Category: Chelsea Pensioners

Categories: British Army



The building of the Royal Hospital Chelsea was commenced by Charles II in 1682, inspired by Les Invalides in Paris. The aim was to provide hostel accommodation for lame soldiers in place of the traditional arrangements.

By the time the building was built, it wasn't big enough, given the increasing casualty count of modern warfare. So the Hospital was made responsible for paying pensions to those it couldn't accommodate. They were all known as Chelsea Pensioners, irrespective of whether they lived at the Hospital.

Pensions were extended to non-disabled veterans with 20 years' service. Eventually the number of Out-Pensioners vastly exceeded the number of inmates. At the end of the Napoleonic Wars there were over 36,000 Pensioners.

The arrangement was for non-officer ranks, though officers have become Pensioners on the strength of previous service in the ranks.

The general payment of Army pensions through the Royal Hospital ended in 1955, since when the term "Chelsea Pensioner" has come to be restricted to the In-Pensioners living at the Hospital - currently about 300, including women since 2009.


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Person Profiles (55)

A

abt 29 May 1800 Ashampstead, Berkshire, England - 30 Jun 1881
1785 Burton Latimer, Northamptonshire, England - 1864

B

1876 Southwark, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
bef 05 Mar 1837 Mendham, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom - 1911
1879 Morpeth, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom - 27 Sep 1936

C

abt 1808 Trinidad - 1857
abt 1787 Fumhason, Suffolk, England - 1863 photo
bef 11 Oct 1829 Aston, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom - May 1897
bef 25 Nov 1827 Aston, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom - 1907

D

1873 Harlestone, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom - abt 1950
abt 1834 County Cork, Ireland - 14 Sep 1904
08 Sep 1803 London, England, United Kingdom

F

bef 25 Jun 1837 Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom - 1892
abt 1791 Trowse, Norfolk, England

G

abt 1776 Duthil, Inverness-shire, Scotland - bef 08 Apr 1861
1863 Ramsgate, Kent, England - 1913

H

abt 1820 Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland - aft 1853
13 Jun 1880 Winston, Durham, England - 1961
1786 Sutton in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England - 1867

H cont.

bef 21 Jun 1772 St Micheal St Albans, Hertfordshire, England - bef 22 May 1844
abt 1790 Yokefleet, Yorkshire, England - bef 10 Jun 1865
bef 22 Jan 1837 Ditcheat, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
abt 06 Aug 1620 Wiltshire, England - 07 Feb 1732 photo
bef 30 Jan 1803 Wittersham, Kent, England, United Kingdom - 1887
19 May 1800 Kilbarchan, Renfrewshire, Scotland - 1862

K

1865 Pimlico, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom - 24 Oct 1936
1867 Warrington, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom - 1935
1846 Kirtlington, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom - 1891
1800 Curry Rivel, Somerset, England, United Kingdom - 1873

L

1864 Islington, London, England, United Kingdom - 1942
1858 Ardsley, Yorkshire, England - 1905

M

abt 1771 Killesher, County Fermanagh, Ireland - abt 1854
abt 1782 Costrance, County Tyrone, Ireland - abt 1858
abt 1810 Bailieborough, County Cavan, Ireland - 16 Nov 1878

N

26 Mar 1817 Saint Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom - aft 1871

O

abt 1802 Warbleton, Sussex, England - 04 Sep 1866

P

abt 1772 Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland

P cont.

18 Oct 1824 Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom - 1884

R

1840 Bix, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom - 1889
13 Nov 1813 Graveley, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom - Sep 1864
bef 20 Sep 1829 Braybrooke, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom

S

bef 16 Feb 1777 Penzance, Cornwall, England - 18 Nov 1857
1779 England - 1856
abt 1780 Winchcomb, Gloucestershire, England - 11 Mar 1857
abt 1792 Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, England - 1855
bef 19 May 1816 Netherbury, Dorset, England, United Kingdom - Apr 1880
abt 1724 Southminster, Essex, England - 1774

T

bef 06 Sep 1829 Kent, England, United Kingdom - 1867
16 Apr 1781 London, England - bef 13 Oct 1863

U

abt 1812 Tresmeer, Cornwall, England - 06 Nov 1876
bef 11 Jan 1833 Bridgwater, Somerset, England, United Kingdom - 29 May 1901
bef 20 Mar 1859 Widworthy, Devon, England, United Kingdom - 1925

W

bef 04 Nov 1838 Ingrave, Brentwood, Essex, England, United Kingdom - 03 Dec 1889
bef 13 Jun 1831 East Winch, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom - bef 19 Jan 1886
bef 25 Dec 1719 Hatfield Broad Oak, Essex, England - bef 22 Apr 1800




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