Chelsea Pensioners British Army Service Records – on findmypast.co.uk

[Elaine ..Spain]

New database released today. Covers 252,000 records of men who were pensioned out of the British Army between 1883 and 1900.

More to come - http://www.findmypast.co.uk/media/ne...?doc=CHEP.html

[Tilly Mint]

Ooh, thanks Elaine, i have my GGrandfathers already but can see them on there....

I think i can see some for my other GGGrandfather as well....but i dont think i would be able to confirm this, only that he served and lived in India and had a daughter Julia Henry....Lol.

Hope you've been lucky !

[Janet]

Just found a Great Uncle on here that I have been searching for five years so very happy. Not on Ancestry list either so doubly pleased! All 8 pages on here fantastic!

Janet

[Guest]

;Dcan I just say nice to see you back Elaine

[Elaine ..Spain]

Thanks Val.

[Christine in Herts]

Thank you, Elaine.

... I think the site's a bit busy!

Christine

[Joy Dean]

I am very, very grateful to you :-)

I looked for someone who I thought would have been there, then another - no. Never mind, thought I.

Then - I had a big smile on my face - I had put the surname McCusker - and I am 99.99% certain that I have found another brother of my great-grandmother's :-)

[Elaine ..Spain]

Update:

A further 12,000 Records relating to 1883-1900 have been added, bringing the total number of records available to 302,052, with 2.1 million images.

[Tilly Mint]

Ooooh, i'm off to have a look ;D

Thanks, Elaine ;)

[Christine in Herts]

Oh dear!

;)

Christine

[Elaine ..Spain]

Found anything Christine?

[Christine in Herts]

Not very much yet, I'm afraid. But I found one of his maternal grandfather's cousins. I managed to fritter away quite a lot of time on that - but I managed to clarify an iffy bit of the tree in the process.

Christine

[ozgirl]

Does the database only cover new pensioners from 1883? I have a GGG uncle who was a Chelsea Pensioner in Wales in 1881 (aged only 39). Unfortunately I cannot find him after that and wondered if there might be more info on that database.

Linda

[Elaine ..Spain]

The current records only cover those who were pensioned out between 1883 and 1900.
However, some of the earlier records are also being filmed - you can see the details on the FMP website, with approx dates for release.

http://www.findmypast.co.uk/media/ne...?doc=CHEP.html

[ozgirl]

Thanks Elaine - he should be on by July at the latest - will make a note and then toddle along to my local centre as I don't have access to that database.

Linda

[annswabey]

Actually ALL of the surviving WO97 records will be on findmypast for those discharged 1760-1913.

[Tilly Mint]

Ann, i heard from a researcher friend of mine that, they still haven't scanned all of the 1900 to 1913 ones yet.

[annswabey]

There are SO many of them but I suppose they'll get there eventually!

[Elaine ..Spain]

Some more records for the period 1883-1900 have been added so if you didn't find what you wanted first time around, might be worth checking again!.
Now 312,909 records with 2.2+ million images.

Happy hunting!

[clematised]

I have just ordered mine from the NA as my Chelsea Pensioner was very far back in 1815 so 3 pages cost me £8.50. It took almost two weeks to give me an estimate of how much for the records, and now I have to await an e mail with a PDF doc now that I have paid for them.

Good Luck with your wait on FMP but I shall probably well have mine before they get that far back.

Not even sure yet if he is my rellie until I view the PDF.

Edna