The Royal Military Asylum, Chelsea



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If you have a copy of your relatives attestation
papers, please ensure that the segment referring to "Educated at",
are completed as per the instructions on the document, i.e. the School must be indicated and the initials of the recruiting officer are entered into the right hand box. This is a statistical trap used to count the number of boys enlisting at the age of 14, it is also a head count for each school. Not completed? Then the boy was not admitted.
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A Soldiers Life No. 5. 'The Chelsea Pensioner c 1820
Chelsea Old & Young. Graphic 1883
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