs M Sivapragasam, widow of fitter of Ceylon Government Railway: memorial about compensation and pension   CO 54/951/20
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1938-1939   Ceylon: Colombo Municipal Council: proposed Widows and Orphans Pension Fund   CO 54/958/2
WIDOWS - General :
1939   Ceylon: Mrs J B A Le Mesurier, widow of former assistant government agent, Matara: application for pension   CO 54/962/3
1939-1940   Ceylon: Mrs S Letchmie, widow of former Railway Workshop labourer: petition concerning employment for son   CO 54/962/7
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1939   Ceylon: Colombo Municipal Council: proposed Widows and Orphans Pension Fund   CO 54/968/14
WIDOWS - General :
1936   West Africa: enquiry from Mrs J A M Potts, destitute widow of late J E Potts, architect employed by Colonial Office in Gold Coast and Nigeria   CO 554/104/6
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1927-1928   West Africa: Widows and Orphans Pensions Scheme   CO 554/73/7
WIDOWS - General :
1927   West Africa: gratuities payable in respect of deceased officers   CO 554/76/6
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1928   West Africa: Widows and Orphans Pension Scheme   CO 554/77/13
WIDOWS - General :
1927   Nigeria: application for a compassionate allowance by Mrs Kate Lee, widow of Joseph William Lee, former Colonial government employee   CO 583/150/9
1933   Nigeria: request for compassionate grant or allowance payable to Mrs B M Anderson widow of Mr F Anderson, former colonial surveyor   CO 583/186/12
1930   Zanzibar: resumption of allowance to Bibi Sakina ex-Sultan's widow   CO 618/47/7
1930   Zanzibar: application for financial assistance by Mrs Rogers, widow of First Minister   CO 618/48/3
1932   Cyprus: application for pension from widow of deceased colonial officer   CO 67/244/2
WIDOWS - Police :
1933   Cyprus: compensation to widow of a member of the Mounted Preventive Service Guard killed on duty   CO 67/250/9
WIDOWS - General :
1937   Cyprus: petition to HM the King from Mr Andrew Mamasiau seeking a widow's pension for his mother   CO 67/272/5
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1934   Tanganyika: report of financial commissioner: recommendations re Widows and Orphans Pension Scheme   CO 691/137/9
1927   Tanganyika: Widows and Orphans Pension Scheme   CO 691/93/17
1927   Malay States, Federated: Widows and Orphans Pension Scheme   CO 717/56/9
WIDOWS - General :
1929   Malay States, Federated: allowance of Mrs A Wood: widow of an assistant superintendent of surveys   CO 717/67/6
1931-1932   Malay States, Federated: allowance to Mrs A Wood: widow of an assistant superintendant of surveys   CO 717/85/8
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1932   Malay States, Federated: Mrs F W Talbot: request for pension from Federated Malay States Widows and Orphans Fund   CO 717/91/18
WIDOWS - General :
1927   Iraq: stoppage of Mrs Mary Dick's widow's pension due to her imprisonment for theft   CO 730/116/6
1927   Iraq: claim of Mrs L Balry Nadar for a widow's pension   CO 730/124/1
1928   Iraq: claim for pension by the widow of Major E B Sloane   CO 730/128/7
1924-1928   Iraq: pension of Mrs M G Dick, widow   CO 730/133/10
1929   Iraq: claim for pension by widow of Major E B Sloane, formerly of Civil Administration of Iraq   CO 730/149/1
1931-1932   Iraq: claim for compensation by Agha Petros and later for financial assistance by his widow   CO 730/175/1
1926   Palestine: Palestine railways: death of a labourer and grant of pension to the widow   CO 733/127/11
1926   Palestine: Palestine railways: death of Mohammed El Salem; gratuity granted to widow   CO 733/127/13
WIDOWS - Police :
1926-1927   Palestine: grant of a pension and gratuities to the wife and children of the late Hamid Kharoub of the Palestine Police Force   CO 733/129/10
1926-1927   Palestine: ex-gratia payment to be made to the widow of the late Constable Jabra Hauna Dabit, Palestine Police   CO 733/129/5
WIDOWS - General :
1929   Palestine: proposed payment of a gratuity to the widow of a former tax collector   CO 733/171/1
WIDOWS - Police :
1929-1930   Palestine: grant of gratuities to the widows of police officers killed whilst on duty   CO 733/173/1
1937   Palestine: compensation for the dependants of murdered police officers   CO 733/338/4
WIDOWS - General :
1932   Falkland Islands: compassionate allowance paid to widow whose husband was employed by Public Works Department at time of death   CO 78/191/12
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1928   East African Widows and Orphans Pension Scheme: annual reports   CO 822/12/2
1926-1928   East Africa: Widows and Orphans Pension Scheme: contributions of officers transferred from one Colony to another   CO 822/3/9
1927   East African Widows and Orphans Pension Scheme: question of increased contribution from date of appointment or promotion   CO 822/4/6
1932   East Africa: staff of 'common services': principles in respect of contributions under the Widows and Orphans Pension Scheme   CO 822/47/13
1932-1933   East Africa: staff of 'common services': principles in respect of contributions under the Widows and Orphans Pension Scheme   CO 822/53/12
1927-1928   East Africa: Asiatic Widows and Orphans Pension Scheme   CO 822/8/2
1928   East Africa: Widows and Orphans Pension Scheme   CO 822/8/8
1926   Fiji: modifications to the Widows and Orphans Pension Scheme   CO 83/178/4
1932   Fiji: addition of new contributors to the Widows and Orphans Pension Scheme   CO 83/198/5
WIDOWS - General :
1932-1933   Fiji: reports death of Ratu Ganilau and recommends annuity to widow   CO 83/199/13
1947   Fiji: Sir Everard Ian Thurn: bequest of papers in will of widow   CO 83/245/3
1939   Trans-Jordan: assistance to Mrs Abul-Huda Pasha, widow of Chief Minister, to enable her to return to Egypt from England   CO 831/54/2
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1938-1939   Widows and Orphans Pension Scheme: various countries: see list   CO 850/113/14-115/1
1938   Malta: Widows and Orphans pensions   CO 850/117/5
1938-1940   Widows and Orphans pensions: various countries: see list   CO 850/117/9-118/1
1938-1939   Malay States, Federated: contributions made by Mr Nelson to the Widows and Orphans pension scheme   CO 850/118/17
1938   Exemption from Estate Duty under colonial widows and orphans pension legislation   CO 850/118/4
WIDOWS - General :
1938   Palestine: awards to dependants of officers assassinated in Palestine   CO 850/118/5
1938   Provision by government of financial assistance to widows of European officers   CO 850/135/17
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1932   Widows and Orphans pension legislation: Eastern   CO 850/14/12
1938-1940   Widows and Orphans Pension Legislation: various countries: see list   CO 850/140/24-141/8
WIDOWS - General :
1938   Financial assistance for widows or other dependants on deceased officers in grant-aided colonies   CO 850/142/1
1939   Palestine: awards to widows and dependants of officers assassinated in Palestine   CO 850/142/11
1938-1939   Mauritius: financial assistance for widows or other dependants on deceased officers in grant-aided colonies: Mrs A G Crighton   CO 850/142/2
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1939   Malta: investigation of the Widows and Orphans pension scheme   CO 850/142/7
1939   Gold Coast: amendment of Widows and Orphans pension ordinance   CO 850/142/9
1940-1941   Widows and Orphans Pension Schemes: various countries: see list   CO 850/164/6-164/12
1939-1940   West Africa: Widows and Orphans legislation   CO 850/166/10-13
1933   Widows and Orphans Pension Scheme: by country: see list   CO 850/17/12-18/14
1939-1944   Widows and Orphans Pension Schemes: various countries: see list   CO 850/184/7-185/9
1941-1943   Malta: Widows and Orphans pension scheme   CO 850/186/16
1941-1943   Widows and Orphans Pension legislation: various countries: see list   CO 850/186/19-186/22
1941-1942   Malaya: funding of Widows and Orphans pension scheme   CO 850/186/24
WIDOWS - General :
1941   Nigeria: improper receipt of widows' pension: case of Mrs E J Wilson   CO 850/193/7
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1943-1947   Widows and Orphans pension schemes: various countries: see list   CO 850/198/8-199/15
1931-1933   Widows and Orphans Pension Scheme: by country: see list   CO 850/2/6-3/7
1933   Widows and Orphans Pension Scheme   CO 850/20/15
1933   Widows and Orphans Pension Scheme: reduction of rate of interest   CO 850/20/18
1945-1946   Cyprus: Widows and Orphans fund   CO 850/202/6
WIDOWS - General :
1944-1947   Far East: payment of pension: dependants of officers killed or missing   CO 850/214/1-3
1944-1946   Far East: payment of pension: dependants of officers dying in internment   CO 850/214/4-5
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1947-1950   Widows and Orphans pension schemes: various countries: see list   CO 850/222/5-224/5
1947-1949   East Africa: acturial investigation of East African Asiatic widows and orphans pension scheme   CO 850/229/3-5
1947-1949   European Widows and Orphans pension schemes: declaration of approved schemes and other public service   CO 850/230/5-7
1947-1951   Widows and Orphans pension schemes and legislation: various countries: see list   CO 850/244/4-245/10
1950   East Africa: acturial investigation into Widows and Orphans pension scheme   CO 850/245/12
1949-1950   Eligibility of adopted children to benefit under Widows and Orphans pension schemes   CO 850/246/2
1949-1951   Widows and Orphans (European): approved schemes   CO 850/249/1
1950-1952   Widows and Orphans schemes and funds: various countries: see list   CO 850/250/2-9
1933-1935   Widows and Orphans Pension legislation: by country, and Committee Minutes: see list   CO 850/35/9-37/1
1934   Gibraltar: Widows and Orphans Pension Scheme   CO 850/38/21
1934-1936   Widows and Orphans Pension Scheme: by country: see list   CO 850/50A/2-50A/15
1935   Bermuda superannuation scheme: Widows and Orphans Pensions   CO 850/53/2
1935   Personnel: pensions: effects of divorce: Widows and Orphans pension legislation   CO 850/53/6
1935   Personnel: pensions: effects of divorce: Widows and Orphans pension legislation   CO 850/53/6
1935   Malta: officers transferred to Malta from other public service: contributions under Widows and Orphans pensions acts   CO 850/53/7
1936   Widows and Orphans Pension Scheme: by country: see list   CO 850/65/7-66/11
1936-1937   Watson committees report on grant of pensions to Widows and Orphans of officers in the Colonial Service, and on colonial provident funds   CO 850/68/12
1936   Report of the Watson Committee (Widows and Orphans)   CO 850/68/13
1936   Observations by colonial governments and officials on Widows and Orphans pensions and provident fund report   CO 850/68/14
1937   Widows and Orphans Pension Scheme: various countries: see list   CO 850/90/1-5
WIDOWS - General :
1937   Tanganyika: Mrs E C Stephens, widow: compassionate grant   CO 850/91/14
1937   Gold Coast: effect of divorce on widows' compassionate grant   CO 850/91/16
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1937   Watson Committee on provident funds for Widows and Orphans of colonial officials   CO 850/91/23-24
1937   Fiji: Widows and Orphans Scheme   CO 850/92/2
1937   East African Widows and Orphans Scheme: fine imposed on C P Guise   CO 850/92/3
WIDOWS - General :
1937-1938   Palestine: special compensation to dependants of officers in Palestine in the event of their assassination   CO 850/92/6
1906   Wei-Hai-Wei: widows, sale of   CO 873/223
1934   Gibraltar: death of L Cassano: proposed compassionate gratuity for his widow   CO 91/495/8
WIDOWS - FORCES : Army
1937   Gibraltar: Mrs Gaetto, widow of Lance-Sergeant Gaetto: application for compassionate allowance   CO 91/503/5
WIDOWS - General :
1939   Gibraltar: authorisation of gratuity for widow of city council employee   CO 91/510/9
WIDOWS - Police :
1940   Gibraltar: Mrs Brancatto and Mrs Perera, widows of policemen granted compassionate allowances   CO 91/512/17
WIDOWS - General :
1950-1951   Singapore: award of compensation and pension to Dorothy Becker after her husband was shot assisting police in arrest of a madman   CO 953/9/3-4
WIDOWS - FORCES : Army
1928   Gold Coast: pension for widow of Major C R Curling   CO 96/680/10
WIDOWS - Police :
1928   Gold Coast: grant of compassionate gratuity to widow of Massa Eroare, late 1st class constable   CO 96/681/6
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1940   Gold Coast: Widows and Orphans Pension Scheme: Mrs F C Foster   CO 96/769/16
WIDOWS - FORCES : General
1963   Improvements in existing pensions of armed forces and Service widows   DEFE 7/1741-1742
1962-1963   Service family pensions   DEFE 7/1914
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1950-1958   Closure of Indian Military Service Family Pension Fund and Indian Military Widows and Orphans Fund   DO 142/594
WIDOWS - FORCES : Army
1950-1958   Closure of Indian Military Service Family Pension Fund and Indian Military Widows and Orphans Fund   DO 142/594
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1960-1962   Cyprus: Widows and Orphans Pensions Fund   DO 161/24
WIDOWS - General :
1962   Letter of condolence from Dr Nkrumah to widow of Sir Charles Arden-Clarke, former Governor-General of Gold Coast   DO 195/203
WIDOWS - FORCES : General
1943-1946   Pensions granted to widows of service men by Canadian Government liablility to taxation in UK O 503/12   DO 35/1157
WIDOWS - General :
1943-1946   Bechuanaland, Basutoland and Swaziland: Mrs G C M Foord, widow of former Deputy Commissioner, question of grant of a pension Y 752/1   DO 35/1175
1943-1946   Miners Phtysis, death of Mrs Dadson's husband, compensation question Z 419/3   DO 35/1191
1943-1946   Mrs C Rennie, application for pension for husband who died in internment Z 477/2/87   DO 35/1195
1943-1946   Application by Mrs Tarn for a copy of the death certificate of her husband Z 481/43   DO 35/1196
WIDOWS - FORCES : Royal Air Force
1943-1946   Mrs R H S King, Air Force Officers Widow: maintenance Z 564/277   DO 35/1202
WIDOWS - General :
1930   Financial assistance for widow and family of P W Banks, resident in Australia   DO 35/353/3
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1948-1952   British High Commission Territories: Widows and Orphans Pension Funds   DO 35/4171
1955-1957   Indian Military Widows' and Orphans' Fund   DO 35/4235-4239
WIDOWS - FORCES : Army
1955-1957   Indian Military Widows' and Orphans Fund   DO 35/4235-4239
WIDOWS - General :
1952   High Commission Territories: policy on granting pensions to widows of polygamists   DO 35/4411
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1952-1960   High Commission Territories: Widows and Orphans Pension Fund   DO 35/4444
1938   Migration: Widows, Orphans and Old Age Contributory Pensions Acts   DO 35/704/8
1952-1960   Technical co-operation scheme: Ceylon widows and orphans pension scheme for teachers   DO 35/7163
WIDOWS - General :
1948-1955   Pension for teachers' widows: Treasury discussions   ED 131/179
1956-1965   Allocation of pension for widows and dependants under the Teachers Superannuation Acts   ED 131/215
1956-1963   Teachers Superannuation Acts and pensions for widows of teachers   ED 131/221
1965-1966   Teaching: Widows' Pension Scheme: drafting regulations   ED 131/223
1956-1960   Teaching: widows, children and dependants' scheme   ED 131/225
1918-1932   Mothers and Widows pensions, family endowments and allowances: papers   ED 24/1781
1950-1977   Dr H G Jones (Director of MRC Biological Research Unit, Denton Hospital, Leeds): salary details, requests for scholarships; request by widow for benefit details   FD 5/171
1956-1957   Lord Butler of Saffron Walden: papers: widows' benefits   FO 1109/101
1921-1924   Egypt: Gherson Marcus, widow's claim   FO 141/580/12949
1929   Greece: claim of Madame Koumis for compensation in respect of murder of her husband in Abyssinia   FO 286/1054
1917-1918   Greece: (170) Compensation claim by Mrs A Papas following the murder of her husband   FO 286/654
1917-1918   Greece: (501) Monies paid to Mrs M Mamkos following death of her husband whilest employed by legation   FO 286/671
1919   Greece: (383) Widow of Hercules Ioscoles: compensation claim   FO 286/715
1920   Greece: Mrs Hanoum: widow's allowance   FO 286/733
1920   Greece: Mrs Raditsa: compensation claim following death of husband   FO 286/743
1920   Greece: claims for widow's pension   FO 286/745
1923   Greece: claim of Madame C Nystazou for compensation for death of husband   FO 286/847
1926   Greece: execution of husband and son by Turks: claim for compensation   FO 286/955
WIDOWS - FORCES : Army
1908   Employment of soldiers' widows as charwomen in the Foreign Office   FO 366/1146
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1941   Insurance scheme for Consular Officers and pensions scheme for widows and orphans of same   FO 369/2695
WIDOWS - General :
1946   Italy: request for help by Mrs Venables, widow of a former British Consul, on behalf of her family in Bulgaria   FO 369/3627
1959   Death in Italy of Lady Beerbohm, widow of Sir Max Beerbohm   FO 369/5440
1949   Swedish enquiry concerning legislation relative to assistance to widows and divorced women   FO 370/1829
1952   France: transmission of French press cuttings to Lady Cripps, paying tribute to her late husband, Sir Stafford Cripps who had many friends in France   FO 371/101788
1952   Italy: views on possible reaction to admission of Edda Ciano, Mussolini's daughter and widow of Count Ciano, to the UK   FO 371/102120
1953   Germany (West): war criminals: Ernst Roever, deceased criminal charged by UK court for ill-treatment of Polish workmen: request for evidence by solicitors representing his widow 1661/193   FO 371/109730
WIDOWS - FORCES : Royal Navy
1960   Spain: presentation to widow of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Roderick McGrigor of replica of Spanish Cross of Naval Merit   FO 371/153292
WIDOWS - General :
1946   Egypt and Sudan: death of Sofia Hanem Zaghloul, widow of the late Saad Zaghloul Pasha   FO 371/53392
1946   Germany: affairs of the Countess von Moltke, widow of Count Helmuth James von Moltke   FO 371/55627
WIDOWS - FORCES : Army
1946   Yugoslavia: Madam Dorosenko: appeal for financial assistance: widow of a Yugoslav general who was awarded the DSO in 1916 or 1917   FO 371/59544
WIDOWS - General :
1948   Yugoslavia: claim for pension for widow of Slavko Zigante who died aboard ss Dinaric in 1942   FO 371/72629
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1951   Belgium and Luxemburg: Belgo-Netherlands Treaty on Mutual Social Insurance 1947: signature of fourth agreement, under the treaty, dealing with old age, widows' and orphans' social insurance   FO 371/96000
WIDOWS - General :
1948   Russia: Moscow: British born wives and widows   FO 447/66
1890-1899   British protection: A Medard (Stokosiaski), Anton Youssef's widow   FO 83/1727
1873   Status of British-born subjects married to foreigners and left widows: Confidential Print   FO 881/2304
1884   Venezuela: claim of Mrs Simonet on Venezuela for outrage on property of her late husband: Confidential Print   FO 881/5174
1831   Portugal: Portuguese widow of British subject cannot claim privileges of British subject in Portugal: Confidential Print   FO 881/979
1949-1951   Germany: claims: Mrs Hedwig Menzel; death of Mr Otto Menzel in traffic accident   FO 936/1128
1950   Germany: claim by Mrs Platt: death of her husband   FO 936/1189
1946   France: application by Mrs V Castel for compensation in respect of the death of her French husband in 1944   FO 950/40
1946   Italy: claims by Mrs Lokwani widow of Mr Gianchand Lokwani, and Mr F H Green resident in Rome   FO 950/69
1944   Message of condolence from the King and Queen to Mrs Yencken on the death of her husband f525   FO 954/27C
1944   Addis Ababa: message from the Emperor to General Wingate's widow, and her reply f325-326   FO 954/6A
1865   Netherlands: Flushing: 'Bordeaux' of Whitby: letter on behalf of widow of Richerd Atkins, believed lost at sea; reply from Ellinkhuysen returning medal by which he was identified   FO 956/112
1948   Poland: Katowice: request for assistance from Mrs Margarethe Paterson, British widow   FO 966/7
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1868-1934   Grinshill Widow and Orphans Fund of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Friendly Society: 624, Salop: Rules and Amendments   FS 15/1043
1871-1936   Widow and Orphans Fund of the Prince of Wales Lodge of Odd Fellows Manchester Unity Friendly Society: 1559, Surrey: Rules and Amendments   FS 15/1069
1905-1937   Widow and Orphans Fund of the Lichfield District of the Grand United Order of Oddfellows Friendly Society: 2390, Warwickshire: Rules and Amendments   FS 15/1084
1872-1932   Fruitful Endeavour Lodge Widow and Orphans Society: 3493, York: Rules and Amendments   FS 15/1109
1857-1940   Widow and Orphans Fund Improved Independent Order of Oddfellows, London Unity (Brighton District) Friendly Society: 254, Sussex: Rules and Amendments   FS 15/1321
1859-1927   Widow and Orphans Life Assurance Society of the Ancient Order of Foresters Friendly Society: 874, Devon: Rules and Amendments   FS 15/136
1895-1955   Huddersfield Unity Of The Grand United Order Of Oddfellows Widow and Orphans Friendly Society: 4509, Yorkshire: Removal from Register   FS 15/1586
1829-1926   Association of Protestant Dissenting Ministers in the North of England for Widow and Orphans Fund: Rules and Amendments   FS 15/174
1875-1950   Oddfellows Widow and Orphans And Supplementary Assurance Fund In Connection With The York District Independent Order of Oddfellows Manchester Unity Friendly Society: 4052 Yorks: removed from register   FS 15/1740
WIDOWS - FORCES : Army
1812-1958   Society for the Benefit Of The Widows Of The Officers Of The Royal Regiment Of Artillery: 11 London: removed from register   FS 15/1840
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1852-1950   Uttoxeter District Widows and Orphans Fund: 764 Staffordshire: removed from register   FS 15/1920
1863-1963   Widow and Orphan Fund Of The Independent Order Of Oddfellows Manchester Unity Maidstone District: 987 Kent: removed from register   FS 15/1948
1853-1964   Widow and Orphan Fund Of The Ashton Under Lyne District Of The Independent Order Of Oddfellows Manchester Unity Friendly Society: 2382 Lancashire: removed from register   FS 15/1949
1795-1914   Friendly Society of the Three Choirs of Gloucester, Worcester and Hereford, for the relief of Widows and Orphans of Clergymen, and Families of Distressed Clergymen in the Diocese of Gloucester: 93, Gloucester Ben: Rules and Amendments   FS 15/195
1869-1950   Widow and Orphan Fund Of The Nelson and Princess Royal Lodges Of The Atherstone District Of Oddfellows Manchester Unity: 836 Warwickshire: removed from register   FS 15/1950
1868-1953   Widow and Orphan Fund Of The Sir Oswald Mosely Lodge Of Odd Fellows Manchester Unity: 1843 Staffordshire: removed from register   FS 15/1951
1867-1949   Widow and Orphan Relief Fund Belonging To The Loyal Hope of Malvern Lodge Of The Independent Order of Oddfellows Manchester Unity Friendly Society No 3222: 689 Worcestershire: removed from register   FS 15/1952
1853-1956   Widow and Orphan Fund Of The Bath District Independent Order Of Oddfellows Manchester Unity Friendly Society: 605 Somerset: removed from register   FS 15/1953
1855-1961   Widow and Orphan Aid Society of the Belper District Of Oddfellows Manchester Unity Friendly Society: 433 Derby: removed from register   FS 15/1954
1875-1961   Widow and Orphan Fund of the Leek District of The Independent Order of Oddfellows Manchester Unity Friendly Society: 1152 Staffordshire: removed from register   FS 15/1955
1853-1953   Widows Relief and Childrens Burial Fund: 2350 Lancashire: removed from register   FS 15/1956
1872-1916   Widow and Orphans Fund of Warrington District, Ancient Order of Foresters: 5998, Lancashire: Rules and Amendments   FS 15/324
1843-1924   United Widow and Orphans Fund of the Tredegar, Nantyglo. and Ebbw Vale District Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Manchester Unity Friendly Society: 257, Monmouthshire: Rules and Amendments   FS 15/488
1853-1928   Widow and Orphans Society of the Granville Lodge of the Manchester Unity Friendly Society: 350, Monmouthshire: Rules and Amendments   FS 15/491
1865-1922   Norwich & Norfolk Widow and Orphans Fund Friendly Society: 961, Norfolk: Rules and Amendments   FS 15/501
WIDOWS - General :
1869-1914   Widows Hope Friendly Society: 554. Nottinghamshire: Rules and Amendments   FS 15/554
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1852-1917   Coventry Widow and Orphans Society: 831, Warwickshire: Rules and Amendments   FS 15/664
1856-1928   Widow and Orphans Fund of Stalybridge District of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Manchester Unity, Friendly Society: 653, Chester: Rules and Amendments   FS 15/67
1869-1925   Widow and Orphans Assurance Society, Salisbury District of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Manchester Unity: 383, Wiltshire: Rules and Amendments   FS 15/694
1867-1922   Widow and Orphans Fund of Macclesfield District. Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Manchester Unity, Friendly Society: 1046, Chester: Rules and Amendments   FS 15/72
1866-1932   Widow and Orphans Fund, Buxton District, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Manchester Unity: 743, Derby: Rules and Amendments   FS 15/891
1867-1933   Widow and Orphans Fund of the Glossop District Branch of the Independent Order of Oddfellows Manchester Unity Friendly Society: 768, Derby: Rules and Amendments   FS 15/892
1871-1934   The Widow and Orphans Friendly Society of the Derby District Grand United Order of Odd Fellows' Friendly Society: 870, Derby: Rules and Amendments   FS 15/893
1847-1935   Widow and Orphans and Supplementary Funeral Fund of Exeter District of Odd Fellows: 697, Devon: Rules and Amendments   FS 15/900
1806-1931   The Kent Union Society for the Benefit of Aged and Infirm Ministers, and of the Widows and Orphans of Gospel Ministers: 383, Kent: Rules and Amendments   FS 15/926
1852-1934   Church of England Scripture Readers Pension and Widows Fund: 113, London: Rules and Amendments   FS 15/996
WIDOWS - General :
1867-1933   City of London Benevolent Society for assisting Widows of the Jewish Faith: 227, London Ben: Rules and Amendments   FS 15/999
1825 onwards   Foreign Office: many widows' pensions for widows of Foreign Office officials abroad (individuals) see list   HD 3
1864-1909   Pension of Mrs Westwood, widow of HM Consul at Rio de Janeiro   HD 3/32
1855   Gratuity: widow of deputy governor of Woolwich convict hulk   HO 12/20/6035
1873-1900   Nationality: status of individuals; married, widowed, divorced, illegitimate see list   HO 144
WIDOWS - Police :
1889-1890   Allowance to widow of late Chief Constable Williamson   HO 144/190/A46472E
WIDOWS - General :
1889-1890   Death of a convict at Strangeways Prison due to ill treatment by warder. £20 allowance granted to convict's widow. Other cases of ill treatment reported   HO 144/230/A51041
1889-1890   Status of a British born widow (Mrs Martha de Silva) of an alien. L.O.O. 915 widow remains an alien   HO 144/314/B7273
1892   Status of Spanish-born woman, widow of a British subject   HO 144/340/B12648
1901-1918   Resumption of British nationality by a widow of an alien, also the status of her son   HO 144/971/B36892
1947   Calculation of pension payable to widow of fireman with less than three years service   HO 187/326
WIDOWS - Police :
1923-1924   Compensation payable to the widows of 4 deceased members of the RIC   HO 267/409
WIDOWS - General :
1923-1925   Claim for compensation by the widow of Robert Scott of Caledon from the Free State Government   HO 267/426
WIDOWS - Police :
1923-1924   Case of method of payment of compensation to be paid to the widow of Constable P P Turner (Ireland)   HO 267/431
1924   Claim for compensation by the widow of Constable P J Early, murdered at Crossmaglen   HO 267/453
WIDOWS - FORCES : General
1924-1926   Enquiries by the police as to conduct of widows and dependants of sailors, soldiers and airmen   HO 267/457
WIDOWS - Police :
1924   Application by widow of Constable J Cassidy for grant of pension   HO 267/459
1925   Pensions payable to widows of RIC pensioners   HO 267/506
1925   Application by Mrs S Watters for improved pension from RIC   HO 267/527
1926   Enquiry as to whether the widow of John Kingston, an RIC pensioner, is entitled to a pension   HO 267/533
WIDOWS - General :
1924   N Ireland: Deceased Brother's Widow's Marriage Bill   HO 267/605
WIDOWS - Police :
1924   Allowances to widows and children of RIC members who lose their lives in circumstances which would give rise to claims for compensation under the Criminal Injuries Act   HO 267/694-695
WIDOWS - General :
1955   Request from widow for address of her cremated husband at the time of his death   HO 282/41
WIDOWS - Police :
1951-1964   Widows' special pension: widows of police killed on duty   HO 287/156
1951-1956   Widows' pensions: report of the Working Party of the Scottish Police Council   HO 287/157
1964-1971   Widows' special pensions: widows of police killed on duty; proposal to pay lump sum in addition to pension   HO 287/963-965
WIDOWS - General :
1958-1959   Anglo-Egyptian Resettlement Board: eligibility of Trust beneficiaries and widows of refugees to ex-gratia loans   HO 297.21
1951-1954   Widows' pension for Mrs W C F Redmond whose husband was murdered   HO 340/1
1920-1923   Widows' and children's pensions for Mrs B Cotter whose husband died as a result of non-accidental injuries received in the execution of his duty   HO 340/2
WIDOWS - Police :
1923   Interpretation of Article 4 of Schedule of Constabulary (Ireland) Act 1922: RIC widows' pensions   HO 351/194
WIDOWS - FORCES : Royal Navy
1820   Mrs Margaret Smith to Lord Sidmouth: widow of Thomas Smith; want to obtain annuity for his service as boatswain of HMS Valiant   HO 44/1/8
WIDOWS - General :
1820   John Whitcombe to Lord Sidmouth: requires aid in respect of long service as he has daughters and his son's widow to support   HO 44/3/10
1820   Mrs Marion Hastings to the King: widow of Warren Hastings, in financial difficulties; has income of £1000 p.a. but unable to maintain her house   HO 44/3/123
WIDOWS - FORCES : Royal Navy
1845   Gratuity of Royal Bounty to widow of hero of the Battle of Trafalgar   HO 45/1006
WIDOWS - General :
1902   Mrs Elizabeth Seymour granted rank, title and precedence of widow of a Knight   HO 45/10246/B38466
1905   Retention of title by peers' widows remarried to commoners   HO 45/10318/127056
WIDOWS - Police :
1909-1910   Provision for widows and children of officers killed on duty: Draft Bill 1909   HO 45/10569/175485
1909-1914   Police: gratuities for widows: difference in scales   HO 45/10595/187241
WIDOWS - General :
1911   Edward Medal: Mrs McFall, widow: Canada   HO 45/10645/209419
1911-1912   Edward Medal: widow of T Green   HO 45/10670/218036
WIDOWS - Police :
1918-1921   Pensions to widows of pensioned police officers who had rejoined another force L.O.O.   HO 45/11016/372408
WIDOWS - General :
1912-1922   Channel Islands: Deceased Brother's Widow's Marriage   HO 45/11052/170004
1921-1929   Isle of Man: Married Women's Property, Dower and Widowright Act 1921 and Bill 1929   HO 45/13349/41/417982
WIDOWS - Police :
1933-1936   Pensions for widows of police officers: miscellaneous questions   HO 45/16653/659295
WIDOWS - General :
1932-1939   Clergy Pensions (Widows and Dependants) Measure 1936   HO 45/18034/655680
1847   Factories: gratuity to widow of late messenger   HO 45/1855
1847   Compensation to widow of late chief clerk   HO 45/1914
WIDOWS - FORCES : General
1923-1943   Police enquiries about conduct of pensioned widows and dependants of sailors, soldiers and airmen   HO 45/19223/417954
WIDOWS - General :
1847-1848   Gratuities to widows of parochial officers dying through fever caught in the execution of their duties   HO 45/1988
WIDOWS - Police :
1939-1945   Police: widows pensions: departmental committee   HO 45/20220/819205
1925-1928   Police: widows pensions and gratuities: unusual cases. Liability to pay estate duty on gratuity   HO 45/20963/474402
WIDOWS - General :
1846   Compensation to widow of man killed apprehending a robber   HO 45/2179
WIDOWS - Police :
1942-1946   Police: re-engaged pensioners: widows' entitlement to return of rateable deductions if husband dies in service   HO 45/21886/807329
WIDOWS - General :
1941-1949   Liquor licensing: transfer of licence: withdrawal from widows of licensees   HO 45/22777/277968
WIDOWS - Police :
1848   Annuity for widow of murdered constable   HO 45/2298
WIDOWS - General :
1914-1927   Apparent recognition by English court of polygamous unions: agreement by both parties on husband's death   HO 45/24669/270133
1926   Bedford Prison: death of inmate through neglect.....compensation paid to widow   HO 45/24869/494062
1940   Police and Firemen (War Service) Act 1939: gratuity and pension for widow; first case confirming policy   HO 45/25100/862216
WIDOWS - Police :
1940   Police and Firemen (War Service) Act 1939: gratuity and pension for widow; first case confirming policy   HO 45/25100/862216
1958   RIC: widows' pensions: memoranda on entitlement procedure   HO 45/25929/919086/1
1846   Compensation to widow of constable who died from injuries received while in execution of duty   HO 45/3332
1842-1844   Pension to widow of murdered constable   HO 45/343
WIDOWS - General :
1849-1864   Proceeds of sale of an unclaimed ox paid to widow of labouring man killed by an ox   HO 45/3753
WIDOWS - Police :
1854   Treasury declined to grant annuity to widow of police constable killed on duty because she was being well provided for by other sources   HO 45/5348
WIDOWS - FORCES : General
1854   Patriotic Fund Commission   HO 45/5356Q
WIDOWS - FORCES : Army
1854   Patriotic Fund: address re provision for widows and orphans of soldiers   HO 45/5462
WIDOWS - Police :
1853-1854   Sums paid to benefit destitute constables, their widows or families: original receipts (date before formal authority given) to be accepted   HO 45/5708
1855   Gratuity: widow of police officer   HO 45/6117
1855   Gratuity: widow of police officer   HO 45/6122
WIDOWS - FORCES : General
1855   Patriotic Fund Commission   HO 45/6169
WIDOWS - Police :
1844   Gratuity from Royal Bounty, widow of murdered constable   HO 45/629
1859   Payment to widow of deceased constable: general authority refused   HO 45/6815
1859   Gratuity to widow of constable killed by rearing of police horse   HO 45/6817
1861   Pension to widow of constable who died from injuries received on duty (£15 p.a.)   HO 45/7218
1861   Pension to widow and allowance for children of constable who died from injuries received on duty   HO 45/7220
1862   Pension to widow of constable who died of weak heart after chasing a pickpocket   HO 45/7372
1864   Pensions to widows and compassionate allowances to children of policemen: Police Order regulating   HO 45/7617
1864   Pension to widow of Constable Langford who died from injuries received on duty   HO 45/7617
WIDOWS - FORCES : Army
1867   Cambridge Asylum for Soldiers' Widows: use of Royal title granted   HO 45/8068
WIDOWS - General :
1858   Sir Henry Havelock: died before baronetcy could be prepared: widow granted precedence as widow of a baronet   HO 45/8597
1856   Cecilia, widow of Charles, Marquess Bandini claims Newburgh Earldom, with Kinnaird viscounty and Livingston barony   HO 45/9081
WIDOWS - FORCES : General
1856-1857   Widows of officers who died before receiving their KCB to have precedence of widow of a KCB   HO 45/9150
WIDOWS - FORCES : Royal Navy
1870-1871   Mary Ann Murray: in the Exchequer of Pleas, Middlesex, under Act of 1860. Claim of a pension, as widow of a seaman of the Royal Navy who died from a wound received while on duty in the Gold Coast   HO 45/9278
WIDOWS - General :
1873   A natural born British woman who married an alien before 1870 Act and has since become a widow is a Statutory Alien   HO 45/9342/22912
1844-1876   Nationality of English woman married to an alien and widowed before Nationality Act 1870 L.O.O. 374   HO 45/9365/35987
WIDOWS - Police :
1866-1876   Restoration of pension to widow of constable, after being widowed a second time   HO 45/9420/58535
WIDOWS - General :
1880   Peerage created: Bolsover barony: Mrs A M E Cavendish Bentinck and to heirs male of late husband   HO 45/9590/92459
WIDOWS - Police :
1887   Police: allowances to widows and dependants   HO 45/9673/A46528
1887-1888   Police: allowances to widows: Police Pensions Bill   HO 45/9682/A48132
WIDOWS - General :
1888-1889   Gratuity to widow of prisoner whose death in prison was attributable to negligence of a prison officer   HO 45/9693/A49411
1887   Certificate of Nationality: widow of man born in Hanover in 1786   HO 45/9774/B1635
1889   Intestates Widows Bill   HO 45/9786/B3019A
1891   Peerage created: Viscountess Hambledon: Mrs Emily Smith widow of Rt Hon W H Smith   HO 45/9843/B11535
1892   Petition of Right: Mrs Matilda Oughton, widow of Civil Servant, claim for pension. Refused   HO 45/9859/B12747
1893   Jersey: Mrs E Pogson petitions for pension for husband's services   HO 45/9872/B14530
1895   Englishwoman married to a foreigner, widowed with two children, subsequently marries an English man. Nationality of children   HO 45/9901/B19357
1897   Renunciation of British Nationality by widow of a British subject   HO 45/9929/B25671
WIDOWS - Police :
1890-1894   Police widow application for gratuity   HO 45/9957/V13668
WIDOWS - General :
1895   Request of widow to have body of husband removed and coffin opened so that she can see him. Refused   HO 45/9958/V23621
WIDOWS - Police :
1888-1895   Pension to widow of police constable John Beer of Devonport Dockyard Police L.O.O. 89   HO 45/9962/X8587
1890   Gratuity to police constable: widow to take out Letters of Administration   HO 45/9969/X28034
1891-1892   Police: gratuities to widows and children: conditions and basis of computation   HO 45/9971/X32271
1891   Decision to grant full years pension to widows for ordinary cases under Section 2(4) of Police Act   HO 45/9971/X33595
1891   Pension to widow of PC Byrne, Cumberland Police. Ultra vires grant by Justices   HO 45/9972/X34489
1892   Award from Royal Bounty Fund to Mrs Joyce (widow of police sergeant Joyce shot in execution of duty)   HO 45/9972/X37658A
1896   Gratuity to widows of Police Constable dying in interval between leaving force and formal grant of pension   HO 45/9981/X57365
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1948-1959   Superannuation Act 1949: widows and orphans pensions (Civil Service) AD 131/3   INF 12/789
WIDOWS - General :
1992   Personal Taxpayer Series Leaflets: A guide for widows and widowers   IR 122/16
1995   (IR 91) Leaflet: Tax: a guide for widows and widowers   IR 122/31
1960-1968   Relief for widows etc in respect of children: s 17 and s 18 Finance Act 1960   IR 40/16482
WIDOWS - FORCES : General
1965   Inland Revenue confirmed that where officers' widows received restored widows pension and national assistance, they would not be taxed on the national assistance element   IR 40/16960
WIDOWS - General :
1914-1917   Aid for destitute widow of former employee, T D Slater   J 141/98
1977   Depositions: Queen's Bench and Chancery: Paul Christopher Ronald Wates v Vida Schrieber (widow) and George Frederick Beaumont Grant (executors of Derek Schuldam Schrieber deceased) and Strutt & Parker   J 17/705
1946-1979   Appeals from Pensions Appeals Tribunals: case papers and orders: includes women: see list   J 96/1-192
1967-1968   Widows' Retirement Pensions: papers from Treasury and Ministry of Social Security   LAB 10/3293
1962-1966   Civil Service Widows' and Children's Pension Scheme: acturial valuation   LAB 12/1047
1959-1963   National Insurance (Married Women) Amendment Regulations 1956: 'Running Start' provisions for widows   LAB 12/1096
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1933-1957   International Labour Organisation: 17th session: Conventions 35 and 36, compulsory old age invalidity, widows' and orphans' insurance   LAB 13/12
WIDOWS - FORCES : General
1919   Training of War Widows: Central Midwives Board: Scottish Midwives Board (282)   LAB 2/1220/TWX506(?) and 608
1920   Training of War Widows: enquiries re allowances for travelling (282)   LAB 2/1220/TWX605(?)
1919   Training of War Widows: administration of Article 14(3) of the Royal Warrants (Reconstruction Scheme) (282)   LAB 2/1220/TWX606
1919   Training of War Widows: draft scheme for co-operation between Ministry of Pensions and Ministry of Labour Employment Department (282)   LAB 2/1220/TWX612
1919   Training of War Widows: procedure adopted by Statutory Committee regarding Administration of Article 14(13) of Royal Warrant (282)   LAB 2/1220/TWX624
1919   Training War Widows: Officers widows (283)   LAB 2/1220/TWX636
1919   Training of War Widows: general enquiries (283)   LAB 2/1220/TWX639
1919   Training of War Widows: Ministry of Reconstruction (282)   LAB 2/1220/TWX660
1919   Training of War Widows: travelling facilities: payment of daily fares in addition to maintenance allowance (282)   LAB 2/1220/TWX665/2
1919   War Widows: points for consideration in dealing with grants (282)   LAB 2/1221/TWX1851
1919   War Widows: minute re procedure for paying grants made to Officers' widows (282)   LAB 2/1221/TWX1851/2
1920   Training of War Widows: discussion as to supply of uniform at completion of Training Course as waitress (282)   LAB 2/1221/TWX2313/1920
1920   Freeman, Mrs, Kentish Town: Treasury Sanction to pay maintenance to war widows who have entered into training on their own initiative, citing above (282)   LAB 2/1221/TWX3044/1920
1920   Training of War Widows: railway warrants (282)   LAB 2/1221/TWX3568/1920
1919   Training of War Widows: War Pensions widows: procedure (282)   LAB 2/1221/TWX673
1919   Training of War Widows: report on the co-ordination of vocational training of women (283)   LAB 2/1221/TWX680
1919   Training of War Widows: procedure: instructions under Article 14 (282)   LAB 2/1221/TWX681
1920   Training of War Widows: dressmaking: provision of sewing machines (282)   LAB 2/1221/TWX884/1920
1920   Training of War Widows: termination of training of War Widows (283)   LAB 2/1221/TWX898/1920
1919   Ministry of Munitions: draft notice of formation of a women's branch of the Training Department to deal with matters relating to the training of women including ex-service women and war pension widows   LAB 2/1225/ED30580
WIDOWS - General :
1919   Ministry of Munitions: draft notice of formation of women's branch of the Training Department to deal with matters relating to the training of women including ex-service women and war pensions widows   LAB 2/1225/ED30580
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1933   International Labour Office: 55th Session of the Governing Body: examination of the Grey Reports prepared on the questions on the agenda for 1932 Session of the new Conference for first discussion. Report on 'Invalidity, Old Age and Widows' and Orphans' Insurance' (177)   LAB 2/1442/IL131/1933
1933   International Labour Conference: 16th Session 1932: Invalidity, Old Age, Widows' and Orphans' (Pensions) Insurance: Grey Report (177)   LAB 2/1442/IL131/2/1933
1933   International Labour Organisation: Invalidity, Old Age etc. Insurance: questionnaire (177)   LAB 2/1442/IL131/3/33
WIDOWS - General :
1933   International Labour Organisation: Invalidity, Old Age etc. Insurance: questionnaire (177)   LAB 2/1442/IL131/3/33
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1933   International Labour Conference: 17th Session: Invalidity, Old Age and Widows' and Orphans' Insurance: Blue report (177)   LAB 2/1442/IL131/5/1933
1933   International Labour Conference Governing Body: record of meeting of medical experts on Invalidity, Old Age, Widows' and Orphans' Insurance (177)   LAB 2/1443/IL131/4/33
WIDOWS - FORCES : General
1919   Maintenance and Training Grants Scheme: Officers, Officers' Widows and dependants in receipt of grants from the King's Fund (112)   LAB 2/1520/FAD26/14/19
WIDOWS - FORCES : Army
1922   Ministry of Pensions: enquires rate of wages for a tin plate lacquerer in connection with assessment of pension in case of (Mrs) Emily M Walsh, widow of late Arthur Walsh RASC (197)   LAB 2/1547/I&S824
WIDOWS - General :
1923   Hat Trade etc: enquiry by Ministry of Pensions in connection with claim for alternative pension by widow of W C Lumb (197)   LAB 2/1554/I&S453
1923   Bottle Filler: enquiry by Ministry of Pensions as to wages and conditions governing regularity, in connection with assessment of pension due to widow of T P Wade (197)   LAB 2/1556/I&S810
1924   Ministry of Pensions: enquiries rate of pay and hours and conditions of labour of a hop drier and farm workers, in order to assess amount of alternative pension due to widow of George Town (197)   LAB 2/1560/I&S522
WIDOWS - FORCES : General
1927   British Legion, Women's Section: co-operation with Central Committee on Women's Training and British Legion on a) proceedings of Begum of Bhopal Fund Committee in connection with administration of fund for assistance of widows and orphans of ex-servicemen b) Legion's training scheme at Burnham Hall, Norfolk   LAB 2/1588/CCW291/1933
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1928   Ministry of Labour: Widows, Orphans and Old Age contributory pensions Act 1925: insurability of staff   LAB 2/1920/E4/140/1928
WIDOWS - General :
1967   George Woodcock CBE, Trades Union Congress; writes about training facilities and employment opportunities for widows   LAB 43/137
1950   Widows' Appeals (Pensions)   LCO 2/3738
1950   Pension scheme for judges widows   LCO 2/4608
1953   Status of women: whether a woman deponent, a practising solicitor, should be allowed to give 'solicitor' as her description without stating she is a widow   LCO 2/5997
1954-1957   Widows' and Infants' Funds in Court   LCO 2/6027
1957-1959   Committee on Widows' and Infants' Funds in Court: correspondence   LCO 2/6028-6029
1958   Committee on Widows' and Infants' Funds in Court: Mr Thesiger's papers 1-82   LCO 2/6030-6033
1958-1959   Committee on Widows' and Infants' Funds in Court: correspondence   LCO 2/6034-6035
1958   Committee on Widows' and Infants' Funds in Court: Committee papers   LCO 2/6037
1958-1959   Committee on Widows' and Infants' Funds in Court: minutes   LCO 2/6040
1944-1957   Workmen's Compensation: damages awarded to infants and widows   LCO 2/6225
1958   Mrs A M Redfern, widow: request that charges due to the Legal Aid Fund be waived   LCO 2/7544
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1933   National Health Insurance Act 1924; Widows, Orphans and Old Age Contributory Pensions Act 1925   LO 3/1050
1934   Widows, Orphans and the Old Age Contributory Pensions Act 1925   LO 3/1083
1937   Widows, Orphans and Old Age Contributory Pensions Act 1936   LO 3/1173
WIDOWS - General :
1943   Old Age and Widows Provisions Act 1940; determination of need and assessment of needs regulations; Pensions and Determination of Needs Bill 1943   LO 3/1305
1926   Pensions - widows; restoration after remarriage followed by divorce: Mrs R Boycott   LO 3/842
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1927   Widows, Orphans and Old Age Contributory Pensions Act 1925   LO 3/867
1927   Widows, Orphans and Old Age Contributory Pensions Act 1925 and Unemployment Insurance Act 1920   LO 3/874
1927   Widows, Orphans and Old Age Contributory Pensions Act 1925 s.24: provisions against double pensions   LO 3/879
1927   Opinion: National Health Insurance Act 1924; Widows', Orphans' and Old Age Contributory Pensions Act 1925: fluctuating bonus   LO 3/885
WIDOWS - Police :
1922-1978   Award of widows pension despite marriage being bigamous   MEPO 2/10109
1960   Service subscriptions and charity concerts for widows of deceased officers: policy   MEPO 2/10365
WIDOWS - General :
1909   Pension: grant to widow of man who assisted the police   MEPO 2/1274
WIDOWS - Police :
1911   Police Act 1890: pensions and gratuities to widows and children of police officers   MEPO 2/1442
1914-1919   Death on duty: widows pension   MEPO 2/1629
1918   Police and Prison Officers (Pension) Bill: widows pensions   MEPO 2/1756
1918   Widows pensions: rejoiners   MEPO 2/1757
1930   Widows' pensions: commencing date   MEPO 2/2303
1927-1928   Metropolitan Police Widows' Fund   MEPO 2/2431
1927-1928   Widows of old police pensioners: need more generous assistance .   MEPO 2/2432
1891   Pay: widows and orphans gratuities (Metropolitan Police)   MEPO 2/516
1914-1935   (War Pensions) Pensioned widows or dependants who endanger service pensions rights by misconduct or irregularity   MEPO 2/5543
1934-1936   Widows Fund: voluntary collections and National Police Fund Grant   MEPO 2/5577
1936-1941   Joint Executive Committee resolution to amend Police Pensions Act 1921 to provide a better pension for widows   MEPO 2/5986
1924-1927   Police Pensions Act 1921: widows   MEPO 2/6006
1929;1947   Metropolitan Police Widows' Fund: widows who remarry are not eligible for a grant   MEPO 2/6015
1941-1942   Widows' pensions: pension rights of widows of re-engaged pensioners married after original retirement   MEPO 2/7057
1943   Return of deductions to widows of police reservists or re-engaged pensioners   MEPO 2/7067
1941-1945   Pensions for widows and children of police officers: report of the Departmental Committee appointed in 1941   MEPO 2/7070
1942-1957   Metropolitan and City Police Relief Fund and Metropolitan Police Widows' Fund: investments   MEPO 2/7116
1905   Metropolitan and City Police Relief and Widows' Funds: dividend appropriation orders to be signed by the new trustees   MEPO 2/7177
1933-1936   Metropolitan and City Police Orphanage: committee of enquiry on proposal to close: pay allowances to police widows   MEPO 2/7300
1929-1966   Payment of Widows' Pensions: regulations and specimen forms   MEPO 2/7465
1923-1962   Metropolitan and City Police Relief Fund and Metropolitan Widows' Fund: particulars of trusts and policy   MEPO 2/7474
1921-1953   Form 576 replaced by Form S3.P.177: widows' pensions   MEPO 2/7832
1940   Police officers killed on duty: legal costs at inquests and subsequent claims for compensation by widows not payable from police funds   MEPO 2/7879
1947-1949   Widows of sergeants and constables in continued occupation of married quarters: assessment   MEPO 2/8348
1919-1944   Payment of pensions to widows of re-engaged pensioners who served from 1st September 1918: lists of pensioners and widows   MEPO 2/8455
1932-1975   Metropolitan Police Widows' Fund: varying terms of Trust   MEPO 2/9053
1950-1956   Widows of police officers: payment of a loan from a charitable fund in cases where probate is necessary   MEPO 2/9091
WIDOWS - General :
1960   Provision of married quarters for a widowed policewoman and her son   MEPO 2/9911
WIDOWS - Police :
1942-1944   Widows' pensions: pension numbers 8001-8500   MEPO 21/20
WIDOWS - General :
1937-1943   Lily Frederica Winslow, widow, Joseph Tidman and Harvey Mutch concerned together in causing death of Elizabeth Georgina Clayton through an illegal operation   MEPO 3/1024
1925-1934   Metropolitan and City Police Orphans Fund: Alexander Mann bequest, legal action brought by Mrs Mann claiming portion of bequest   MEPO 3/1912
WIDOWS - Police :
1938-1940   Grant of compassionate allowance, Provident subscription, gratuity, various sums from Relief Fund to constable, and subsequently his widow: specimen case   MEPO 3/774
WIDOWS - General :
1939-1940   Great Yarmouth Police enquiry about Alice Amelia Medhurst whose 6 husbands died within 9, 7, 11, 13, 5 and 2 years of marriage respectively: police order on exhumation procedure   MEPO 3/880
WIDOWS - Police :
1840-1858   Register of pensions, gratuities and compensations to widows of officers killed on duty   MEPO 4/33
1937-1940   Policy on the representation of widows of police officers fatally injured in accidents (1) at the inquest at cost of Police Fund and (2) the prosecution of a claim for compensation   MEPO 5/442
1915-1918   Former papers on payment of gratuities to widows of special constables injured on duty   MEPO 5/446
1948   Police Pensions Regulations 1948: authority to increase widows' pensions   MEPO 5/637
1952-1953   Changes in police pensions consequent upon Family Allowances and National Insurance Bill 1952: increase to widows' and dependants' pensions   MEPO 5/638
1949-1953   Police pensions: contributory scheme for improving police widows' pensions   MEPO 5/659
WIDOWS - General :
1948   National Insurance Advisory Committee: report on the draft of the National Insurance (Widows' Benefit and Retirement Pensions) Regulations 1948 (SI. 1948 No 1261); Report on the payment of Guardians' Allowance PIN 19/128 1948 National Insurance Advisory Committee memorandum on widow's benefit, guardian's allowances and retirement pension under the new scheme of National Insurance modifying conditions   MH 102/1453/901454/2
1948-1967   Widows pensions: NHS   MH 108/17
1947-1967   Widows pension: correspondence   MH 108/539
1948-1968   Retirement pension: correspondence regarding widows and divorcees   MH 108/573
1906   Middlesex County Council: gratuity to Mrs Dooley, widow of Asylum Attendant   MH 48/105
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1967-1968   South Arabia internal political situation and future of Aden Widows' and Orphans' Fund   OD 16/682
1967-1969   Rules of Indian Military Widows' and Orphans' Funds: proposals to permit refunds to certain officers   OD 16/726
WIDOWS - FORCES : Army
1967-1969   Rules of Indian Military Widows' and Orphans' Funds: proposals to permit refunds to certain officers   OD 16/726
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1923-1924   Anderson Committee 1923-1925: notes of points discussed and conclusions, memoranda: 'First Interim Report of Committee on Insurance and other Social Services: Old Age Pensions': and notes supplied by the Ministry of Health relating to Widows and Orphans Pensions and Allowances in the British Dominions and European countries   PIN 1/2
1919-1931   Anderson Committee 1923-1925:.... various memoranda on Widows and Orphans Pensions, Old Age Pensions, correspondence etc.   PIN 1/3
WIDOWS - General :
1949   Unemployment Insurance: widow of painter/decorator   PIN 13/953
WIDOWS - FORCES : General
1940   Awards manual (1939) for service cases Part II: widows' and dependants' and discretionary allowances   PIN 14/10
WIDOWS - FORCES : Army
1919   Royal Warrant for the pensions of soldiers disabled and dependants of soldiers deceased, in consequence of the Great War   PIN 14/11
1944-1952   Royal Warrants concerning retired pay, pensions and other grants for officers, nurses, and soldiers disabled, and for widows and children of soldiers deceased, in consequence of the 1914 World War (Cmd 6528,6653,6947, 7108, 7712, 8254, 8532 and 8620)   PIN 14/11
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1934   Widows, Orphans and Old Age Contributory Pensions Acts 1925-1932: instructions to inspectors   PIN 14/38
WIDOWS - FORCES : General
1917-1921   War Pensions: widows' pensions re-assessed under the Royal Warrant 1917   PIN 15/1013
1916-1942   War Pensions: gratuitites to widows: increase from £3 to £5   PIN 15/1077-1078
1917-1931   War Pensions: widows and dependants in rate-aided institutions: administration to officers' widows   PIN 15/1091-1099
1918   War Pensions: alternative pensions to officers' widows   PIN 15/1103
1917-1925   War Pensions: recoverable advances: widows and dependants of men who die after discharge   PIN 15/1158-1164
1940-1941   War Pensions: Civilian Compensation Scheme: widows' pensions   PIN 15/1193
1920-1925   War Pensions: separated wives of officers: payment of alternative pension to a widow who was living apart prior to husband's death   PIN 15/1216-1218
1917-1919   War Pensions: widows separated previously from their late husbands: conditions of award of pension   PIN 15/1219
1925-1934   War Pensions: treatment allowances for children whose mother is declared unworthy   PIN 15/1295
1921-1924   War Pensions: recovery of over-issues of pension made to pensioner from his widow or dependant or his estate   PIN 15/1379
1917-1930   War Pensions: dispensing Royal Warrant awards: widows and dependants of men shot for cowardice   PIN 15/1399-1400
1918-1942   War Pensions: forfeiture of widows' pensions on account of unworthiness: hardship caused to children   PIN 15/1406
1926-1934   War Pensions: forfeiture of widows pensions: procedure for dealing with anonymous letters   PIN 15/1407
1918-1926   War Pensions: claims to pension by widows or dependants of men dying after discharge   PIN 15/143-144
1919-1929   War Pensions: income tax: relief in respect of widows' flat rate or alternative pensions   PIN 15/1467-1468
WIDOWS - FORCES : Army
1917-1921   War Pensions: application of Royal Warrants to officers of the Indian Army, warrant officers of Indian Departments and to their widows and dependants   PIN 15/1469-1470
1917-1920   War Pensions: officers of the Indian Army: question of gratuity to widow of Captain H G Brodie   PIN 15/1472
WIDOWS - FORCES : General
1917-1925   War Pensions: widows' and dependants' pensions: procedure in respect of men reported missing   PIN 15/1530-1532
1917-1919   War Pensions: widows' and dependants' pensions: procedure in respect of officers reported missing   PIN 15/1533
WIDOWS - FORCES : Army
1918   War Pensions: widows' alternative pensions: date of commencement following death of soldier   PIN 15/1534
WIDOWS - FORCES : General
1917   War Pensions: date of commencement of widows' pension where decision of the Service Department has been reversed by Ministry   PIN 15/1535
1918-1948   War Pensions: widows' pensions: Article 16 (Officers') Article 17 (Men's) Royal Warrant   PIN 15/166-176
WIDOWS - FORCES : Royal Navy
1920-1924   War Pensions: officers and men of Mercantile Marine: pensions to widows of certain Greek ratings lost with s.s. Dalkeith   PIN 15/1741
1928-1930   War Pensions: Mercantile Marine: War Risks Compensation Scheme: forfeiture of widows' pensions for misconduct: investigation of cases on behalf of Board of Trade   PIN 15/1743
1922-1923   War Pensions: Mercantile Marine: 1914 War: India Office: compensation to wives and children of deceased Lascars   PIN 15/1750
WIDOWS - FORCES : General
1920-1923   War Pensions: erroneous over-issue of alternative pensions to officers' widows: recovery   PIN 15/1751
1924   War Pensions: illegitimate children: sanction under Dispensing Warrant to benefits of Royal Warrant: allowances when legal widow in receipt of a pension   PIN 15/1754
WIDOWS - FORCES : Royal Navy
1923-1925   War Pensions: widows' pensions: Article 17: seamen and mariners   PIN 15/177-178
WIDOWS - FORCES : General
1917-1935   War Pensions: widows' pensions: see list   PIN 15/179-199
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1935-1936   Income tax contributions to colonial Widows and Orphans pension scheme in the UK CO 850/68/9 1935-1937 Eire: Widows and Orphans Act, 1935   PIN 15/2043
WIDOWS - FORCES : General
1940-1945   War Pensions: Old Age and Widows' Pensions Act 1940: supplementation of widows' pensions   PIN 15/2187-2189
1940-1943   War Pensions: Order by His Majesty 1940: revised order for retired pay, pensions, allowances and gratuities for members of the Air Forces, Nursing and Auxiliary Services, disabled, widows and dependants   PIN 15/2204-2205
1918-1944   War Pensions: widows' pensions: Article 11 Royal Warrant: conditions of entitlement and eligibility   PIN 15/226-234
WIDOWS - General :
1940-1944   Personal Injuries (Civilians) Schemes 1940-1941: revision of Schemes; special temporary allowances to widows   PIN 15/2294
WIDOWS - FORCES : General
1941-1943   War Pensions: special temporary allowances to widows: civilian and mercantile marine cases; reports by Chief Officers on operation of Scheme 1941   PIN 15/2296
WIDOWS - FORCES : Royal Navy
1941-1943   War Pensions: special temporary allowances to widows: civilian and mercantile marine cases; reports by Chief Regional Officers on operation of Scheme 1941   PIN 15/2296
WIDOWS - General :
1941-1943   War Pensions: special temporary allowances to widows: civilian and mercantile marine cases; reports by Chief Regional Officers on operation of Scheme 1941   PIN 15/2296
WIDOWS - FORCES : General
1917-1928   War Pensions: widows' pensions: see list   PIN 15/235-240
1920-1921   War Pensions: Pensions Appeal Tribunals: officers and officers' widows; criticisms of procedure and decisions   PIN 15/2412
1924-1936   War Pensions: widows' pensions: Articles 17A and 17B Royal Warrants 1923 and 1924; basis of assessment where husband pensioned for pre and post-marriage multiple disabilities   PIN 15/2418
1940-1944   War Pensions: remarriage of widows and female dependants: award of gratuity during the currency of separation allowance   PIN 15/2422
1920-1933   War Pensions: Royal Warrant of 21 June 1922 amending the Royal Warrant of 6 Feb 1919: widows' entitlement under Article 11   PIN 15/2435
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1937-1940   War Pensions: Widows' Orphans and Old Age Contributory Pensions Acts 1925-1931: insertion of Ministry of Health leaflet No 40 in pension order books for the information of women in receipt of service dependants pension   PIN 15/2445
WIDOWS - FORCES : General
1937-1940   War Pensions: Widows' Orphans and Old Age Contributory Pensions Acts 1925-1931: insertion of Ministry of Health leaflet No 40 in pension order books for the information of women in receipt of service dependants pension   PIN 15/2445
1927-1934   War Pensions: Widows, Orphans and Old Age Contributory Pensions Acts 1925-1931: effect of award by Ministry of Health in exceptional cases when pension is in payment by Ministry of Pensions   PIN 15/2446
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1940   War Pensions: Widows' Orphans and Old Age Contributory Pensions Acts 1925-1931: position of widows of personnel of missing ships   PIN 15/2447
WIDOWS - FORCES : General
1940   War Pensions: Widows' Orphans and Old Age Contributory Pensions Acts 1925-1931: position of widows of personnel of missing ships   PIN 15/2447
1919-1921   War Pensions: men dying of disease whilst on leave: question of entitlement to pension of their widows of dependants   PIN 15/2451
1943   Royal Patriotic Fund Corporation: discretionary allowance to widows residing in Eire without entitlement under British or Eire Contributory Pensions Acts   PIN 15/2462
1919-1922   War Pensions: Western Australia: ex-servicemen, war widows' and children's overseas settlement scheme   PIN 15/2467
1916-1926   War Pensions: remarriage of widows and female dependants   PIN 15/253-255
1925-1941   War Pensions: recoverable advance: widows and motherless children of men dying after discharge   PIN 15/2535
1920-1923   War Pensions: remarriage of widows with children to serving sailors, soldiers and airmen   PIN 15/256
1920-1934   War Pensions: remarriage of widows and female dependants: question od payment of gratuity   PIN 15/257
WIDOWS - FORCES : Army
1923   War Pensions: remarriage of widows and female dependants: question of gratuity to unmarried wives who were married previous to cohabiting with the deceased soldier and whose husband has disappeared   PIN 15/258
WIDOWS - FORCES : General
1918-1932   War Pensions: remarriage of widows to deceased husband's brother: position for pension   PIN 15/259-260
1940-1943   War Pensions: dispensing Royal Warrant awards: widows and dependants of men shot for cowardice   PIN 15/2602
1919-1930   War Pensions: remarriage of widow with children to a disablement pensioner   PIN 15/261-262
1933-1943   War Pensions: widows of disabled ex-servicemen not eligible for Ministry awards and unable to obtain pension from Ministry of Health   PIN 15/2640
1942-1943   War Pensions: widows of disabled ex-servicemen not eligible for Ministry awards and unable to obtain pension from Ministry of Health: Royal Patriotic Fund Corporation and non-pensioned widows' fund   PIN 15/2641
WIDOWS - FORCES : Army
1915-1926   War Pensions: Royal Malta Artillery: pension rates to men, widows and children   PIN 15/2666-2667
WIDOWS - FORCES : General
1939-1942   Old Age Pensions: review of present scheme and consideration of possible repercussions on Great War and future war widows' and dependants' pensions   PIN 15/2688
1922-1945   War Pensions: imperial pensioners resident in Canada and USA: establishment of claims by widows and dependants   PIN 15/2695
WIDOWS - FORCES : Royal Navy
1938-1944   War Pensions: Naval and Royal Marine officers re-employed in a lower rank: widows' pensions rates   PIN 15/2705
WIDOWS - FORCES : General
1943-1951   War Pensions: supplementation of widows' pensions in accordance with Old Age and Widows' Pensions Act 1940: effect of Determination of Needs Act 1943   PIN 15/2726
1950-1962   War Pensions: widows incapable of self-support by reason of pregnancy   PIN 15/2746
1921-1955   War Pensions: war widows' appeals: First World War   PIN 15/2847
1947-1963   War Pensions: disabled officers and officers' widows: weekly rate of pension etc.   PIN 15/2915
1924-1960   War Pensions: widows' pensions: see list   PIN 15/2965-2968
1936-1942   War Pensions: widows war pensions: review of entitlement   PIN 15/2975
1926-1960   War Pensions: remarriage of widows and female dependants   PIN 15/2978
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1927-1952   Widows, Orphans and Old Age Contributory Pensions Acts: see list   PIN 15/3059-3061
WIDOWS - Police :
1918-1967   War Pensions: former War Warrants: applicability to members of the South African Constabulary and their widows   PIN 15/3080
WIDOWS - FORCES : General
1948-1955   War Pensions: analysis of disablement and widows' pensions in payment on 31 December 1947   PIN 15/3084
1922-1964   War Pensions: restoration of pensions for officers' widows after remarriage followed by divorce: nullity opinion of Law Officers   PIN 15/3176-3177
1928-1963   War Pensions: pension of allowances of widows and children whose pension was commuted before marriage: Draft Bill 1930; proposed cancellation of Section 4 (2) and (3) of Pensions Commutation Act 1871   PIN 15/3183-3184
1939-1965   War Pensions: Civilian Compensation Scheme 1939: need pensions for widows and children of men who were in receipt of superannuation pensions at death; dependants need cases   PIN 15/3215
1942-1949   War Pensions: Civilian Compensation Scheme 1939: widows pensions: instructions and notes for the guidance of Awards Branch   PIN 15/3217
1946-1950   War Pensions: pension to officers' widows: remarriage and restoration of pension on second widowhood   PIN 15/3246
1925-1942   War Pensions: birth, marriage and death certificates: arrangements for the notification by registrars of the remarriage of widows in receipt of pension   PIN 15/3293
1916-1918   War Pensions: forfeitures of allowances and pensions   PIN 15/3304-3305
1921-1944   War Pensions: forfeiture of widows' and dependants' pensions: procedure in cases of 'unworthiness' (closed 75 years)   PIN 15/3306-3308
1917-1930   War Pensions: forfeiture of widows' amd dependants' pensions: assistance from the police (closed 75 years)   PIN 15/3310
1938-1950   War Pensions: forfeiture of widows' and dependants' pensions: instructions to enquiry officers   PIN 15/3311
1940-1959   War Pensions: forfeiture of widows' and dependants' pensions: Second World War (closed 75 years)   PIN 15/3312
1930-1966   War Pensions: liability for tax of widows' pensions and allowances awarded in respect of children   PIN 15/3324
WIDOWS - FORCES : Royal Navy
1948-1950   War Pensions: liability for tax on Mercantile Marine officers, widows and dependants pension; overseas cases   PIN 15/3326
WIDOWS - FORCES : Army
1922-1965   War Pensions: application of Royal Warrants to officers of the Indian Army, warrant officers of Indian Departments and to their widows and dependants   PIN 15/3337
1943-1967   War Pensions: Royal Malta Artillery: pension rates to men, widows and children   PIN 15/3366
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1937-1946   Eire: Widows and Orphans Act 1935   PIN 15/3430
WIDOWS - FORCES : General
1939-1959   War Pensions: gratuities to officers' widows: interpretation of killed-in- action Article 55 Order-in-Council 1939   PIN 15/3434-3435
1940-1955   War Pensions: payments to widows and dependants on death of member of the Forces: proposal by the Admiralty to increase rate of allotment during first four weeks of the 13 week period   PIN 15/3440
1952-1968   War Pensions: claim to widows' pension (1939-1945 war) where death has been presumed   PIN 15/3467
1950-1969   War Pensions: pensions awarded to widows of totally disabled men in receipt of constant attendance allowance: action following British Legion deputation to Minister   PIN 15/3620
1932-1960   War Pensions: forfeiture of widows' and dependants' pensions   PIN 15/3704-3705
1954-1971   War Pensions: war widows' appeals: First World War   PIN 15/3840
1962-1974   War Pensions: widows pensions under Article 17A: cases in which conditions laid down by Treasury were not fulfilled; battle casualty formula   PIN 15/3869-3870
1961-1964   War Pensions: remarriage of widows and female dependants   PIN 15/3872
WIDOWS - General :
1944-1950   Royal Patriotic Fund Corporation: Second World War non-pensioned widows' fund; impressed funding   PIN 15/3899
WIDOWS - FORCES : General
1917-1926   War Pensions: Special Grants Committee: grants to supplement pensions: amendments to regulations; officers or their widows   PIN 15/3917-3918
1920-1940   War Pensions: Special Grants Committee: recoverable advances made on account of retired pay or pensions to disabled officers, nurses or widows   PIN 15/3929-3930
1922-1924   War Pensions: Special Grants Committee: supplementation under Regulation 6: pension for childless widows aged under 40, who are ill and unable to earn   PIN 15/3934
1922-1923   War Pensions: Special Grants Committee: withdrawal of Regulation 8 part 1 (sickness grants): widows or children suffering from prolonged illness   PIN 15/3936
1924-1930   War Pensions: Special Grants Committee: Regulation 5A to reintroduce sickness grants for pensioned widows or children suffering from prolonged illness   PIN 15/3937-3939
1923-1929   War Pensions: Special Grants Committee: scheme to reserve portion of pension of motherless children in employment (other than section 9 children): extension to illegitimate children and children of widows   PIN 15/3953
1927-1928   War Pensions: Special Grants Committee: scheme to reserve portion of pension of motherless children in employment (other than section 9 children) extension to children of widows   PIN 15/3956
1956-1966   War Pensions: widows' pensions: supplementation for rent etc.   PIN 15/4047
1918-1920   War Pensions: proposed Bill for endowment of widows etc.   PIN 15/405
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1925-1939   Widows, Orphans and Old Age Contributory Pensions Bill and Act 1925   PIN 15/406-413
WIDOWS - FORCES : General
1964   War Pensions: Consolidated Royal Warrant, 1914-1918 War: widows' provisions   PIN 15/4130
1963   War Pensions: temporary allowance for the widows of severely disabled war pensioners   PIN 15/4137
1960-1961   War Pensions: working party review on death benefit provisions in relation to 'cohabitation or unworthy conduct': minutes and preparation of final report   PIN 15/4177-4178
1925   War Pensions: former war widows: payments by Australian Government   PIN 15/463
1925   War Pensions: entitlement: proposal to deal with widows and dependants   PIN 15/597
1917-1925   War Pensions: men's suicide cases: question of pension to widows and female dependants   PIN 15/807-811
WIDOWS - FORCES : Royal Navy
1917   War Pensions: memorial to Privy Council relating to pensions of disabled seamen and marines and dependants of those deceeased   PIN 15/830
WIDOWS - FORCES : General
1919-1938   War Pensions: alternative pensions: widows   PIN 15/85-86
1918-1923   War Pensions: alternative pensions: widows of officers and men   PIN 15/88-89
1917-1922   War Pensions: alternative pensions: men and widows   PIN 15/90-92
1919-1923   War Pensions: pensions of officers' widows having both legitimate and illegitimate children   PIN 15/957-958
WIDOWS - General :
1954   National Insurance: quinquennial review: widows benefits   PIN 18/252
WIDOWS - FORCES : General
1954-1964   War pensions: widows' rent allowance   PIN 18/275
WIDOWS - General :
1951-1958   Basic widows' pension in 1946: payment of widows' benefit arrears and refund of contributions to non claimants under the National Insurance Act 1946   PIN 18/297
WIDOWS - FORCES : General
1958-1959   Battle Casualty Formula: death of disabled pensioner caused by service injury; award of service widow's pension   PIN 18/311
1960-1962   War pensions: award to late claimant's widow   PIN 18/357
1958-1974   National Assistance disregards for war widows   PIN 18/373
WIDOWS - General :
1964-1965   National Insurance (Increase of Widows' Basic Pensions and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 1965   PIN 18/494
1962-1963   National Insurance: Mrs B Omran: payment of widows' benefit owing to official error   PIN 18/556
1963   National Insurance: authority to rectify insurance position of 50 widows overpaid benefit and erroneously awarded credits owing to age limitation being overlooked (closed 50 years)   PIN 18/560
1962-1963   National Insurance: Mrs A Griffin: application of New Zealand reciprocal agreement to retirement pension claim by widow on visit to UK   PIN 18/563
1950-1959   National Insurance: special credits on termination of marriage   PIN 19/147
1949-1970   National Insurance: contribution credits for widows' benefits   PIN 19/163
1945   National Insurance: widows' guardian benefit: national insurance position of widows with children   PIN 19/17
1952-1954   National Insurance: Working Group on dependency, widowhood and married women   PIN 19/184
1948-1963   National Insurance: industrial war widows: contribution conditions   PIN 19/205
1954-1956   National Insurance Advisory Committee: report on widows' benefits   PIN 19/224
1954-1955   National Insurance Advisory Committee: widows' benefits and dependancy: increases   PIN 19/246
1954-1956   National Insurance Advisory Committee: widows' benefits and dependancy: individual representations   PIN 19/247
1954-1955   National Insurance: Working Group on dependancy: widows, married women and children   PIN 19/279
1955-1958   National Insurance Advisory Committee: increases of widows and dependancy benefits   PIN 19/283-284
1956   National Insurance Advisory Committee: report on widows' benefits   PIN 19/307
1956-1964   National Insurance Advisory Committee: widowed mothers   PIN 19/308
1940-1941   National Insurance: allowances payable to Approved Societies for administering sickness payments provided for in Section 3 of the Old Age and Widows' Pensions Act 1940: State Grant   PIN 19/35
1953-1956   National Insurance: first quinquennial review, reference to National Insurance Advisory Committee: widows' and dependancy benefits   PIN 19/397
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1947   Regional Organisation Committee: Report of the Committee on transitional proposals relating to Old Age Pensions, Widows' Pensions, Children's Allowances and Orphans' Pensions   PIN 19/86
WIDOWS - General :
1947-1948   Exception from liability to pay national insurance contribution on grounds of small income or as a married woman or widow: issue of certificates   PIN 19/91
1948-1949   National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Colliery Workers Supplementary Scheme 1948: payment of supplement to an able-bodied childless widow under 40 years of age   PIN 21/174
1957-1958   National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Colliery Workers Supplementary Scheme 1948: proposals for amendments to benefits: ie increase in widows' benefit....   PIN 21/178
1960-1967   Working Party on War Pensions and Industrial Injuries: provisions for cohabiting widows   PIN 21/367-368
1957   National Insurance (Married Women) Amendment Regulations 1957: widows with industrial injury pensions who remarry after pensionable age   PIN 21/380
1960-1962   National Insurance: industrial injury widows: credits for retirement pensions on own insurance   PIN 21/404
1960-1961   National Insurance: industrial injury widows: right to husband's graduated benefit   PIN 21/405
WIDOWS - FORCES : General
1963-1965   National Insurance: Ministry of Defence proposal to pay full service pension to widows separated at time of death: repercussions on industrial injuries   PIN 21/440
WIDOWS - General :
1963-1965   National Insurance: Ministry of Defence proposal to pay full service pension to widows separated at time of death: repercussions on industrial injuries widows   PIN 21/440
1964-1974   Limitation of industrial death benefit paid to widows separated at time of death   PIN 21/441
1964-1978   Industrial Injuries: provisions for widowhood: general   PIN 21/442-443
1964-1965   Overlap of industrial death benefit and widows basic pension   PIN 21/526
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1925-1937   Appeals under Widows, Orphans and Old Age Contributory Pensions Act 1925: senior referees appointments   PIN 23/103
WIDOWS - General :
1940-1941   Old Age and Widows Pensions Act 1940: additional staff required for administration   PIN 23/179
1929-1937   Widows Pensions Act 1929: additional staff required for administration   PIN 23/181
1951   National Insurance: decentralisation of awards: retirement pensions and widows' benefits   PIN 23/307
1940-1944   War Pensions: remarriage of widows and female dependants: award of gratuity during the currency of separation allowance   PIN 2422
WIDOWS - FORCES : General
1915-1971   Ministry of Pensions and Successors: Selected First World War Pensions Awards Files: widows: nominal list: see list   PIN 26/17179-19720
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1925   Widows, Orphans and Old Age Contributory Pension   PIN 3/19-20
1929   Widows, Orphans and Old Age Contributory Pension   PIN 3/24
1931   Widows, Orphans and Old Age Contributory Pension   PIN 3/31
1935-1936   Widows, Orphans and Old Age Contributory Pensions and Old Age Pensions   PIN 3/50
1936-1937   Widows, Orphans and Old Age Contributory Pensions (Voluntary Contributors)   PIN 3/51
WIDOWS - General :
1940   Old Age and Widows Pensions Parts I and II   PIN 3/57-58
1946   Adjustment of widows' pensions on account of family allowances: procedure   PIN 32/13
1947-1948   National Insurance: widow pensioners aged between 50 and 60 on 5 July 1948: questions of whether contributions should be paid and increments earned from age 60   PIN 32/56
1956   Family Allowances and National Insurance Bill 1956: persons abroad; widows   PIN 34/180
1959-1961   National Insurance: widowed mother's allowance for widows abroad   PIN 34/230
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1945-1946   Malta: Widows, Orphans and Old Age Contributory Pensions Scheme: reciprocal   PIN 34/29
WIDOWS - General :
1955-1958   Proposals to improve widows insurance conditions: draft   PIN 35/115
1957-1971   Sickness benefit for women whose marriages have terminated   PIN 35/135
1962   Forward planning: benefits for older pensioners, widowed mothers and chronic sick; earnings limit for dependant wife   PIN 35/196
1959-1973   Effects of overlapping benefit: provisions for widows and elderly   PIN 35/240
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1916-1927   Widows, Orphans and Old Age Contributory Pensions Bill 1925 (Northern Ireland): see list   PIN 4/109-114
1925-1928   Widows, Orphans and Old Age Contributory Pensions Act 1925: see list   PIN 4/119-122
1935   Widows, Orphans and Old Age Pensions Amendment Bill, 1935   PIN 4/13
1929-1937   Widows, Orphans and Old Age Pensions Bill 1929   PIN 4/132-138
1926-1927   Widows, Orphans and Old Age Contributory Pensions Act 1925: claim to pensions at 65 years but under 70 years, by 2 Jan 1928   PIN 4/184
1928-1929   Old Age Pensions Acts 1908-1924 and Widows and Orphans and Old Age Contributory Pensions Act 1925: examples of pensions order payment books   PIN 4/211
1936-1937   Widows, Orphans and Old Age Contributory Pensions Special Voluntary Contributions Bill, 1937   PIN 4/59-66
1925-1931   Widows, Orphans and Old Age Pension Act 1925: teachers and local education authorities   PIN 4/84
1925-1927   Widows, Orphans and Old Age Contributory Pensions Bill 1925: see list   PIN 4/95-108
WIDOWS - General :
1953-1955   Review of earnings declarations made by retirement pensioners and widows: extent of evasion of earnings rule   PIN 42/18
1956   Widows: introduction of options to pay different rates of national insurance   PIN 42/73
1959-1960   Widowed mother's allowance abroad: payments of child's element   PIN 46/119
1948-1952   Existing widows pensions: procedure under the National Insurance Act 1946   PIN 46/12
1960-1967   Widows' benefit and retirement pension: action on late claims   PIN 46/121
1968-1972   Widows' benefit: cohabitation   PIN 46/123
WIDOWS - FORCES : General
1962-1963   Widows' benefit: possible repercussions if lump sum payments are made to widows of war pensioners   PIN 46/130
WIDOWS - General :
1963   Matrimonial Causes & Reconciliation Act 1963: position as regards widows' benefits   PIN 46/146
1964   Provisions for widowhood: paper   PIN 46/147
1964   National Insurance (Widows' Benefit & Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 1964   PIN 46/151
1964-1965   National Insurance (Increase of Widows' Basic Pension & Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 1965   PIN 46/157
1964   National Insurance (Widows' Benefit) (Consequential Provisions) Regulations 1964: abolition of earnings rule   PIN 46/158
1965-1966   Earnings-related short term benefits: re-rating widows allowances   PIN 46/162
1965-1966   Earnings-related supplement: payment with widow's allowance   PIN 46/163
1968-1976   Widows benefits: three year marriage rule   PIN 46/166
1949-1965   Widows benefit: presumption of death of husband, dissolution of marriage   PIN 46/17
WIDOWS - FORCES : General
1948-1952   Widows benefit: effect of dependants' war pension increases   PIN 46/18
WIDOWS - General :
1948-1957   Incapacitated widows: medical boarding: procedure   PIN 46/2-3
1949-1964   Pensions: remarriage of widow: procedure   PIN 46/25
1950-1951   Widows and children: proposals for improved benefits   PIN 46/34
1951-1971   Retirement & Widows Benefit: validity of marriage enquiries, Organisation & Methods Division review July 1965; polygamous marriages   PIN 46/43
1952-1968   Widows Benefit: cohabitation; policy and procedure   PIN 46/59
1951-1964   Pension: widows position when entitlement to child allowance ceases   PIN 46/68
1949-1964   Revised procedure for dealing with widows' pension where husband was over age 65 at date of death   PIN 46/69
1948-1962   Duplication of widows basic pension with other benefits   PIN 46/7
1961-1962   National Insurance (Married Women) Amendment Regulations, 1961: award of credits to the pensions of certain widows affected by an anomaly in the National Insurance Act 1957, widows abroad   PIN 46/74
1962-1964   Review of the provisions for widows in regard to the earnings rule and allowances for children   PIN 46/76
1964-1965   Review in the provisions of widows' benefits   PIN 46/77
1948   Incapacitated widows: post award procedure   PIN 46/8
WIDOWS - FORCES : General
1955-1963   War Widows' modified retirement pensions: correspondence   PIN 46/80-81
WIDOWS - General :
1962-1969   A widow's pension provided under the pre-1948 scheme in relation to post 1948 scheme: correspondence   PIN 46/83
1961-1966   A modified national insurance widows' pension due to short fall in the contribution record of her deceased husband: correspondence   PIN 46/85
1955-1957   Retirement pensions: contribution conditions of widows unable to qualify on their own contributions   PIN 46/92
1955   National Insurance Advisory Committee: enquiries relating to individual ten shilling widows   PIN 46/97
1937-1970   Widows' Benefits: see list   PIN 46/98-111
WIDOWS - FORCES : General
1962-1966   Statistics: war pensioners' widows: national   PIN 47/118
WIDOWS - General :
1956   National Insurance Advisory Committee: widows' benefits (closed 50 years)   PIN 47/74
1950-1954   Widow's liability to pay insurance contributions   PIN 54/28
1953-1965   Pensioned widows opting into the national insurance scheme before 60th birthday, to qualify for increments on later retirement   PIN 54/36
1951-1952   Disputed claim for widow's benefit: validity of stamps paid whilst husband supervised business while receiving sickness benefit   PIN 54/4
1975-1977   Married women: conditions for retirement pension (category B) based on ex-husband's contributions   PIN 54/45
1977-1978   Retirement pension reduced rate: regulation 7 of the National Insurance (Widow's Benefit and Retirement Pension) Regulations 1972 SI 1972/606   PIN 54/51
WIDOWS - FORCES : General
1961-1962   National Insurance (Married Women) Amendment Regulations 1961: class III credits for widows claiming war and industrial injury pensions   PIN 54/56
WIDOWS - General :
1963-1964   Class III credits for widows: re-entitlement to widows benefit   PIN 54/60
1976-1978   Widowed mother's allowance: contribution conditions satisfied only for reduced rate of payment   PIN 54/65
1973-1978   Widows' retirement pension: contribution conditions satisfied only for reduced rate of payment   PIN 54/70
1953-1955   Widow's benefit claim: repayment of class III (non employed) stamps for period when husband was a student; precedent case   PIN 54/9
WIDOWS - FORCES : General
1943-1979   War Pensions Policy: war widows aged under 40   PIN 59/131
1962-1973   War Pensions Policy: widows who married after their husbands had been disabled ('post injury')   PIN 59/132
1944-1974   War Pensions Policy: widows of former wars   PIN 59/133
1962-1967   War Pensions Policy: widows' pensions: policy where there has been negligence or misconduct   PIN 59/134
1961-1967   War Pensions Policy: war widows: title to National Insurance benefits   PIN 59/135
1963-1976   War widows: comparison with foreign schemes   PIN 59/137
1967-1968   War widows: income tax liability   PIN 59/138
1959-1971   War widows: age allowance   PIN 59/140
1963-1972   War widows: 'killed in action' gratuitites   PIN 59/149
1961-1973   War widows in Part III accommodation   PIN 59/150
1960-1964   War Pensions Policy: rights of appeal for war widows   PIN 59/162
1962-1974   War Pensions Policy: extension of widows' appeal rights   PIN 59/163
1961-1968   War Pensions Policy: widows of severely disabled pensioners   PIN 59/221-224
1943-1961   War Pensions Policy: widows' rent allowances   PIN 59/43
1943-1956   War Pensions Policy: 'killed in action' gratuities   PIN 59/45
1955-1970   War Pensions Policy: visiting elderly war widows   PIN 59/46
WIDOWS - General :
1953   National Insurance: widows' benefit and retirement pensions amendment regulations 1953   PIN 60/101
1954-1956   National Insurance: 'Question of Dependancy Provisions' and 'Question of Widows' Benefits': reports   PIN 60/110
1957   National Insurance: widows' benefit and retirement pensions amendment regulations 1957   PIN 60/129
1957   National Insurance: widows' benefit and retirement pensions amendment (No 2) regulations   PIN 60/142
1948   National Insurance: widows' benefit, guardians' allowance and retirement pensions regulations 1948   PIN 60/30
1948-1956   Widow's pension: see under heading General Benefits: see list   PIN 62
1948   Widow incapable of self support: pension increased due to infirmity   PIN 62/40-42
WIDOWS - FORCES : General
1922-1980   War Pensions: widows pensions: bigamous marriages and marriages nullified by decree   PIN 67/34
1962-1976   War widows: rent allowance   PIN 69/139
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1930-1945   Widows and Orphans and Old Age Contributory Pensions Act 1925: annual estimated cost of services for the verification of ages of claimants   PIN 7/247
WIDOWS - General :
1956-1958   Widows re-establishment in insurance: National Insurance (Married Women) Amendment Regulations 1955   PIN 7/468
1965   Earnings-related short-term benefits: widows   PIN 70/80
1960-1961   Earnings-related short-term benefits: pension increments on widowhood for women under 60 years of age   PIN 70/89
WIDOWS - FORCES : General
1882-1964   Selected War Pensions: Award Files: Former Wars (Pre 1914): widows, alphabetical: see list   PIN 71/1-1025
WIDOWS - General :
1965-1979   Earnings Related Supplement: widows: inter-relation of earnings related widows' allowance   PIN 72/34
1965-1966   Earnings Related Supplement: treatment of widows   PIN 72/8
1943-1944   Beveridge Committee: widows' benefit: qualifying conditions   PIN 8/108
1943   Beveridge Committee: pensions for childless widows   PIN 8/109
1943-1944   Beveridge Committee: widows pensions over age 60   PIN 8/110
1943-1944   Beveridge Committee: widows' benefits   PIN 8/26
WIDOWS - FORCES : General
1940-1988   Selected Second World War Pensions Award Files: Widows' Award: specific cases: see list   PIN 80/1-45
WIDOWS - General :
1916-1972   Ministry of Pensions and Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance: Special Grants Committee: Case Files: widows: see list (some closed)   PIN 84/1-33
WIDOWS - FORCES : Army
1851-1854   Army Ordnance: pensions: widows and children   PMG 12/11
1854-1857   Army Ordnance: pensions: widows and children   PMG 12/14
1802-1821   Army: letters and power of attorney: register: widows   PMG 14/165-167
WIDOWS - FORCES : Royal Navy
1857-1870   Navy: widows of Marine officers   PMG 16/10-14
1836-1838   Navy: widows and miscellaneous: widows of Marine officers   PMG 16/2
1839-1847   Navy: widows of Marine officers   PMG 16/3-5
1848-1856   Navy: widows of Marine officers   PMG 16/7-9
1836-1929   Widows of (Naval) officers pensions: nominal list: see list   PMG 19/1-94
1891-1895   Navy: widows of Marine ýÿÿÿ officers   PMG 20/11
1895-1911   Navy: widows of Marine officers   PMG 20/13-16
1870-1885   Navy: widows of Marine officers   PMG 20/1-5
1911-1915   Navy: widows of Marine officers   PMG 20/21
1915-1919   Navy: widows of Marine officers   PMG 20/23
1885-1888   Navy: widows of Marine officers   PMG 20/7
1888-1891   Navy: widows of Marine officers   PMG 20/9
1837-1838   Navy: repayments in respect of non-effective (commissioned and warrant) officers and widows and children etc. in receipt of pensions and allowances   PMG 22/1
1840-1841   Navy: repayments in respect of non-effective (commissioned and warrant) officers and widows and children etc. in receipt of pensions and allowances   PMG 22/5
1916-1917   Supplementary allowances: widows: Navy, Marines and RAF 1919-1920   PMG 43/1
WIDOWS - FORCES : General
1917-1919   War of 1914-1918: widows pensions: nominal list   PMG 45/1-5
WIDOWS - Police :
1887-1891   Royal Irish Constabulary pensions: widows and children   PMG 48/19
1891-1895   Royal Irish Constabulary pensions: widows and children   PMG 48/24
1895-1899   Royal Irish Constabulary pensions: widows and children   PMG 48/30
1899-1903   Royal Irish Constabulary pensions: widows and children   PMG 48/35
1903-1907   Royal Irish Constabulary pensions: widows and children   PMG 48/40
1907-1911   Royal Irish Constabulary pensions: widows and children   PMG 48/46
1911-1915   Royal Irish Constabulary pensions: widows and children   PMG 48/51
1915-1919   Royal Irish Constabulary pensions: widows and children   PMG 48/68
WIDOWS - FORCES : Army
1840-1855   Army Commisariat: Half Pay, Widows, Pensions, Compassionate and Superannuation   PMG 5/7-11
WIDOWS - FORCES : Royal Navy
1830-1838   Power of attorney: Navy: widows and other female dependants (arranged by grantees)   PMG 51/4
1914-1918   Navy: allowances to widows of mercantile crew killed warlike operations   PMG 56/2
1914-1918   Mercantile Crew: pensions: widows and children   PMG 56/3
1918-1928   Navy: allowances to widows of mercantile crew killed in warlike operations   PMG 56/7-9
1921-1926   Pensions: widows, children and other dependants of seamen and marines   PMG 72/1-2
WIDOWS - FORCES : General
1854-1945   Patriotic Fund   PMG 74/160
WIDOWS - General :
1935-1945   Widow mentally incapable   PMG 74/196
1949-1969   Widows pensions: regulations: see list   PMG 74/435-450
WIDOWS - FORCES : General
1963-1964   War widows allowance   PMG 74/481
WIDOWS - FORCES : Royal Air Force
1944-1945   Pensions to widows of Polish airmen   PMG 74/85
WIDOWS - FORCES : General
1952-1956   Disability and war widows pensions   PREM 11/1594
1963   Officer widows' pensions: Prime Minister saw deputation of Conservative MPs on 29 July   PREM 11/4399
WIDOWS - General :
1964   Widows' pensions: Prime Minister saw Mrs E Emmett MP, 23 June 1964   PREM 11/4976
1816   Hatton Papers. Duke of Kent forwards a petition from Mrs Steel, the widowed mother of a convict ff 241-242   PRO 30/45/1
1907   Ramsay MacDonald Papers: George Gerrie: pension for widow of Dr John Mackintosh ff 80-88   PRO 30/69/1151
1910   Minute. Grant of a Civil List pension to the widow of John Davidson, poet. [Part of the original was removed to the Museum (Case Y) in 1971; Mrs Davidson's case was supported by numerous literary celebrities]   T 1/11225/15042/10
1910   War Office. W Franckom, decd, lift attendant, Royal Army Clothing Department: compensation to dependants   T 1/11232/17280/10
WIDOWS - FORCES : General
1911   War Office. Effect of Pension Commutation Acts on pensions of officers' widows and children: opinion of the Law Officers of the Crown (20653/10; 11680/10; 11380/10)   T 1/11269/4298/11
WIDOWS - General :
1911   Colonial Office. R D Talati, decd, librarian, High Court, East Africa: compassionate gratuity to widow   T 1/11276/5264/11
1911   King's and Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer. Payment of vacant stipends to the collector of the Ministers' Widows' Fund (Church of Scotland) (10201/01)   T 1/11280/5891/11
WIDOWS - FORCES : Army
1911   War Office. Hon. Major J M Roache, deputy commisary of ordnance, Ordnance Store Department, and chief civil clerk, Army Ordnance Department, Woolwich: gratuity: rate of pension to be granted to his wife if widowed (20738/03)   T 1/11280/5911/11
WIDOWS - General :
1911   Chief Secretary's Office, Ireland. F G Hodder, decd, resident magistrate, Belfast: gratuity to widow (16508/11; 15204/11)   T 1/11326/17645/11
1911   Foreign Office. Estate of Mrs F R Myers, decd, widow of a colonial naturalised British subject   T 1/11342/20751/11
1911   Land Registry. E Buckland, decd, deputy registrar, Middlesex Deeds Department: allowance to widow   T 1/11346/21109/11
1911   Admiralty. J E Letty, decd, hired bargemaster, Dover, Kent: compensation to widow   T 1/11350/21736/11
1912   Lord Chamberlain's Department. C R Selfe, Master of the Children of the Chapel Royal: retirement allowance. Mrs L Young, widow of a porter, Windsor Castle: grant from Royal Bounty Fund (21247/11)   T 1/11384/2320/12
1912   Master of the Horses' Office. Mrs M Nurse and Mrs E Mowatt, widows employed at Windsor: compassionate allowance (2931/12)   T 1/11387/2932/12
1912   Minute. Grant of Civil List pensions to the widow of Sir W H Russell, public servant; the widow of Sir R Q Orchardson, painter; C F Keary, writer; the widow of F Podmore, authority on spiritualism; the widow of Prof T R Jones, geologist and paleontologist; the daughters of T Saunders, cartographer; the widow of A B Skinner, curator, Victoria & Albert Museum; Miss Alice Shield, historian; the daughter of Sir W K Green, public servant   T 1/11401/5960/12
1912   Admiralty. C H Johnston, decd, hired stoker, Yard Craft Service, Chatham Dockyard: compassionate grant to widow (20476/11; 18319/11)   T 1/11402/6263/12
WIDOWS - FORCES : Royal Navy
1912   Admiralty. Rate of pension of widows and compassionate allowance of families of Coast Guard Officers retired with rank of honorary Lieutenant (4916/12; 18628/11; 9295/11)   T 1/11411/8282/12
WIDOWS - General :
1912   Minute: Grant from the Royal Bounty Fund to the widow of Dr A H Keane, ethnologist and anthropologist   T 1/11412/8461/12
1912   Customs & Excise Establishment. M Hyde, decd, stoker deckhand, Liverpool: compensation to widow; arbitration proceedings under Workmen's Compensation Act 1906 (22933/11)   T 1/11427/10952/12
1912   Admiralty. J May, decd, hired skilled labourer, Devonport Dockyard: compensation to widow   T 1/11445/14290/12
1912   Admiralty. G Vella, decd, hired shipwright, Chief Constructor's Department, Malta Dockyard: compensation to widow   T 1/11445/14426/12
1912   Office of Woods, Forests and Land Revenues. F W Wye, decd, storekeeper, Prince Consort's Workshop, Windsor Great Park: gratuity to widow   T 1/11467/19271/12
1912   War Office. R Burlison, decd, labourer, Royal Engineering Works, Shoeburyness: compassionate grant to widow (19679/12; 15863/12; 13625/12)   T 1/11491/24212/12
1912   War Office. J Cane, decd, labourer, Building Works Department: compensation to widow and children   T 1/11501/25238/12
1913   Chief Secretary's Office, Ireland. S R Molloy, decd, constable, Royal Irish Constabulary: pension and allowances to wife and children; additional allowance for a posthumous child (14537/08)   T 1/11523/4396/13
1913   Board of Trade. Contribution to fund for relief of the widow of Mr Hurrell, who died while attempting to rescue members of the Blythe Life Saving Apparatus Company (3313/13)   T 1/11530/5868/13
1913   Post Office. E Streetly, decd, casual telegraph deliverer, Dunlop, Kilmarnock: compensation to widow   T 1/11532/6592/13
1913   National Health Insurance Commission (Scotland). Grant from the Royal Bounty Fund to the widow of R Scollay, superintendent, Registry (7092/13; 6004/13)   T 1/11538/8798/13
1913   Post Office. A Lilley, decd, skilled workman, Engineering Dpt, Sheffield: compensation to widow; arbitration proceedings under Workmen's Compensation Act 1906 (4674/13; 22931/12)   T 1/11543/10692/13
1913   Admiralty. J Worrell, decd, hired skilled labourer, Chatham Dockyard: gratuity to widow   T 1/11543/10861/13
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1913   Colonial Office. Increase of pension paid to the daughters of T B Brooke from the St Helena Widows' and Orphans' Fund (12746/13)   T 1/11554/14369/13
WIDOWS - FORCES : Royal Navy
1913   Admiralty. Captain W O Boothby, decd: pension to widow at commodore's rate   T 1/11560/15728/13
1913   Admiralty. Scale of pensions and allowances of widows and children of gunners, Royal Marines   T 1/11560/15835/13
WIDOWS - General :
1913   Admiralty. Chan Yung, decd, hired labourer, Hong Kong Dockyard: compensation to widow   T 1/11594/25219/13
1914   Colonial Office. N G Vasvani, decd. Indian sub-assistant surgeon, Uganda: gratuity to widow   T 1/11611/4943/14
1914   Admiralty. E C Porter, decd, hired labourer, Portsmouth Dockyard: compensation to widow   T 1/11621/7795/14
1914   Admiralty. F J Lefevre, decd, hired labourer, Sheerness Dockyard: compensation to widow   T 1/11635/11668/14
1914   Chief Secretary's Office, Ireland. D McAuliffe, decd, formerly teacher, then an inmate of Enniscorthy District Lunatic Asylum: payment of pension to wife; conversion of pension into grant for widow (14647/14; 14352/14; 11987/14; 8022/14; 3689/14; 2559/14)   T 1/11656/15791/14
WIDOWS - FORCES : Royal Navy
1914   Memoranda. Increase of pension and allowances of widows and children of sailors and marines (regular and reserve) whose deaths are attributable to the service (21258/12; 11556/12; 7007/12)   T 1/11658/16479/14
WIDOWS - General :
1914   Board of Trade. A E Sedcole, decd, chief clerk to the official receiver, Northampton: compensation to widow (19569/14)   T 1/11683/23772/14
1914   Minute. Grant from the Royal Bounty Fund to Mrs M McDougall; the widow and children of Dr R Wormell, master, Royal Naval College, Greenwich   T 1/11693/25586/14
1914   Board of Agriculture and Fisheries. W Smith, decd, ganger, Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew: gratuity to widow; allowance for funeral expenses (17935/14)   T 1/11694/25785/14
1914   Public Trustee Office. Lieut.L S Coke, decd, Irish Guards, formerly assistant divisional officer, Labour Exchanges and Unemployment Insurance Dpt, Board of trade, and higher division clerk, Secretary's Office, Post Office: pension to widow (17253/14; 16465/14)   T 1/11697/26258/14
WIDOWS - FORCES : Royal Navy
1915   Admiralty. W H Hill, decd, chief officer, Coast Guard: eligibility of widow for pension   T 1/11742/4287/15
WIDOWS - General :
1915   Master of the Horse's Office. W Downie, decd, manager of canteen: compassionate allowance to widow   T 1/11756/6758/15
WIDOWS - FORCES : Army
1915   War Office. Rate of pension of widows of officers who die from illness due to 'active operations in the field' (defined for this purpose as 'active service') [In response to conditions of trench warfare]   T 1/11772/9291/15
WIDOWS - General :
1915   Office of Woods, Forests and Land Revenues. W May, decd, labourer and woodcutter, Windsor Estate: compensation allowance to widow (9183/15)   T 1/11786/12581/15
WIDOWS - FORCES : Royal Navy
1915   Admiralty. Lieut. Col. Fynmore, decd, Royal Marines: pension to widow, fraudulently obtained by son; conviction of son for forgery; re-grant of pension to widow (1696/15; 2735/14)   T 1/11792/14088/15
WIDOWS - General :
1915   Admiralty. Lieut. Col. Fynmore, decd, Royal Marines: pension to widow, fraudulently obtained by son; conviction of son for forgery; re-grant of pension to widow (1696/15; 27535/14)   T 1/11792/14088/15
WIDOWS - FORCES : Army
1915   War Office. Overlapping of deceased officer's pay and widow's pension (Case of Major H C Johnson, King's Royal Rifles) (22111/15)   T 1/11854/27820/15
WIDOWS - FORCES : General
1915   Post Office. Appointment to established posts of widows of soldiers and sailors who have died on active service. (Cases of Mrs A Rogers and Mrs M Higham, telephonists, Manchester) ['Work is obviously better than charity']   T 1/11873/30338/15
WIDOWS - FORCES : Army
1916   War Office. Scale of pensions and allowances of widows and children of soldiers discharged on account of or who die of disease aggravated by war service   T 1/11923/10919/16
1916   War Office. Pensions of widows of junior officers whose deaths were not due to military service (10891/16; 10887/16; 9259/16)   T 1/11932/14270/16
WIDOWS - General :
1916   Customs & Excise Establishment. W D Laird, decd, officer, Provanmill Station, Glasgow collection: superannuation; compensation to widow (3572/16)   T 1/11932/14563/16
1916   War Office. T E Monck, decd, instructor, Ordnance College Workshops, Woolwich: gratuity: pension to widow (19138/16)   T 1/11993/32079/16
1917   Ministry of Munitions. H Cowton, decd, joiner in employ of Ardol Ltd, Government agent, Selby: gratuity to dependants. [Killed by 'the gas we send over to the Germans'.... in the end an ex gratia payment was made to Cowton's widow, but liability was denied by the Government]   T 1/12047/13993/17
1917   Admiralty. J J Wakeley, decd, temporary paste mixer, Royal Naval Cordite Factory, Holton Heath, Dorset: gratuity to widow   T 1/12051/17189/17
WIDOWS - FORCES : Army
1917   War Office. Brevet Lieut. Col. W S Harrison, decd: grant of 'intermediate' rates of pension to widow and children   T 1/12053/18473/17
WIDOWS - General :
1917   Post Office. J Gilson, decd, auxiliary postman, Melton Mowbray, Leics: compensation to widow   T 1/12064/24463/17
1917   Lord Chamberlain's Department. J Harnack, decd, page: compassionate allowance to widow   T 1/12065/25104/17
WIDOWS - Police :
1917   Minute. Grant from the Royal Bounty Fund to the widow of W W Wiggins, decd, constable, Metropolitan Police, London, severely injured at Tonypandy (24657/17)   T 1/12077/31044/17
WIDOWS - General :
1917   Admiralty. R S Bennett, decd, hired fitter, Devonport Dockyard: compensation for injury: compensation to widow (25661/17; 3810/08; 1254/08; 10122/15)   T 1/12081/33271/17
1917   Post Office. R D McCaughin, sorter, London, killed in air raid: compensation to widow   T 1/12093/38281/17
WIDOWS - FORCES : Army
1918   Ministry of Pensions. Rates of disability and widows' pensions granted to members of the Maltese Battalion and their dependants in respect of service in Egypt (5660/18)   T 1/12140/8270/18
WIDOWS - FORCES : Royal Navy
1918   Admiralty. Mrs Gibson, widow of S.Gen. Warren: fraudulent receipt of pension after remarriage   T 1/12156/18976/18
WIDOWS - General :
1918   National Insurance Audit Department. H B Willmoth, decd, established assistant auditor: gratuity to widow; grant to widow from Royal Bounty Fund   T 1/12157/19163/18
1918   Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, Food Production Department: .......Cpl A H Woodin, decd, Ely, Cambs: compensation to widow (16996/18)   T 1/12160/21594/18
1918   War Office. W E Lloyd, decd, foreman employed by the Caerphilly Gas & Water Co, Government contractor: pension to widow and children   T 1/12166/25091/18
WIDOWS - FORCES : Royal Navy
1918   Ministry of Pensions. Lieut Cmdr P H White, decd. Royal Navy: pension and child's allowance to widow (21036/18)   T 1/12178/29401/18
WIDOWS - General :
1918   Registry of Friendly Societies, Laxity in application of scheme for lump sum awards under the Workmen's Compensation Act 1906 (Case of E W Clackett, decd, explosive worker, Royal Laboratory, Woolwich) (7271/18) [The money was not carefully invested but rather given to the widow, who spent it all and then turned her children over to the Guardians]   T 1/12182/30595/18
WIDOWS - FORCES : Army
1918   Ministry of Pensions. Grant of temporary gratuities to widows of soldiers whose deaths on duty are not directly attributable to military service   T 1/12187/31823/18
WIDOWS - General :
1918   Lord Chamberlain's Department. Mrs R Spanton, charwoman, York Cottage: retirement allowance. T Shorter, decd, state page: compassionate allowance to widow   T 1/12202/37643/18
1918   Local Government Board. Sir W T Jerred, decd, assistant secretary: gratuity to widow   T 1/12213/41504/18
WIDOWS - FORCES : Army
1918   War Office. Captain S Field, decd, Royal Army Medical Corps, and Captain H G Brodie, decd, 103rd Mahratta Light Infantry: grant of special rate of pension to widows (17775/16)   T 1/12222/43348/18
WIDOWS - FORCES : General
1918   Ministry of Pensions. Payment of alternative pensions to widows of officers: amendment of art.13 of the Royal Warrant of 1 August 1917 (33209/18; 23714/18)   T 1/12223/43424/18
WIDOWS - FORCES : Army
1918   Minute. Parliamentary Grant to the widow of Lieut Gen. Sir F S Maude in recognition of his services in the Mesopotamian campaign: administration of the Lady Maude Settlement Trust (28642/18; 21029/18; 15601/18; 14813/18; 12946/18; 10846/18)[A grant of £25,000: opposed in the Commons by Phillip Snowden]   T 1/12228/44889/18
WIDOWS - General :
1918   Master of the Horse's Office. Grant of compassionate allowances to the mother of F Watts, groom; the widow of R Woollven, postillion; Mrs S Penson, charwoman, Royal Mews, Buckingham Palace   T 1/12244/48590/18
WIDOWS - FORCES : Army
1918   Ministry of National Service. L M Astolfi, decd, a British resident in France called up for military service: pension to widow (35772/18; 31947/18; 31080/18; 23745/18)   T 1/12254/49682/18
WIDOWS - General :
1918   Lord Chamberlain's Department. W Belcher, decd, assistant fireman, Windsor Castle: compassionate allowance to widow   T 1/12254/49703/18
1919   Colonial Office. W M Barnett, decd, telegraph operator, Somaliland: gratuity to widow (33290/18) [A difficult case, in that there wasn't a 'good' precedent. It was, however, 'a matter of policy, seeing that it seems undesirable to have the (presumably) European widow of a Government servant in a very destitute condition in an Indian village']   T 1/12272/2286/19
1919   Foreign Office. Sir C Spring-Rice, decd, HM ambassador, Washington DC: grant to widow towards the expenses of breaking up her establishment and returning to the UK   T 1/12281/6233/19
1919   Lord Chamberlain's Department: C Stinton, decd, french polisher, Windsor Castle: compassionate gratuity to widow   T 1/12285/7783/19
WIDOWS - FORCES : General
1919   Post Office. Mrs E Roberts (nee Attwater) telephonist, Portsmouth, Hants: re-instatement upon widowhood; position with regard to seniority, pay and pension   T 1/12294/10975/19
WIDOWS - General :
1919   Post Office. Mrs E Roberts (née Attwater) telephonist, Portsmouth, Hants: re-instatement upon widowhood; position with regard to seniority, pay and pension   T 1/12294/10975/19
1919   Memoranda. Grant of pensions to widows with dependant children: motion in the House of Commons by W Tyson Wilson MP, 8 April 1919; observations by Sir A W Watson   T 1/12312/17036/19
1917   Ministry of Labour. Placing of Mrs M E Hultahan on the establishment as inspector, Employment Department, on the death of her husband   T 1/12324/20260/17
1919   Ministry of Pensions. Dr P Condovas, decd, Egyptian civilian physician, Egyptian Military Hospitals: pension to widow   T 1/12324/20303/19
1919   King's and Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer. Payment of a compassionate gratuity to the widow and children of Mr Terris, a juryman in the trial of rioters in Glasgow who died shortly thereafter   T 1/12326/20944/19
1919   Treasury Solicitor. Estate of G Schneider, decd: grant of the Crown's interest to widow and illegitimate children   T 1/12334/23675/19
1919   Ministry of Pensions. F H Browning, decd, examiner of titles, Irish Land Registry: alternative pension to widow [Killed in the Easter Rebellion]   T 1/12336/24676/19
WIDOWS - FORCES : General
1919   Colonial Office. Grant of free passages to the UK to widows and orphans of reservists who were called from abroad upon mobilisation and who died while serving with HM Forces (30799/19)   T 1/12355/31425/19
1919   Ministry of Pensions. Method of calculation of bonus added to children's allowances paid to widows of deceased officers   T 1/12359/32550/19
WIDOWS - FORCES : Army
1919   Ministry of Pensions. Private T Savage, decd, Royal Army Service Corps: compensation to widow (31602/19)   T 1/12368/35796/19
WIDOWS - FORCES : General
1919   Ministry of Pensions. Payment of gratuities to widows of men who died after discharge from HM Forces: amendment of art.14(1) of the Royal Warrant to provide covering sanction (35708/19)   T 1/12378/38764/19
1919   Ministry of Pensions. Increase of pensions paid by the Royal Patriotic Fund Corporation to widows of members of HM Forces killed in former wars: provision in the Estimates 1919-1920 (7 Annexes)   T 1/12404/46896/19
WIDOWS - General :
1919   Foreign Office. Sir Mark Sykes, decd, employed on a special mission to the Near East: pension to widow (38342/19)   T 1/12427/51835/19
1919   Master of the Horse's Office. E Coolidge, decd: compassionate allowance to widow   T 1/12432/52660/19
WIDOWS - FORCES : Army
1919   Ministry of Pensions. Driver E W Roberts, decd, Royal Field Artillery: pension to widow   T 1/12441/54169/19
WIDOWS - General :
1920   Admiralty: A B Martin, decd, hired smith, Devonport Dockyard: compensation to dependants (41069/19) "a widespread feeling of sympathy for the widow". Ex gratia payment   T 1/12452/17583/20
WIDOWS - FORCES : General
1920   Ministry of Pensions. Payment of alternative pensions to widows of members of HM Forces who were married on the day of enlistment   T 1/12464/2732/20
WIDOWS - General :
1920   College of Arms. Grant of the style and precedence to which the widow of Sir B Carey would have been entitled had her husband survived to be made a knight commander of the Indian Empire (1621/20)   T 1/12482/6972/20
1920   Foreign Office. W R Howson, decd, HM Consul, Bunder Abbas: compensation to widow [Persia]   T 1/12523/14633/20
1920   Scottish Office. Alteration of the law governing the transfer to widows of deceased husband's holdings of war stocks and bonds (8184/19)   T 1/12534/16697/20
1920   Board of Trade. Payment of compensation to the widows of E G Ferber, superintendent engineer, and W J Lewis, superintendent steward, City of Dublin Steam Packet Co., who lost their lives in the torpedoing of the s.s.'Leinster' (5757/20; 40684/19; 39050/19)   T 1/12540/17399/20
WIDOWS - FORCES : Army
1920   Colonial Office. Lieut. E V Wylly, decd, King's African Rifles: pension to widow (41164/19) [Suicide]   T 1/12613/24755/20
WIDOWS - General :
1920   Lord Chancellor's Office. Payment of a gratuity under s.3 of the Superannuation Act 1914 to the widow of a second class attendant, Royal Courts of Justice, now confined in a lunatic asylum   T 1/12625/26433/20
WIDOWS - FORCES : Army
1880   War Office: assistant commissaries appointed quartermasters: rates of pension to widows   T 1/12718
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1880   St Helena: returns of Widows & Orphans Fund   T 1/12736
WIDOWS - General :
1880   Public Works Department: widows   T 1/12749
WIDOWS - FORCES : Royal Navy
1880   GPO: 'Captains and Masters Widows Fund'; status of fund and disposal of surplus   T 1/12781
WIDOWS - General :
1880   GPO: 'Captains and Masters Widows Fund'; status of fund and disposal of surplus   T 1/12781
WIDOWS - Police :
1882   Special pension awarded to a Royal Irish constable's widow   T 1/13135
WIDOWS - FORCES : Army
1883   War Office: pensions to widow and children of retired colonel: proposed amendment to article 1026 II   T 1/13295
WIDOWS - General :
1882   Ireland: Omagh Prison: compassionate gratuity of £200 to widow of deceased governor; report on cause of death   T 1/13797
WIDOWS - FORCES : Royal Navy
1882   Overpayment of pension to seaman's widow from merchant seamen's fund vote   T 1/13929
WIDOWS - General :
1882   Hull prison: gratuity to widow of deceased warder   T 1/14037
1882   Gratuity for widow of inventor of warning system of coloured lights for shipping   T 1/14054
WIDOWS - FORCES : Royal Navy
1883   Admiralty: officers widows on death of second husband: question of replacing on pension list   T 1/14734
WIDOWS - FORCES : Army
1883   Pensions claimed and payable to retiring officers and widows: special rates of pay, non effective pay and allowances under royal warrant of 11 Aug 1881   T 1/15042
WIDOWS - General :
1883   Transvaal: gratuity awarded to president's widow   T 1/15241
1879   Murders on Professor Palmer's expedition to Egypt: compensation to relatives of murdered native domestic servants; expenses incurred by search expedition; payments to Mrs Palmer and family   T 1/15649
1879   Crown's right: widow of an alien's application for waiver   T 1/15736
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1879   St Helena: Widows & Orphans Fund: grants and pensions   T 1/16281
1879   St Helena: Widows & Orphans Fund: returns; defalcations by Treasury clerk; refunds from his estate   T 1/16315
WIDOWS - General :
1879   GPO: compassionate allowance: grant to widow of man killed in accident caused by Post Office employee   T 1/16617
1879   Gratuity to James Blake's widow for an invention (Smith at Portsmouth Dockyard)   T 1/16658
WIDOWS - FORCES : Army
1879   War Office: posthumous promotion of Captain Wynne RE: grant of ante dated Brevet rank so that his widow and children receive increased pension   T 1/16835
WIDOWS - FORCES : Royal Navy
1879   Admiralty: grant of £50 to widow of Captain Bertagna for saving HMS Cruiser from wrecking   T 1/17200
WIDOWS - General :
1746   Petition of Joanna Clarke concerning her late husband, Samuel Clarke   T 1/322/53
1746   Petition of Joanna Clarke concerning her late husband, Samuel Clarke   T 1/322/53
1758   Petition of Marion Campbell concerning her late husband, Walter Campbell, the report of the Customs Commissioners in Edinburgh, and a summary of precedents   T 1/330/8-10
1750   Report of the Barons of the Exchequer in Scotland on the petition of Hew Dalrymple of Drummore (a lord of Session) and William Forbes requesting a grant of the estate left by Elizabeth Broomfield widow of Andrew, enclosing the said petition   T 1/340/22-23
1750   Report of the Barons of the Exchequer in Scotland on the petition of Lady Elizabeth Balmerino requesting the feu and blench duties of her late husband's estate, enclosing the said petition   T 1/340/5-6
1751   Petition from Frances, widow of Thomas Deeble of Falmouth, and others that Thomas Deeble entered into a bond for £200 for one Arundle, an officer of the Salt Revenue, who has misbehaved himself and a claim has been made against Deeble's estate for this sum. Requesting that a stop may be put to the proceedings   T 1/347/29
1752   Memorial of the widow of Gabriel Johnston, late Governor of North Carolina, for her husband's arrears of salary   T 1/350/59
1750's   Petition of Jane Graham explaining that her husband and brother were both killed in the service of the Crown, and that she is no longer capable of working, and requesting relief   T 1/353/118
1753   Memorial of Jane Merist, widow of the late Clerk Assistant to the House of Lords, requesting some reward for her late husband's work in having a copy of the Journals of the House made and bound in 89 volumes, annexing extracts of the House of Lords Journals concerning the payment of a gratuity to the memorialist: copy of the above memorial   T 1/353/49-51
1753   Requesting the proper instrument for providing pensions for John Grayden and Mrs Weller, widow of John Weller, late Captain of the 'Dublin', yacht   T 1/353/67
1758   Petition of Isabel Halden for an order to the Barons of the Exchequer of Scotland to pay the annuity granted in her marriage contract out of her late husband's forfeited estate   T 1/388/109
1759   Petition of Mary Casley, widow of Chief Librarian of Cottonian Library: asks for relief   T 1/391/170-174
1759   Ireland: Lords Lieutenant: concerning the claim of a widow to the estate of Lord Trimlestown, with related papers   T 1/393/76-77 and 394/69-70
WIDOWS - FORCES : Army
1759   Robert Wood: forwards memorial of Anne Cunningham widow of Lieutenant Colonel Cunningham, late Engineer in Chief to the expedition against Martinique, for equipage money   T 1/394/65-68
1759   Petition of widow and orphans proveditor to the army in Flanders during the late war   T 1/396/175-182
WIDOWS - General :
1760   Memorial of Martha Forbes, widow of the late apothecary to HM's infirmary: asks for refund of loss incurred on supplying medicines   T 1/402/39-40
1750   Report of the Barons of the Exchequer in Scotland on the petition of Lady Elizabeth Balmerino requesting the fean, for ransom of British prisoners. Related correspondence   T 1/406/288-306
WIDOWS - FORCES : Army
1761   War Office: Edward Lloyd: asks to be indemnified against further claims by officers' widows for pensions   T 1/407/24-25
1839   Passage allowances: officers' widows and children Bundle 561   T 1/4072
1839   Passage allowances: and rations to widows and children of soldiers Bundle 562   T 1/4073
1761   War Office: Lord Barrington: state of the widows pension fund   T 1/412/157-158
WIDOWS - General :
1761   Memorial of Marianne Maron: asks for payment for medicines supplied by her late husband for the garrison at St Philips Castle   T 1/413/322-323
1762   Barons of Exchequer: report on petition of widow of David Alston for recompense of expenditure made by her husband on upkeep of physic garden at Holyrood House   T 1/414/60-63
WIDOWS - FORCES : Army
1839   Rations for widows and children of officers and men Bundle 630   T 1/4148
WIDOWS - General :
1762-1763   Petition of widow of Caleb Davis asking for compensation for expenses incurred in repairing the Guard Schooner stationed in South Carolina. Related auditor's report   T 1/418/3-8 and 424/403-408
1763   Survey General's reports on enclosed petition of Margaret Emmes, widow, asking for payment due to her late husband for survey of Buckingham House Gardens   T 1/422/361-364
1763   Memorial of the Governors of the Charity for the Relief of Poor Widows and Children of Clergymen. Asking that the Crown make a new 'information of intrusion' so that their claim to Cherry Cobb Sand be validated   T 1/422/393-394
1764   Petition of the Governors of the Charity for the Relief of Poor Widows and Children of Clergymen, to the Lords of the Treasury for leave to exhibit information of intrusion against William Constable Esq, for Cherry Cobb Sands   T 1/429/189
1764   Relinquishment of any claim on the estate of the late Mrs Ann Beckett, widow who died intestate, by John Okey of Mile End Green, and Margaret Sharbolt and Elizabeth Okey of Godmanchester, Hunts, in respect of £2,050 left in Public Funds   T 1/429/228
1764   Memorial of Dorothea Faber, widow, for reimbursement of debts incurred by her late husband, Ernst Frederick Faber, as Director of the Foreign Bakery of the combined army in Germany   T 1/432/5-9
1764   Letter from the Barons of the Exchequer giving their opinion on the petition of Elizabeth, widow of Sir George Mackenzie, for money from the estate of Royston   T 1/435/54-59
1761   Memorial of Rachel How asking for relief from debts incurred by her late husband, when Consul General at Tetuallowances for the maintaining of Peter the Wild from the late Dean of Bristol to his widow   T 1/435/69
1764   Petition of Lady Mackenzie for a grant from the interest of the surplus of her late husband's estate. Referred to the Barons of the Exchequer for Scotland   T 1/436/104
1765   Petition of Lady Elizabeth Mackenzie for £50 annuity under the terms of the settlement of the estate of Royston   T 1/437/118-119
1765   Commission for German Demands: report on claims of the widow Aming for supply of ferrymen, wagons and horses to cross River Weser   T 1/440/354-355
1765   Tripoli: attestation of Cosme Conty, Comte Palatin, that following the death of Robert White, Imperial Consul to Tripoli, his wife Jean acted as chargée des affaires at the British Consulate with the approval of the Bashaw   T 1/441/156-157
1765   Memorial for Mr McLeod af Cadbol and Lady Mackenzie re claims on the forfeited estate at Cromartie   T 1/443/180-181 and 186-187
1766   Memorial of the Governors of the Charity for the Relief of Poor Widows and Children of Clergymen for a lease on the island, Cherry Cobb, on the River Humber opposite Saltagh Grange   T 1/445/211-212
1766   Memorial of Mary Abegg, widow of John Abegg, late office keeper to the Office for German Demands for relief and continuing use of furniture and accommodation until Michaelmas   T 1/445/223-224
1765   Georgia: petition of Esther Davis, widow of Caleb Davies, formerly Captain of guard schooner 'Walker' in government service, for money due to him   T 1/447/190-191
1765   Scotland: petition of Elias and Sarah Scott, son and widow of John Scott, plumber of Edinburgh, for compensation for losses during rebellion of 1745, enclosing petition of John Scott 1748 and inventory   T 1/447/371-376
WIDOWS - FORCES : General
1766   Ireland: Lord Bristol, for pension for Elizabeth Houghton, widow of Captain Charles Houghton, to be placed on military establishment   T 1/448/175-176
1766   Lord Hertford, for pension for Ann Cliff, widow of Offices on Irish military establishment, from 25 March 1766   T 1/448/179-180
WIDOWS - General :
1765   Petition of John Okey desiring a reward for discovering the escheated estate of Ann Beckett at St James, Clerkenwell   T 1/451/117-118
1765   Case of Lady Mackenzie for some provision from the estate at Royston, Scotland, property of her deceased husband Sir George Mackenzie   T 1/451/163-164
1765   Letter from Judith Charleton re her deceased husband's service in surveying the West Indies, and the appropriation of his effects and salary by Mr Simpson, the other surveyor: also petition for relief   T 1/451/442-445
1765   Memorial of Lady Stawole, Baroness of Somerton, Somerset, requesting the appointment of John Sainsbury to be surveyor of Petty Customs and Subsidies, Port of London, during the minority of the hereditary holder of the office, Henry Stawole Bilson Legge   T 1/451/7-8
WIDOWS - FORCES : General
1766   Allowances to widows of officers who died on half pay for 1767   T 1/454/229-231;234
1766   Allowances to widows for 1766 and 1767 compared   T 1/454/232-233
WIDOWS - General :
1767   Lord Shelburne, enclosing accounts and application of Mrs Jean White, widow of Robert White, consul of Tripoli, for usual allowance and expenses for her management of the consulate's affairs from the death of her husband to the arrival of his successor Mt Fraser, a period of above a year   T 1/458/165-170
1767   Stamp Office: Commissioners' presentment for Alice Williams to be distributor of stamped paper of Denbigh in place of her deceased husband   T 1/458/256-257
1767   Memorial of William Statham of Liverpool for letters of administration on behalf of the Crown of the personal estate of Thomas Bayly who died after the wife and cousin to whom he had willed his estate and without making a new will to grant same to his second wife   T 1/464/88-89
1768   Nova Scotia: petition of Mary, widow of Edward How, late member of HM Council and storekeeper to Office of Ordnance, for relief and a pension as promised her husband and enclosing an account of his services with annexed certificate from Governor Cornwallis   T 1/466/9-10
1768   Extract from the petition of Melliora Otway, wife of the late superintendent of Mosquito Shore, to Lord Barrington concerning the loss of their possessions in a flood in 1766 and the subsequent ill-health and death of her husband   T 1/468/198-199
WIDOWS - FORCES : Army
1768-1769   Army: allowances to widows: 1768 and 1769 compared   T 1/472/160-161
1769   Army: allowances to widows   T 1/472/162-163
WIDOWS - General :
1770   Case of Lady Greenwich and opinion of Attorney General how she may obtain accounts from her late husband's deputy as Treasurer of HM Chamber in order to complete administration of his estate, with opinion of Mr Hussey 13 June 1769, Treasurer's accounts 1760-1761, and Treasury warrant for stay of process against Lady Greenwich   T 1/472/8-13
1769   West Florida: William Innes on behalf of widow of William Dawson, minister at Pensacola, for arrears of his salary 24 June 1766- 19 Jan 1767   T 1/474/180-181
1769   Petition of Kath Woodmeston, widow, that she has been left destitute by the death of her husband and a fire, for which she has due to her £270 from the Sun Fire Office, which they refuse to pay her on the supposition of its being escheated to the Crown   T 1/474/235-236
1770   Ireland: Lord Townshend, for civil pension of £200 p.a. for Katherine Skeffington, widow   T 1/477/111-112
1770   Petition of Maria Theresa Fremantle, widow of Secretary of the Customs, that his successor should be ordered to pay her £98 due to her husband   T 1/478/179-180
1770   Memorial of Jean White, widow of late consul general of Tripoli, for £221 due to her husband   T 1/478/480-481
1770   Petition of Dame Mary Gerard, widow, for grant from Royal Bounty   T 1/479/217-218
1770   Ireland: Lord Townshend, for consent for Dame Jane Lambard to resign her pension in favour of her brother's widow, Jane Lushington   T 1/479/63-64
1770   Customhouse, London: report on annexed petition of Margaret Maclean, widow of Collector of Montego Bay, Jamaica, for relief, with Commissioners' report of 15 Sept 1769 on seizure of the 'Lawrence' by Daniel Maclean   T 1/480/304-309
1771   Ireland: asking that a pension be paid to Mrs M Scintas, a widow, who became a Protestant   T 1/487/148-149
1772   Petition of Catherine Gooday, widow, asking she may be allowed to administer the estate of the late M Schleinzer, despite a caveat being lodged by a Jew, A Abrahams   T 1/495/293-294
1772   Memorial of Frances Soame, widow of Stephen Soame, late one on the Commissioners for the Lottery, asking that the appropriate allowance be paid to his estate   T 1/496/201-202
1772   Petition of Elizabeth May, widow of Alexander May, who provided intelligence to the Duke of Cumberland. Asks for continuation of the modest pension her husband received   T 1/496/48-49
1774   Petition of Esther Davis, widow of Caleb Davis, asking for payment of sums due to her late husband, for expenses incurred in promoting the settlement of Georgia, defending it against Spanish attack, providing and commanding a schooner etc. For lack of repayment and misfortune, he died after four years in the Kings Bench prison, where he was consigned for debt T 1/504/195-209 1774 Petition of Catherine Kentish, widow, that her son be appointed keeper of the gaol at St Albans, a post held by her late husband   T 1/502/219-220
1774   Memorial of Jane Victor, Frances Perryn and Lydia Rotherby, widows, for letters of administration to estate of the late Ann and James Thompson   T 1/508/103-104
1775   Memorial of Jane Nuthall, widow of Thomas Nuthall: administration of her husband's property   T 1/512/174-175
1775   Report of Charles Lutridge, Receiver General of Isle of Man, on enclosed petition of Ann Jackson: salary due to her late husband as Comptroller of Ramsay   T 1/515/203-206
1775   Memorial of Ann Leyborne, widow of former Governor, William Leyborne: requesting rights to an estate of a murdered man in Grenada who dies intestate   T 1/516/40-41
1775   Petition of Margaret Davies, widow of William Davies, former Treasury clerk: allowance   T 1/518/328-329
WIDOWS - FORCES : General
1778   Estimate of allowances to widows of Officers who have died on half pay for 1778   T 1/541/249-250
WIDOWS - General :
1778   Office for Licensing Hawkers and Pedlars: comments on application by a widow of a surveyor, for recompense for work and expense she performed and incurred after death of her husband   T 1/541/415-416
1778   C Tuthill, widow, petitions for compensation for late husband's unpaid salary and loss of property when Senegal was captured by the French   T 1/541/449-450
1778   J Robinson to Mr Pratt: ordering payment of pension to widow   T 1/543/116-117
1778   Memorial from Elizabeth A Cornish, widow, asking for continuation of a patent for the 'Stationery Business'   T 1/545/211-212
1778   Memorial of Lady Caroline Greenwich asking for stay of process re monies impressed to her late husband as Treasurer of HM's Chamber, because of disappearance of books   T 1/545/317-318
WIDOWS - FORCES : Army
1779   Georgia: W Knox: asks that Mrs Perkins be permitted to return to Georgia aboard victualler. Also letter from Governor Wright testifying that she is the widow of a lieutenant in Georgia Rangers   T 1/545/83-85
WIDOWS - General :
1778   Memorial of Mary Minee, widow, asks for compensation for loss of cargo in her late husband's ship following requisition of it for HM's service, and surrender of Fort James, Senegal, to the French   T 1/546/126-129
1780   Petition of Sarah Smith for relief, her husband having been accidentally killed in the pillory at Southwark   T 1/556/390-393
1780   Petition and memorial of Ann Leybourne, widow of the late Governor of Grenada asking for compensation and relief   T 1/556/398
1780   Minorca: Lord Hillsborough: asks that the widow of the English consul in Majorca be paid a pension, according to the wishes of the King, out of the revenues of Minorca   T 1/560/124-125
1780   Petition of Mrs Paynter for salary due to her late husband, superintendent of mines in Wales   T 1/561/40-43
1781   Petition of Mary Gillman for award of quarter of an estate forfeited by mortmain and discovered by her late husband   T 1/568/100-101
1783   North America: memorial of Isabell Coo, relict of Richard Coo, late of Philadelphia, asking that her pension be renewed   T 1/594/67-69
1785   Antigua: warrant discharging the widow of former Collector of Customs at St Johns from a debt incurred by her late husband   T 1/624/434-435
WIDOWS - FORCES : Army
1785   Petition for compensation from Chretia Weeks for loss of property in America. Her late husband was a sergeant in the Negro Company of Labourers in the service of the Royal Artillery in America. Related papers   T 1/624/436-439
WIDOWS - General :
1785   Petition for compensation from Chretia Weeks for loss of property in America. Her late husband was a sergeant in the Negro Company of labourers in the service of the Royal Artillery in America. Related papers   T 1/624/436-439
1796   Memorial of Annabella Drummond de Melfort asking for a pension. She was a lady in waiting to Mme Elizabeth, sister of Louis XVI. Her husband was guillotined after surrendering himself in exchange for his father   T 1/777/46-49
1798   Ireland: petition of Eleanor Bond that her late husband's estate be restored to her. It was forfeited due to his involvement in the recent rebellion, but as his execution was commuted for the information he gave to the Crown, hopes clemency may be extended to her. Related papers   T 1/815/9-14
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1920-1948   Policy and Cases, 14 pages, heading Pensions: Dependants: see list   T 161
WIDOWS - FORCES : General
1919-1944   Heading: Pensions: Dependants 14 pages see list   T 161
1920-1948   Policy and Cases, 14 pages, heading Pensions: Dependants: see list   T 161
WIDOWS - General :
1917-1948   Widows Pensions: many files: see list under subject heading 'Pensions'   T 161
1919-1944   Heading: Pensions: Dependants 14 pages see list   T 161
1920-1948   Policy and Cases, 14 pages, heading Pensions: Dependants: see list   T 161
1940   Passage through Parliament of the Old Age and Widows Pensions Bill, 1940   T 161/1002/S47149/1
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1925-1942   Widows, Orphans & Old Age Pensions Contributory Pensions Act, 1925; verification of particulars furnished in connection with fees to Superintendent Registrars   T 161/1061/S27579
WIDOWS - General :
1921   Claim for widows' pension by Mrs K Richardson   T 161/109/S8679
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1925-1943   Widows, Orphans & Old Age Contributory Pensions Acts; accounting arrangements   T 161/1097/S28308
1926-1943   Isle of Man: Widows, Orphans and Old Age Contributory Pensions Act   T 161/1097/S28637/1
WIDOWS - Police :
1943-1944   Pension awards to widows of members of the Palestine Police Force who may be killed in execution of their duty   T 161/1167/S51554
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1928-1946   Collection of health and pensions contributions jointly under the Widows, Orphans etc. Act; irregular use of stamps   T 161/1227/S32992
WIDOWS - FORCES : General
1921   Ex-gratia payment to widow of Captain Clarke   T 161/129/S10656
WIDOWS - FORCES : Army
1921   Ex-gratia payment to widow of Captain Clarke   T 161/129/S10656
WIDOWS - FORCES : Royal Navy
1921   Policy on the payment of Greenwich Hospital department pensions for children of widows who remarry serving sailors   T 161/136/S11641
WIDOWS - General :
1921   Policy on the payment of Greenwich Hospital department pensions for children of widows who remarry serving sailors   T 161/136/S11641
1940-1945   Old Age and Widows Pensions Act, 1940 (supplementary pensions): correspondence and suggestions   T 161/1420/S46112/5-7
1943-1944   Beveridge Report on Social Insurance: widows pensions 1943-1944   T 161/1448/S48497/05
WIDOWS - FORCES : Royal Air Force
1921-1922   Dispensing Order on RAF disability and widows pensions   T 161/149/S13553
WIDOWS - FORCES : Army
1922-1930   Award of pensions to widows and disability pensions for men who finish their military careers by desertion   T 161/154/S14091
WIDOWS - General :
1922-1923   Overpayment of pension to Mrs Elizabeth Rogers, through failure to notify re-marriage   T 161/170/S15843
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1923   Miss S E Ollive Younge; pension payable from Widows and Orphans Fund, St Helena   T 161/212/S20891
WIDOWS - General :
1923-1924   Retention of official quarters by Prison Officers after retirement or by their widows after the death of their husbands   T 161/216
1923-1933   Investigation into re-arrangement of existing systems of National Health Insurance, Unemployment Insurance, Poor Law Relief, Old Age Pensions and Widows' Pensions   T 161/220/S22430
WIDOWS - FORCES : Army
1924-1926   Waiver of 10% reduction from pension of soldiers discharged to civil employment during last three months of 21 years service and award of usual widows pension   T 161/239/S24853
WIDOWS - General :
1924   Grant of probate to the wife of the late Chancellor of the Swiss Legation in London; Mon. J Walter Sterchi   T 161/240/S25261
1926   Payment of compensation to widow of Mr Morris fatally injured by an Army Territorial lorry at Colchester   T 161/268/S29754
WIDOWS - FORCES : General
1928-1929   Recovery of overissues of war pensions under Widows Contributory Pensions Act, 1925   T 161/283/S32921
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1930   Effect of increased expenditure under the Education (School Attendance) Bill upon the Widows & Old Age Contributory Pensions Act 1925 and the IU Acts   T 161/302/S36032
WIDOWS - General :
1919-1923   Pension to widow of H Atkinson lost through sinking of 'Galway Castle'   T 161/34/S1983
WIDOWS - FORCES : General
1920-1921   Allowance paid to widow from the Royal Patriotic Fund Corporation   T 161/35
WIDOWS - General :
1921-1931   Cable and Postal Censorship as to payment of pensions to officers and widows of officers (Civil Service) re-employed during the war   T 161/464/S11623
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1930-1931   Widows, Orphans etc Pensions and Old Age Pensions; simplification of: (1) the system of paying (2) the accounting arrangements   T 161/492/S35864
WIDOWS - General :
1930-1931   Prolongation of Health Insurance and Widows and Old Age Pensions 1930   T 161/492/S36142
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1925-1932   Widows, Orphans and Old Age Contributory Pensions Act: position of Old Age Committees   T 161/527/S32270/1-2
WIDOWS - General :
1932   Pensions: ultimate cost of to Exchequer (Old Age and Widows, Police, Teachers, Civil Servants)   T 161/544/S37545
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1929-1933   Old Age Pension Order Forms, Widows, Orphans and Old Age Contributory Orders; amendment of to reduce risk of payment after period of validity   T 161/577/S34437
WIDOWS - FORCES : General
1920-1924   General principles of awards under Art.16 of the Royal Warrant for officers and Art.17 for the other ranks; extension of Art.11 rates of pension to widows   T 161/58/S4005/1
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1933   Widows, Orphans and Old Age Pensions; discontinuance of check carried out by GPO on paid vouchers   T 161/593/S38366
WIDOWS - General :
1920-1927   Recoverable advances made to disabled pensioners or widows and provision for treatment in advance of decisions on entitlement to pension   T 161/65/S4902
1927-1936   Continuance of payment of a pension to a widow whose marriage is later to have been found bigamous   T 161/701/S31524
WIDOWS - FORCES : General
1920   Entitlement to alternative pensions of disabled men or widows granted pensions under Dispensing Warrant as an Act of Grace   T 161/74/S5803
WIDOWS - General :
1920   Entitlement to alternative pensions of disabled men or widows granted pensions under Dispensing Warrant as an Act of Grace   T 161/74/S5803
WIDOWS - FORCES : Royal Navy
1920-1921   Assessment of retired pay and widows pensions of Mates who die or are invalided before being confirmed in the rank   T 161/78/S6120
WIDOWS - General :
1937   Bangor University College, North Wales; Dr Maldwyn Davies, advisory Entomologist (d); payment of salary to widow for a period subsequent to his death   T 161/780/S41971
1920-1921   Gratuity to widow of Sir James Ball, Controller of Timber Supplies   T 161/88/S6667
1938-1939   Old Age and Widows pensions; deputation to the Chancellor of the Exchequer introduced by Ellis Smith MP   T 161/930/S42179/01
WIDOWS - FORCES : Royal Navy
1924-1940   Vice-Admirals on the Retired List employed as hydrographers; pensions to widows at Vice-Admiral's rates   T 161/973/S25651
WIDOWS - General :
1940   Old Age and Widows Pensions Bill, 1940   T 161/999/S46053/1 and 2
WIDOWS - FORCES : General
1927-1947   Heading: Pensions: Dependants. 25 files: see list   T 162
WIDOWS - General :
1927-1947   Heading: Pensions: Dependants. 25 files: see list   T 162
1927-1929   Governor of Seychelles, Sir H Stevenson (d): allowance for expenses of Lady Stevenson and family for return to England   T 162/135/E18632
1928   Remission of fees of Mrs H A Robinson, widow of posthumous Knight Bachelor   T 162/135/E18827
1928   Scottish Office: grant to widow towards funeral expenses of D M Marshall, late Chief Engineer, Fisher Cruiser 'Vigilant'   T 162/136/E18698
WIDOWS - FORCES : Royal Navy
1921-1928   Royal Navy pensioners who served in the Royal Australian and Royal Canadian navies during the war; counting of service towards increased pension. Widows' pensions and children's allowances   T 162/139/E19747
WIDOWS - General :
1928   Consul Swanson (d), Las Palmas: payment of funeral expenses and cost of repatriation of widow   T 162/144/E21416
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1929   Civil Service Widows and Orphans Fund; supply of stationery on repayment   T 162/145/E22257
1929   Memorandum as to sick leave, pay and superannuation allowances of civil servants, and their position under the National Health and Widows and Orphans and Old Age Contibutory Pensions Act   T 162/152/E24546
WIDOWS - FORCES : Royal Air Force
1921-1931   Regulations on pensions and gratuities to widows and allowances to children and other relatives of deceased officers, Warrant Officers Class I and other airmen   T 162/257/E17658/09
WIDOWS - FORCES : Royal Navy
1932   Marine Harry Baden Powell Stevenson (d). Award of pension and child's allowance at attributable rates to widow   T 162/289/E28112
WIDOWS - FORCES : General
1929-1933   Officers' retired pay, half pay, widows', childrens, dependant pensions and allowances; payment of through Covenanting Banks with power of attorney   T 162/304/E21499
WIDOWS - General :
1922-1935   Charwoman Appointment (preference given to widows of former servants of the State)   T 162/359/E20950
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1935   Air Ministry: payment from Air Votes of pension which would have been due to Mrs M Hawkes under the Widows etc. Contributory Pensions Act, 1925, but for departmental misinterpretation of regulations   T 162/369/E32032
WIDOWS - FORCES : Royal Air Force
1935   Air Ministry: payment from Air Votes of pension which would have been due to Mrs M Hawkes under the Widows' etc. Contributory Pensions Act, 1925, but for departmental misinterpretation of regulations   T 162/369/E32032
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1937-1938   Widows and Orphans and Old Age Contributory Pensions Act: extension of Health Insurance to persons under the age of 16; position of civil servants   T 162/466/E14823/07
WIDOWS - General :
1920   Payment to widow of G Pope, engine driver of Timber Supplies Dpt, Board of Trade, for cost of rail conveyance of body of husband to his home   T 162/5/E337
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1939-1940   Widows and Orphans and Old Age: extra-statutory awards of pensions to War Office employees; cost to be borne by War Office Votes   T 162/574/E40805
WIDOWS - General :
1941-1943   Reinstatement of civil servants; delegated authority to reinstate widows etc. under certain conditions   T 162/653/E2392/07
1921   Payment of 'breaking up' grant to Mrs Black, widow of Consul-General at Geneva   T 162/67/E5734
1920-1921   Widow of F Warren killed in destruction of Airship R 38; removal expenses   T 162/73/E6942
1920-1946   Grants to widows or dependants of Diplomatic and Consular officers dying at their post abroad   T 162/826/E5736
WIDOWS - FORCES : General
1935-1946   Widows debarred from pension by reason of the '7 years limit'; treatment of exceptional service Departments' cases   T 162/852/E30279/1-3 and E30279/4-5
WIDOWS - General :
1941-1946   Straits Settlements: scheme for pensions and gratuities for members of Volunteer and Civil Defence, widows and dependants   T 162/865/E44710
WIDOWS - FORCES : General
1940-1946   Pensions, war, 1939: awards to widows and other dependants in cases where death results from suicide   T 162/866/E42837
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1945-1946   Malta Pensions Scheme for Widows, Orphans and Old Persons; application to employees of service departments   T 162/876/E48337
WIDOWS - General :
1922   Age limit of widows who apply for reinstatement; case of Mrs L E Moore (née Roalfe)   T 162/88/E9784
1942-1948   Reinstatement of civil servants, question of re-employment of widows, divorcees and separated wives   T 162/946/E2392/08/1-2
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1925-1948   Position of civil servants under the Widows, Orphans and Old Age Contributory Pensions Act   T 162/949/E14823/1-2 and 950/E14823/4-13
WIDOWS - Police :
1927   Police Widows (Pensions Amendment) Bill 1927   T 163/33/1
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1929   Widows, Orphans and Old Age Contributory Pensions Bill 1929   T 163/41/11 and 41/12
1929-1930   Churches and Universities (Scotland) Widows and Orphans Fund (Draft) Provisional Order 1930   T 163/42/10
WIDOWS - General :
1907-1931   Barton, T H, auxiliary postman, Long Eaton, accident on duty: claim by widow refused under Injury Warrant   T 164/104/10
WIDOWS - Police :
1927-1931   McBride, W J, ex-constable, RIC: abatement of compensation allowance for service on final retirement, and pension to widow   T 164/107/6
WIDOWS - General :
1930-1931   Corteen, J, assistant Harbour Master, Douglas, Isle of Man: compensation allowance to widow   T 164/109/10
1930-1931   Gairns, H, established foreman, Rosyth: grant of compensation and ex-gratia payment from Compassionate Fund to his widow   T 164/109/6
1930-1931   Carey, J, Inspector of Works in Nyasaland: pension to widow   T 164/110/18
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1931   Indian Civil Service Widows & Orphans Pension Scheme: request for information   T 164/110/23
WIDOWS - General :
1931   Maule, M G, temporary Drainage Inspector, Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries: compassionate grant to widow   T 164/112/13
1931   Soury, D, postal clerk, Department of Posts & Telegraphs: gratuity to widow   T 164/113/16
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1931   Royal Commission on the Civil Service 1929-1931: Widows & Orphans pensions   T 164/113/9
WIDOWS - Police :
1931-1932   Granting of pensions to widows of ex-members of Dublin Metropolitan Police, who retired under Article 10 of Anglo-Irish Treaty   T 164/118/13
WIDOWS - General :
1931-1932   Hyde, J H, death caused by muscular atrophy: accident regarded as contributory factor; award to widow   T 164/118/9
1931-1932   Grant, H? died of silicosis: compensation to widow   T 164/120/2
WIDOWS - FORCES : Army
1932-1933   Compensation to dependants for death of RFA officer on duty: widow's pension to cease on remarriage   T 164/128/10
WIDOWS - Police :
1921-1923   Hunt, W F, Temporary Cadet in Royal Irish Constabulary; assassinated; widow and child awarded pensions and criminal injuries compensation   T 164/13/15
WIDOWS - General :
1933   Enquiry as to what pension was granted to widow of Captain Mungo Park, African ecplorer, 1805-1807   T 164/130/15
1933   Fletcher, Sir M, Medical Reasearch Council: gratuity to widow   T 164/131/6
1921-1922   Davis, F J M, housekeeper, Custom House, Dublin, killed during raids; gratuity to legal personal representative, and pension to widow and children   T 164/14/4
1934   Lady Down, widow of Sir Charles Down: pension for previous marriage paid in error   T 164/141/10
1934-1935   Pizany, A D F: legal proceedings resulting in compromise payment to widow   T 164/147/10
1933-1935   King, W: legal proceedings instituted by widow and award made in her favour   T 164/147/12
1921   Campbell, C I R, victim of airship R38 disaster; gratuity and compensation awarded to widow and child   T 164/15/3
1921-1922   Tibbetts, R H J, Mesopotamia, died of heat exhaustion; award of compensation from special fund to widow and children   T 164/15/8
WIDOWS - Police :
1935   Power to suspend or abate widow's pension uner RIC Pensions Order 1922   T 164/150/26
WIDOWS - General :
1935   Longstaff, D, accused of stealing from Post Office: gratuity to widow refused   T 164/151/16
1922-1936   Peters, D: death not attributable to employment; compensation to widow administered by trustees   T 164/153/4
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1931-1936   Mauritius Widows and Orphans Pension Fund   T 164/155/4-5
1933-1936   Committee on Pensions to Widows and Orphans of Officers of Colonial Service   T 164/156/3
WIDOWS - General :
1936   Everett, A E G: lump sum compensation to widow on analogy of Employers' Liability Act   T 164/158/4
WIDOWS - Police :
1921-1922   Conditions governing the grant of injury pay and widows' pensions to members of the Special Constabulary, Ireland   T 164/16/18
WIDOWS - General :
1921-1922   Urry, Mrs L: gratuity refused as she was over 70 years of age and had earned one old age pension   T 164/16/5
1937   Andrews, L Y, District Commissioner, Palestine: compensation and pension to widow; principle of compensating dependants of officials murdered on duty   T 164/165/8
1938   Newman, J, fatally scalded: compensation to widow cancelled as she died shortly after   T 164/171/7
1930-1939   Blake, R, engineer, killed in R.101 airship disaster: annual allowance sanctioned for widow and sons later terminated owing to change of circumstances   T 164/174/7
1934-1939   Mellish, R Wm Judge of Alderney: non-pensionable office; compassionate ex-gratia grant to widow   T 164/175/13
1935-1939   Farrag, B, plumber, Egypt, electrocuted at work: widow's pension divided between two wives, the whole later being paid to one, the other having remarried   T 164/176/1
1921-1923   Hickey, J W; pension to widow not sanctioned as he had concealed a long period of sick absence when being considered for establishment and had insufficient unestablished service   T 164/18/11
1939   Sealey, R: compensation award apportioned between widow and three children   T 164/180/18
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1935-1940   Colonial Widows and Orphans Pension Ordinance: recommendations and report of Watson Committee   T 164/185/7-8
WIDOWS - General :
1939-1940   Hill, E W, clerical officer, Ministry of Health, fatally injured while on duty: payment to widow of £800 in full settlement of claim for compensation treated as ex-gratia payment   T 164/187/9
1940   Old Age and Widows Pensions Act 1940: memorandum on superannuation issued to local authorities by Unemployment Assistance Board   T 164/188/1
WIDOWS - FORCES : Army
1940   Dawson, H: service in Auxiliary Territorial Service ignored in assessment of compensation to widow   T 164/188/27
WIDOWS - FORCES : General
1940   De Lacy, Capt J C: payment of gratuity to widow from Irish Sailors' & Soldiers' Land Trust, in special circumstances, on recommendation of trustees   T 164/188/30
WIDOWS - General :
1859   North American Clergy Pensions; provision of pensions under Colonial Service votes for missionaries and their widows   T 164/19/9
1940-1941   Prior, T J: claim of 'widow' and children rejected on grounds that she had no legal status as dependent   T 164/193/10
1940-1941   Oldershaw, G A: death compensation refused but ex-gratia grant to widow, without prejudice, in full settlement of all claims   T 164/193/15
1939-1941   Horne, C W, ship's engine fitter: payment of death compensation to executors of widow whose own death did not nullify the claim   T 164/193/3
1940-1941   Old Age and Widows Pensions Bill 1940, s.18: superannuation arrangements of officers of local authorities transferred to newly formed Unemployment Assistance Board   T 164/193/6
1941   Dias, F F, District Administration Officer, British Guiana, killed on duty: special grant to widow   T 164/195/11
1941   King, N: ex-gratia payment to widow as special case in absence of personal records covering fifteen years service   T 164/195/9
WIDOWS - FORCES : Royal Navy
1922   Livingstone, R G N, Mercantile Marine, sustained fatal abdominal injuries when his ship was torpedoed; pension to widow and allowance to child sanctioned under War Risks Compensation Scheme   T 164/22/3
WIDOWS - Police :
1922-1924   Keaney, M, District Inspector, Royal Irish Constabulary, murdered: payment to widow of special allowance and pension for herself and three children   T 164/24/20
1922-1923   Walsh, J, Royal Irish Constabulary, murdered after disbandment: revised pension award to widow calculated on reckonable years of service and pensionable pay   T 164/26/17
1942   McMorrow, M, ex-sergeant, RIC: lump sum gratuity in lieu of pension to widow sanctioned in consideration of her commitments   T 164/260
WIDOWS - FORCES : General
1943   Ministry of Transport Officers recruited in UK before 1 Sept 1939 and sent overseas in wartime to operational areas: in cases of injury en-route, Injury Warrant No 1 of 1935 to apply; Injury Warrant terms also to be given to widow where death occurs in actual performance of duty   T 164/283
WIDOWS - Police :
1922-1927   McCullogh, J, ex-Constable, Royal Irish Constabulary, fatally wounded when bomb exploded: pension to widow   T 164/29/15
1922-1923   Davis, C, Royal Irish Constabulary, murdered: compensation awarded by Sessions Court to widow and children, and pension awards reduced   T 164/30/14
WIDOWS - General :
1922-1923   Bartram, Mrs M, awarded teacher's pension whilst in receipt of widow's pension: no suspension, reduction of teacher's pension necessary   T 164/31/14
1922-1923   Shea, W collapsed after carrying a heavy load: compensation to widow   T 164/31/9
WIDOWS - FORCES : Royal Air Force
1941-1945   Air Ministry: arrangements for payment of death compensation to widows and dependants of aircrew killed in air crashes   T 164/321
WIDOWS - FORCES : Army
1923   Marshall, F C J, in receipt of long-service army pension at time of death: gratuity award to widow   T 164/33/8
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1945   Proposed Establishment of Widows and Orphans Pension Fund in Cyprus on lines of Palestine Pensions Ordinance   T 164/336
WIDOWS - General :
1923-1924   Buckley, W, workman at Admiralty dockyard; compensation allowance paid on discharge: grant sanctioned for widow   T 164/35/16
1923   Fountain, J, lodge keeper on fire brigade duties at Windsor Castle: death caused by violent exertion; compensation payment to widow   T 164/35/21
1923-1924   Williamson, H, died from fractured skull: compensation to widow and children   T 164/35/32
WIDOWS - Police :
1923   McArdle, M, ex-Constable RIC died shortly after disbandment; pension awarded to widow and children   T 164/35/33
WIDOWS - General :
1923   Rebbick, W W: application for compassionate grant to widow not sanctioned owing to overpayment of sick pay   T 164/36/31
1923-1924   Adams, R, widow in a mental hospital: gratuity award to be paid to her brother-in-law on his undertaking to apply money for her benefit   T 164/37/1
1923-1924   Davey, C, death resulting from accident on duty: compensation payment made to widow   T 164/37/21
WIDOWS - Police :
1923   Cotter, J, Sergeant, RIC: pension to widow and annual allowance to children reduced when compensation awarded under Criminal Injuries (Ireland) Act   T 164/37/30
WIDOWS - FORCES : Royal Navy
1923   Maxwell, J E, engineer and ship surveyor, Mercantile Marine: death from pneumonia caused by exposure; widow and children destitute; compassionate grant from Royal Bounty Fund   T 164/37/42
WIDOWS - General :
1923-1924   Sinfield, W: claim for maintenance in lunatic asylum rejected; whole of S.4 gratuity to be paid to widow   T 164/38/1
WIDOWS - Police :
1948   Naylor, A A, ex RIC: death not notified for 12 years as widow unaware of entitlement to pension; awarded from date of death under RIC Pensions Order 1922   T 164/400
1923   Harvey, J, Constable RIC; revised pension award to widow compensated under Criminal Injuries (Ireland) Act   T 164/41/23
WIDOWS - General :
1923-1924   Wigley. A J, District Engineer, Palestine Railways, killed on duty when attacked by brigands: provided death gratuity not already paid to widow, allowance under Section 19 of Draft Pension Ordinance may be paid to widow and children   T 164/42/10
1924   Morris, F J, Customs & Excise officer, sustained fatal injury whilst driving motorcycle: annual allowance and supplement awarded to widow and gratuity award to children   T 164/43/34
1923-1925   Campbell, W J; accidental injury at work; operation for removal of a tubercular testicle; lump sum awarded to widow   T 164/43/8
1924   Higgins, D B, died from fall at work: compensation award to be paid to trustees for benefit of his widow   T 164/44/2
1945-1957   Ahmed Haider, died after falling from lorry: compensation paid to widow at injury warrant rates as prescribed by Aden Personal Injuries (Civilian) Scheme   T 164/461
1924   Muhammed Ali el Nubi, Chief Kavass, Cairo Residency: compassionate gratuity of six months pay sanctioned for his widow   T 164/47/13
1924   Toas, T, formerly teacher under LCC, not considered to be in impaired health for any period prior to his death; gratuity award to widow   T 164/47/29
1924-1925   Harris, J, contracted pernicious anaemia; death attributable; compensation awarded to widow and sons   T 164/47/30
WIDOWS - Police :
1924   Re-marriage of widows of the RIC: write-off sanctioned for over-issue of pension due to pensions being paid in advance   T 164/49/2
WIDOWS - General :
1918-1921   Hogan, E J, Customs Officer; death attributable to accident; compensation and gratuity to widow and legal representative   T 164/5/16
WIDOWS - Police :
1920-1922   Position of widows of deceased police pensioners (who died after 16 Aug 1920) regarding increase in pensions under Pensions (Increase) Act 1920   T 164/5/6
WIDOWS - General :
1924-1925   Peiris, W, died as a result of injury to his foot: gratuity awarded to widow   T 164/50/20
WIDOWS - FORCES : Royal Navy
1924-1926   Harwood, C B, Admiralty Second Engineer, committed suicide owing to excessive heat under tropical conditions; pension award to widow and children   T 164/51/12
WIDOWS - Police :
1924   Cooper, W H, Constable RIC, murdered: widow's pension and compensation to dependants   T 164/51/16
WIDOWS - FORCES : Royal Air Force
1924   Lettington, H W, civilian supervisor, Air Ministry, Iraq: payment of pension to widow and children   T 164/51/24
WIDOWS - General :
1924   Pensions (Increase) Act 1924: payment of arrears to widow of pensioner   T 164/51/30
1924-1925   Nice, G A, collapsed and died while lifting stoneware baths; compensation to widow   T 164/52/1
1925   Drury, W A, surveyor, Land Registry: gratuity awarded to widow   T 164/53/33
1925   Leung For, Hong Kong Dockyard, died from injuries sustained on duty: gratuity to widow   T 164/53/35
1924-1925   Morrison, Mrs, ex-member of Women's Legion and widow of doctor killed during war: waiver of recovery of overpayment   T 164/53/4
WIDOWS - Police :
1921   Constabulary and Police Act 1918: widow's pensions   T 164/53/8
1925   Pensions awarded to widows and children of murdered RIC members: review in light of Criminal Injury awards   T 164/56/8
WIDOWS - General :
1914-1922   Lamont, W J late HM Consul Boma; death attributable to his service in Tropical Africa; pension to widow   T 164/6/16
WIDOWS - Police :
1925-1927   Kilcline, J, ex-constable RIC: pension to widow   T 164/60/23
WIDOWS - General :
1925   Bishop, H clerk, Department of Sergeant-at-Arms, House of Commons: gratuity to widow   T 164/61/3
1926   Edwards, D P, teaching service broken by wartime military service: award of proportionate death gratuity to widow   T 164/62/10
WIDOWS - Police :
1926   Kilgannon, P, ex-sergeant, RIC: request from solicitors in Ireland for particulars of his property as disclosed on application form for pension increase to widow   T 164/62/21
WIDOWS - General :
1926   Smith, R, died as result of earlier accident: compensation to widow   T 164/62/3
1926-1927   Compensation paid to widows of labourers in Post Office Engineering Dpt, fatally injured by fall from roof   T 164/62/5
1926-1927   East, A E T, storeman, Royal Army Clothing Dpt: received ill-health retirement gratuity and died soon afterwards; compassionate grant to widow   T 164/62/6
1926-1927   Walton, E A: claim for compensation not admitted: gratuity sanctioned for widow   T 164/63/15
1926   Turk, S F, part-time Collector of Taxes killed by motor lorry whilst on duty: compensation sanctioned for widow and children   T 164/64/10
1926   Skellams, J, postman: gratuity to widow   T 164/64/18
1926   White, W, sustained fatal chest injuries: compensation to widowed mother   T 164/64/19
1926   Nicholls, Sir H, Principal Medical Officer, Dominica, died shortly after retirement: pension awarded to his widow on compassionate grounds   T 164/64/5
1926   Fletcher, J, labourer, Devonport Dockyard, died when submarine sank: compensation awarded to widow and child and authority given to appoint trustees   T 164/65/20
WIDOWS - Police :
1926   Arrangements for grant of pensions to widows of RIC men who retired on disability pensions before date of disbandment   T 164/65/9
WIDOWS - General :
1926   Summers, Col Sir G, Governor of Somaliland: special grant sanctioned for medical expenses incurred   T 164/66/14
WIDOWS - Police :
1926-1927   Hemmings, A, constable, Liverpool Police Force, formerly postman: gratuity award apportioned and widow's pension sanctioned   T 164/66/15
WIDOWS - General :
1926-1927   Perrott, W, shipwright, Simonstown Dockyard, sustained fatal head injuries: gratuity to legal personal representative and pension to widow   T 164/66/30
1938-1948   House of Commons Members Fund Act 1939: pensions for MPs and their widows and orphans   T 164/673-675
1927-1928   Pension claim by widow of Post Office engineer killed on duty   T 164/68/27
1927-1928   Beard, C C: ill-health retirement; gratuity and pension to widow   T 164/69/31
1920-1921   Knight, C W, died of pneumonia accelerated by injuries to chest; compensation to widow refused   T 164/7/10
1927   Annual allowance sanctioned, exceptionally, to two widows of officers formerly in Northern Rhodesia Government Service   T 164/70/19
WIDOWS - Police :
1927-1928   Necessity for investigation of 'means' in cases of RIC pensions to widows and children   T 164/70/32
WIDOWS - General :
1927-1929   Gallery, Mrs M, widow of RIC constable who made false statements on remarriage: overissue of widow's pension partly recovered, but, owing to her poor circumstances, write-off of balance authorised   T 164/71/5
WIDOWS - Police :
1927-1929   Gallery, Mrs M, widow of RIC constable who made false statements on remarriage: overissue of widow's pension partly recovered, but, owing to her poor circumstances, write-off of balance authorised   T 164/71/5
WIDOWS - General :
1928-1929   Overall, H M: compensation refused as death not attributable special grant to widow   T 164/76/16
1928-1929   Tolfree, C E: claim by widow for compensation rejected on grounds that her husband's death was not accelerated by accident in 1921   T 164/78/19
WIDOWS - FORCES : Army
1928-1929   Riley, G J, engineer, HMFRA, disappeared at sea: compensation to widow and children   T 164/78/4
WIDOWS - General :
1928-1929   Harris, W J, died from blood poisoning caused by injury received whilst on duty: award of lump sum compensation to widow as partially dependent   T 164/78/9
1928-1929   Driver, F A, postman killed by Post Office mail van in collision with his motor cycle combination: award of compensation to cover all claims of death and injuries to widow   T 164/79/15
1928   Dunbar, W C, Forestry Commission trapper, accidentally shot himself: compensation to widow and children including child born posthumously   T 164/79/23
1929   Musgrave, C, Registrar and Provost-Marshal of Dominica: special annual compassionate allowance to widow   T 164/80/33
1928-1929   Cameron, D, Procurator-Fiscal, Paisley: deduction of amounts due to Exchequer and Sheriff Clerk from gratuity awarded to widow   T 164/80/6
1929   Rawle, T J, Presidency of Dominica; compassionate allowance to widow not sanctioned as Legislature of Leeward Islands provided for pensions   T 164/81/11
1929   Lawton, T, night-watchman, Ordnance Depot, York: claim by widow rejected on grounds that death did not occur during course of employment   T 164/81/16
1929   Connor, M, had not qualified for an award: special gratuity awarded to widow owing to necessitous circumstances   T 164/81/20
1929   Smith, G, unestablished skilled workman, Post Office, killed by fall from telegraph pole: lump sum awarded to widow in full settlement of all claims despite degree of negligence   T 164/81/29
1908-1929   Swann, A J, District Resident, Nyasaland: pension and special annual grant for widow apportioned between Nyasaland and Northern Rhodesia Funds   T 164/82/10
1929   Compensation to widow of ship's stoker (who died of heatstroke due to working conditions) to be paid to trustees for her support at Milton Mental Hospital   T 164/82/16
1929   Lowen, E T, leading stoker, Sheerness: death from heart failure on duty; compensation award to widow   T 164/82/17
1929   Golden, H, nursing orderly, Ministry of Pensions: compensation claim accepted in regard to widow, but rejected in respect of three children partially dependent but all over 15 years of age   T 164/82/20
1929   Moffat, H D M, died in Aden from heart failure following malaria: grant to widow from Compassionate Fund, deceased having only nine years unestablished service   T 164/82/7
1929   Todd, W, farm maintenance hand, Government Training Centre, Carstairs, died as a result of threshing machine accident which must be interpreted as part of his responsibility as 'person in charge': claim by widow accepted under Workmen's Compensation Act 1925 T 164/81/8 1929 Truby, W, temporary workman, Royal Mint: gratuity to widow awarded from Compassionate Fund on account of service being much below minimum   T 164/83/22
1903-1929   Nash, W C, Royal Observatory, Greenwich: no compensation award available for widow   T 164/83/28
1929-1930   Battrick, E F, cordite worker, Holton Heath, killed by explosion: approval of claim by widow for compensation for self and children and of Admiralty proposals for administration of sum awarded   T 164/83/30
WIDOWS - Police :
1930   Keighary, T, RIC, accidentally killed by Crown Forces: widow and child's pensions later increased, but no further compensation on appeal   T 164/84/23
WIDOWS - General :
1930   Enquiry from Robert Pownall regarding pension paid to widow and children of the Rt Hon Spencer Perceval, First Lord of the Treasury, assassinated in 1812   T 164/84/8
1930   Hutchinson, G, head turner, Portsmouth Dockyard, killed as result of explosion; compensation to widow   T 164/85/10
WIDOWS - FORCES : Royal Navy
1930   Marshall, R T, Lieut Commander, Royal Naval Reserve, rescued torpedoed ship in early part of Great War, suffered mental derangement and suicidal death: special award of pension to widow   T 164/85/19
WIDOWS - Police :
1921-1930   RIC members killed by accident; Criminal Injuries Act inapplicable; special grants to dependants   T 164/85/3
WIDOWS - General :
1930   Little, G, ss 'Lusitania', died seven years after the incident: special pension to widow and children sanctioned under War Risks Compensation Scheme   T 164/85/31
1940-1941   Gregg, C H killed by accident when proceeding to rest room by unauthorised route: liability for death compensation not accepted but ex-gratia payment awarded to widow   T 169/193/25
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1925   Widows, Orphans and Old Age Contributory Pensions Act   T 171/247
WIDOWS - General :
1954   Budget: 4. Interim pension increases for war and industrial injuries and widows   T 171/439
1919-1922   Widows pensions and disability pensions to be taken into account for income tax and outdoor relief   T 172/1094
1924   Suggestion by Mr G Lansbury MP for levying part of the cost of a scheme of widows' pensions and extended schemes of Old Age Pensions and unemployment relief, on the localities   T 172/1337
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1924-1937   Widows and Orphans and Old Age Pensions   T 172/1452
1928-1930   Widows and Orphans Fund (liability to income tax)   T 172/1647
WIDOWS - FORCES : Army
1918   Pensions to widows of officers killed in previous wars; recommendations for increase thereof, in line with 'other ranks'   T 172/881
WIDOWS - FORCES : General
1828   Establishment of the charge of allowances to the widows and children of deceased foreign officers serving with the UK Armed Forces   T 172/917
WIDOWS - Police :
1921   Ireland: re pensions to be paid to the widows of late Constable W Campbell and the late Temporary Cadet Major MacKinnon   T 192/55
1921   Correspondence re scheme for grant of injury pay and widows' pensions to members of the Special Constabulary   T 192/72
WIDOWS - FORCES : Royal Navy
1960   Royal Navy: travelling and subsistence allowance of officers making official visits to give advice and assistance to widows of officers who die on duty   T 213/651
1961   Widows of naval personnel: payment of pension while in hospital   T 213/736
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1948-1956   Position of the Indian Military Widows and Orphans Fund as a result of the transfer of power in India   T 213/98
WIDOWS - FORCES : Army
1948-1956   Position of the Indian Military Widows and Orphans Fund as a result of the transfer of power in India   T 213/98
WIDOWS - FORCES : Royal Navy
1948-1950   Correspondence relating to the means test for naval widows' pensions   T 213/99
WIDOWS - General :
1960   Employment of widows as part time workers in the Civil Service   T 216/685
WIDOWS - Police :
1950-1959   Police: supplementary pensions scheme: police widows and dependants   T 221/501-502
WIDOWS - General :
1963-1965   Continued payment of war disability pension for a transitional period to widows, following the death of seriously disabled war pensioners   T 227/1409
1965   National Insurance: use of automatic data processing for work on long term national insurance benefits (payment of retirement pensions and widows benefits)   T 227/1502
1962   Awards of widow's pension in cases where death was not attributed to war injuries   T 227/1675
1961-1963   Restoration of widow's pension on ending of cohabitation   T 227/1676
1963   Improvements to national insurance widows benefits   T 227/1722
1960-1961   Increases of retirement pensions for married women and widows in respect of insurance contributions paid after pensionable age   T 227/1723
1942-1958   Widows' pension awards to separated wives   T 227/554
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1921-1959   Widows Orphans and Old Age Pensions: procedure for dealing with overpayment of pensions and allowances   T 227/637
1953-1955   Widows Orphans and Old Age Pensions: Committee on Valuation and Rating in Scotland (Sorn Committee)   T 227/638-639
1950-1960   Pension scheme for widows, orphans and dependants   T 227/724
WIDOWS - General :
1946-1960   Retirement Pensions and Widows' Benefits   T 227/931-937
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1947-1948   Blue Notes: estimates: Widows Orphans and Old Age pensions   T 233/17
WIDOWS - General :
1958-1960   O N Beck (deceased): request for bequest to nation be remitted because of widow's stress   T 233/2172
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1949-1956   Superannuation Act 1949, Widows and Children's pension scheme: position of officers transferred permanently from Home Civil Service to Colonial Service   T 248/109
1949-1950   Superannuation Act 1949, Widows and Children's Pension Scheme: application to existing civil servants   T 248/52
1948-1950   Widows and Children's Pension Scheme: liability to estate duty on contributions   T 248/53
1949-1950   Superannuation Act 1949, Widows and Children's pension scheme; payment of contributions under sections 9 and 22 where award is enhanced under section 32   T 248/54
WIDOWS - General :
1963-1964   National Assistance: introduction of additional allowance for elderly persons, the chronic sick and widows   T227/1482
1925-1927   Joicey v Rylands and others: question of annuity payment to the widow of James Joicey   TS 18/102
1704-1844   Hewley, Lady Sarah (Lady Hewley's Charity): widow of Sir John Hewley MP for the City of York during the reign of Charles II. She set up charity trusts in 1704 and 1707. The trust deeds of 1704 set up a charity to be used for the support of 'poor and godley preachers of Christ's Holy Gospel' and widows of the same....   TS 18/70
1704-1844   Hewley, Lady Sarah (Lady Hewley's Charity): widow of Sir John Hewley MP for the City of York during the reign of Charles II. She set up charity trusts in 1704 and 1707. The trust deeds of 1704 set up a charity to be used for the support of 'poor and godley preachers of Christ's Holy Gospel' and widows of the same....   TS 18/70
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1865-1972   Officers' Widow and Orphan Permanent Fund: Hamilton v Spottiswoode: as to how the fund should be applied to support selected pupils at the Royal School for the Daughters of Officers of the Army at Bath and the Royal Naval Female School at Isleworth   TS 18/86
WIDOWS - FORCES : General
1865-1872   Officers' Widow and Orphan Permanent Fund: Hamilton v Spottiswoode: as to how the fund should be applied to support selected pupils at the Royal School for the Daughters of Officers of the Army at Bath and the Royal Naval Female School at Isleworth   TS 18/86
WIDOWS - General :
1764   Letter from Vincent Mathias requesting transference of the   WIDOWS
WIDOWS - FORCES : Army
1823   Unsuccessful claim to a pension by the widow of John Wilkinson, solicitor to the Grenadier Guards   WO 143/173
1947   Army Council Secretariat: relatives visits to war cemeteries   WO 163/313
1815-1892   Widows' Pensions and Drouly Annuities: annuities: registers: see list   WO 23/105-110
1855-1858   Foreign Regiments: widows' pensions and compassionate allowances: register of payments   WO 23/113
1858-1868   Foreign Regiments: pensions for wounds, widows' pensions and compassionate allowances: register of payments   WO 23/88
1713-1829   Nominal list of widows of militia officers in receipt of pension: see list   WO 24/804-883
1774   Letter of attorney: Susannah Campbell, widow of Col John Campbell late Lieut Governor of Chelsea Hospital to Charles Brett of Greenwich   WO 247/46
1735-1811   Payment of pensions to widows of Full Pay Officers   WO 25/3020-3045
1757-1778   Payments of pensions to widows of Half Pay officers   WO 25/3046-3057
1762-1856   Widows' Pensions various: including Application Papers: see list   WO 25/3058-3125
1755-1816   Register of annual bounty paid to deceased officers' widows. Indexed   WO 25/3995
1933-1935   Widows of Rank Officers   WO 32/10296
1924-1926   Widows pensions as affected by officers rank   WO 32/11231
1952-1967   Removal expenses for widows of officers and other ranks who die whilst on active employment   WO 32/15465
1952-1953   Pension and gratuity for widows: review of regulations to enable servicemen to declare a wife a joint beneficiary under pension scheme   WO 32/15844
1953   Coronation procession: arrangements for holder of VC or their widows to be allocated seats   WO 32/16214
WIDOWS - General :
1953   Coronation procession: arrangements for holders of VC or their widows to be allocated seats   WO 32/16214
WIDOWS - Widows' and Orphans' Pension Schemes :
1947-1958   Claims to Live Funds: 5 Polish Kresowa Infantry Division: Widows and Orphans Relief Fund   WO 32/16332
WIDOWS - FORCES : Army
1947-1958   Claims to Live Funds: 5 Polish Kresowa Infantry Division: Widows and Orphans Relief Fund   WO 32/16332
1950-1962   Forces families pensions: award of widows pensions   WO 32/17638
1922-1923   Zion Mule Corps: claim for widows' pensions   WO 32/18453
1927-1938   Widows Pensions: recovery over issue   WO 32/2618
1939   Pension for widows of other ranks   WO 32/4589
1917-1918   Method of reporting to relatives the death of a soldier executed by order of Court Martial   WO 32/4675
1939-1942   Method of reporting to relatives the death of a soldier executed by order of Court Martial   WO 32/4676
1917-1918   Revised 'Message of Sympathy' based on draft by Rudyard Kipling   WO 32/4841
1877-1881   Widows Pensions and Compassionate Allowances: Robinson 1892, 1894 memorandum. Revised draft Warrant and Declaration Form. Relief Fund for relatives ineligible for allowance   WO 32/6211
1899-1913   Scheme of pensions for widows and orphans of men killed in action or dying on active service: see list   WO 32/6525-6535
1907   Restoration of pension in second widowhood   WO 32/6874
1910-1911   Effect of Pensions Commutation Acts on pensions and compassionate allowances of officers widows and children. Law Officers Opinion Case, 1884   WO 32/6875
1931-1934   Revival of pension on second widowhood   WO 32/9688
1938-1943   Restored Pension on second widowhood   WO 32/9694-9695
1878   Draft of revised warrant and memorandum on widows' pensions and compassionate allowances. Paper no 684   WO 33/32
WIDOWS - General :
1916   Recommendation for pension for the widow of an officer in the St John's Ambulance Brigade killed in action   WO 35/69
WIDOWS - FORCES : Army
1764-1816   Out-letters: Secretary-at-War: widows   WO 4/1023-1030
1802   Widows' pensions. Suggested regulations in view of fraudulent claims   WO 40/16
1810   Plan of Lieut W Cameron, 2/78th Foot for increasing the pension of officers' widows. Pemiums to be paid by officers   WO 40/32
1818-1822   Fraudulent attempt to obtain a widows' pension. Case of Ensign Isaac Hackett, 83rd Foot, died of wounds received at siege of Badajoz. Mother granted a pension   WO 43/109
1818-1826   Widows' pensions: extension to widows of half pay officers and on remarriage: Royal Warrant 18 June 1818 and draft annual amendments   WO 43/123
1818-1827   Annuities for officers' widows under will of John Drouly, late Governor of Cowes Castle, Isle of Wight. Legal opinions on administration of legacy. Draft Regulating Bill   WO 43/126
1821-1826   Pension for widow of Lieut W F Fortescue, 27th Foot and 3rd Royal Veteran battalion, wounded at Waterloo. Doubt on validity of mixed marriage. Royal Warrant 21 April 1822   WO 43/129
WIDOWS - General :
1821-1824   Ireland: Concordatum Fund for widows of clergy and reduced gentry. Eligibility defined by C J Fox. Annuitants named   WO 43/159
WIDOWS - FORCES : Army
1823   Pensions to widows of sergeant majors and Guards regiments. Correspondence of Lord Palmerston and Duke of York. Case of widow of Surgeon Major John Charlton, Grenadier Guards   WO 43/160
1824   Regulations respecting widows of half pay officers   WO 43/175
1824   Compassionate Fund. Letter from Lord Liverpool to Lord Palmerston proposing that distressed females in receipt of a special allowance from the 'Minister's Lady for the time being' should be debarred from payment from the Fund   WO 43/176
1822   Claim to arrears of half pay and pension by widow of Paymaster Michael Byrne, 1st Royal Dragoons   WO 43/193
WIDOWS - General :
1826   Unsuccessful claim to a pension by widow of African explorer, Mungo Park   WO 43/234
WIDOWS - FORCES : Army
1827   Countess of Craven granted widows' pension. Lord Palmerston rules that private income does not debar in this case   WO 43/235
1823-1838   Pension granted to widow of Paymaster Thomas Scott. Letter from his brother Sir Walter Scott to Lord Palmerston, from Abbotsford 5 March 1824   WO 43/321
1830-1846   Widows' pensions (officers): Royal Warrants   WO 43/327
1826-1830   Widows' pensions claimed by two persons, as to one in Scotland and one in Ireland. Scottish marriage valid. Case of Lieut Jonas Oxley, late Italian levy. Legal opinion   WO 43/337
1817-1823   Widows' pension. Case of widow of regimental doctor James Maclaurin dying while on half pay. Lord Palmerston notes: 'I wish to have a memo explaining what this Crazy Rigmarole is about'   WO 43/339
1829   Widows' pension: claim by widow of Lieut General Thomas Layard disallowed on ground of husband's advanced age on marriage   WO 43/340
1828-1829   Claim by widow of half pay Captain. Charles Grant, 6th West India regiment, to a major's pension, refused on ground of her husband's late purchse of majority   WO 43/341
1815-1827   Pensions granted to widow and children of Major General Ross of Bladensburg, killed at Baltimore   WO 43/359
1812-1840   Pensions to widow and children of Major General Robert Crauford died of wounds received in battle of Cuidad Rodrigo   WO 43/360
1828-1864   Widows' pensions: cases: see list   WO 43/371-380
1815-1863   Widows' pensions: cases: see list   WO 43/382-389
1809-1819   Pensions to widow and children of General S P Delhoste, 104th regiment Letters from Edward, Duke of Kent, Royal Warrant of 4 Sept 1816 placing pensions in trust   WO 43/442
1827-1854   Persistent claims by militia adjutants for entitlement of widows pensions. Legal opinions   WO 43/450
1835-1860   Widow of Captain Patrick Burke, 7th Foot, prosecuted for fraudulent claim to pension on ground of concealment of second marriage. Pension later restored   WO 43/509
1836-1858   Widow of half pay officer, Ensign William Bott, 22nd Dragoons, with seven children granted a pension. An adult daughter left destitute after the death of mother cannot be restored to the pension list   WO 43/510
1836   Widow of Lieut General Sir John Hamilton, 69th Foot, though wealthy, granted pension. Husband served 64 years without leave   WO 43/511
1824-1836   Pensions to widows of Royal Marine officers transferred from army to naval estimates 1826   WO 43/569
WIDOWS - FORCES : Royal Navy
1824-1836   Pensions to widows of Royal Marine officers transferred from army to naval estimates 1826   WO 43/569
WIDOWS - FORCES : Army
1830-1842   King's German Legion. Adolphus Duke of Cambridge, Viceroy of Hanover requests pension for widow of Lieut General Count Linsingen. '....how anxious I feel for the fate of these poor widows'   WO 43/583
1818-1856   Pensions granted to widow and children of Lieut Col Hon E E Erskine, wounded at Waterloo, died at sea en route to Ceylon   WO 43/585
1814-1834   Pensions to foreign widows. Letter from Madame d'Arblay (Fanny Burney) supporting claim of widow of Viscomte de Maurville of the regiment de Mortmart   WO 43/600
WIDOWS - General :
1814-1834   Pension to foreign widows. Letter from Madame d'Arblay (Fanny Burney) supporting claim of widow Viscomte de Maurville of the regiment de Mortmart   WO 43/600
WIDOWS - FORCES : Army
1820-1833   Pension granted to widow of Captain P Morati, Royal Corsican Rangers   WO 43/601
1820-1856   Widows' pensions: cases: see list   WO 43/602-604
1822-1875   Widows' pensions: cases: see list   WO 43/639-642
1843-1877   Widows' pensions: cases: see list   WO 43/674-681
1843-1877   Widows' pensions: cases: see list   WO 43/798-803
1845-1860   Widows' pensions: cases: see list   WO 43/812-817
1848   Widow of surgeon Robert Gibson, Grenadier Guards refused pension on ground of wealthy circumstances (£442 p.a.)   WO 43/823
1848   Pension to widow of the chaplain of the Royal Military Asylum, the Revd George Clark   WO 43/824
1848-1875   Widows' pensions: cases: see list   WO 43/835-838
1817-1869   Widows' pensions: cases: see list   WO 43/888-800
1848-1881   Widows' pensions: cases: see list   WO 43/907-923
1854-1872   Pension of £500 p.a. granted to widow of Lieut General Sir George Cathcart, killed at Inkerman. Death of widow 1872   WO 43/969
1855-1859   Pensions for widows and relations of officers: new regulations and scales, sample forms etc. List of recipients   WO 43/975
1855   Widow of artillery officer killed at Inkerman not eligible for brevet rank pension of husband, Captain and Bt Major Townshend   WO 43/978
1855   Special pension of £140 to widow of Lieut Col W F Hoey, 30th Foot, who died of cholera in the Crimea   WO 43/981
WIDOWS - General :
1921-1933   Hampton Court Palace: widows of employees of Ministry of Public Building and Works: consideration in respect of accommodation   WORK 19/582
 
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