ARMY PENSIONS
f’.iVF.N UP BY WIDOWS LONDON, Ocl, HI. Since the outbreak of war, many soldiers or widows of soldiers who served in the last war have voluntarily given up their pensions for “the duration,'' One officer abroad lias given up his wound pension and disability retired; pay of £l2ll a year. A widow entitled to £2 Its a week has asked to receive only half, and a mother who lost her son has sacrificed the whole of her 5s a week pension.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20102, 23 November 1939, Page 3
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83ARMY PENSIONS Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20102, 23 November 1939, Page 3
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