Examples of Grants from Greenwich Hospital for Orphans of Warrant Officers and Ratings

 

Source: PRO: ADM 162/2 - Orphan girls 1881-1911

 

The two volumes that make up this series are alphabetically indexed at rear.

 

Headed ‘Claims of Daughters of Warrant Officers, Seamen, and Marines’ these are split into five classes of claims.

 

p.8

 

1st Class

 

Presumably for 21st April 1903:-

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Number:

1661

Name

Earl, Violet

Date of Birth:

1 March 1893

 

Christian Names of Parent, and whether living or dead

 

Father:

James D.D. 1902

Mother:

Martha A. D.D. -

 

Number of Children dependent on Applicant:

 

2

Service:

18

Last Rating:

Carpenter R.N.

Amount of Pension:

(Presumably £)11 (with a line through)

Particulars:

Died whilst serving L.S. + G.C. Medal

Decision of Committee:

W.S.H.

Friends informed of Selection or otherwise:

25.4.03

Name of School and Date of Admission:

Hampstead

REMARKS:

Girl in care of her step mother

 

Also, written across the ‘Friends informed...’ and ‘Name of School’ columns is the following:-

 

‘Declined 19/5/03 (See girls papers)’

 

 

3rd Class

 

p.54

 

Under 24th January 1896

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Number:

1381

Name

McCarthy, Elizabeth M.

Date of Birth:

12 January 1887

 

Christian Names of Parent, and whether living or dead

 

 

Father:

William D.D. 1892

Mother:

Elizabeth

 

Number of Children dependent on Applicant:

 

2

Service:

18

Last Rating:

Cooper

Amount of Pension:

£26 12s

Particulars:

Invalided in 1889 for Organic Heart Disease; not attributable to the Service

L.S. + G.C. Medal: 3 Badges

Char: V.G.

Decision of Committee:

?R.d.f.?

Friends informed of Selection or otherwise:

25.1.96

Name of School and Date of Admission:

Devonport 29.1.96

REMARKS:

Parish Relief 2/- a week. Widow in bad health; unable to do much work. Eldest son an invalid

 

 

 

Source: PRO: ADM 162/6 - Orphan Boys 1911-1920

 

The five volumes of this series are indexed as in the girls’ registers and headed ‘Claims for the Admission of Boys into Orphanages, Schools, or other Institutions at the Expense of Greenwich Hospital Funds’. At first sight this series covers entries from 1884 to 1959, but those from 1920 to 1950 are missing:-

 

p.59

 

Class III

 

Presumably 2nd April 1914

.

Number:

1716

1717

Name

Harrison, Thomas J.

Harrison, Frederick

Date of Birth:

14 Sepr 1903

3 Decr 1905

 

Christian Names of Parent, and whether living or dead

 

Father:

James D.D. 1912

Mother:

Annie

 

Number of Children dependent on Applicant:

 

3

Service:

19 + 2 under age

Last Rating:

Gunner RN

Amount of Pension:

(Presumably) £24 7s

Particulars:

Died whilst serving

Decision of Committee:

Select Thomas provided Frederick has been taken by Brixham - If he has not, select Frederick + reject Thomas

Friends informed of Selection or otherwise:

23/4/14

23.4.14

19.5.14

Name of School and Date of Admission:

(presumably for Frederick) Brixham 25/5/14 transferred to G.H. 11 June 17

REMARKS:

Widow’s Pension - £25 a yr

Earnings - 4/- to 5/- a wk

This boy is in the Brixham Home not at expense of G.H.

 

 

p.25

 

Class II

 

Presumably 27th May 1915

.

Number:

1833

Name

Harrison, Henry Albert

Date of Birth:

15 September 1907

 

Christian Names of Parent, and whether living or dead

 

Father:

Henry (DD 1914)

Mother:

 

 

Number of Children dependent on Applicant:

 

3

Service:

 

Last Rating:

E.R.A. 1 cl

Amount of Pension:

 

Particulars:

Lost in H.M.S. "Cressy"

China Medal

Decision of Committee:

(One of five joined together as) Specially Selected 28 August 1915 See No 12866 (Orphans)

Friends informed of Selection or otherwise:

9.10.15

Name of School and Date of Admission:

Swanley 7 Jan’ 16

REMARKS:

Widow’s Pension 24/6 a week.

 

 

 

Source: PRO: ADM 166/12 - Children’s Allowances 1901-1917

 

Although catalogued under Greenwich widows’ pensions, the vast majority of the entries in this volume deal directly or indirectly with allowances to children and not to widows’ pensions. The last dates that these were issued appear to have been through the Boxer Rebellion in China and the Second Anglo-Boer War (1902).

 

p.25

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W.R. No.

2095

Name

Nellie R. Johnson

Date of Birth

 

Parents Married

12 July 1898

Class

1

Name of Husband

John W Johnson

Last Rating

Ldg Seaman "Orlando"

Date of Death

9 July 1900

(China)

 

Particulars as to Children, &c.

 

Names

Nellie R. Johnson

Date of Birth

22 Sep 99

Allowance Expires

1915

Remarks

In charge of grandfather

Wm Cole

 

Her allowance was 3 shillings per week.

 

 

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