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3. Military Records: Chelsea Pensioners British Army Service Records 1760-1913 with glossary
What are the Chelsea Pensioners British Army Service Records?
These records are of men pensioned out of the British Army 1760-1913. The only connection with ‘Chelsea Pensioners’ is that the pensions were administered through The Royal Hospital at Chelsea. When the project is complete, you will be able to see around 9 million full colour images. We are scanning the records in the following order, so the next pieces to be released will be:

Date range Approx no. of records Approx no. of images When available
WO97 1883-1900 252,000 1.8 million Now
WO97 1901-1913 303,000 2.1 million By May 2010
WO97 1873-1882 64,000 400,000 By June 2010
WO97 1855-1872 65,000 400,000 By July 2010
WO97 1760-1854 184,000 1.2 million By April 2011
WO96 1806-1915 500,000 3.5 million By Nov 2011

Hilary
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Hilary.

Thank You for bring this to Our Attention, these records could prove very Useful to some of Us!