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The wrecked infirmary at Chelsea Hospital, where many pensioners were killed in a recent air raid. The hospital was the home of the old Chelsea Pensioners, soldiers of past wars, who were wards of the State. One of the pensioners killed was the oldest soldier, aged 101.

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Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 118, 21 May 1941, Page 5

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The wrecked infirmary at Chelsea Hospital, where many pensioners were killed in a recent air raid. The hospital was the home of the old Chelsea Pensioners, soldiers of past wars, who were wards of the State. One of the pensioners killed was the oldest soldier, aged 101. X . . i – Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 118, 21 May 1941, Page 5

The wrecked infirmary at Chelsea Hospital, where many pensioners were killed in a recent air raid. The hospital was the home of the old Chelsea Pensioners, soldiers of past wars, who were wards of the State. One of the pensioners killed was the oldest soldier, aged 101. X . . i – Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 118, 21 May 1941, Page 5

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