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| | PRO Records Information Leaflet No. 123 - British Army Pension Records |
 | | Pensions awarded by the Commissioners of the Royal Hospital Chelsea are to be found in two series of admission books, (1) pensions awarded for disability, 1715-1882, in WO 116, (2) pensions awarded for length of service, October 1823 - December 1913, in WO 117. |
 | | For in-pensioners of the Royal Hospital Chelsea there are muster rolls, 1702-1789, in WO 23/124-131 and for 1864-5 in WO 23/132: a list of in-pensioners, 1795-1813 is in WO 23/134 and an alphabetical register, 1837-1872, WO 23/146. |
 | | Additional information about both in and out-pensioners of the Royal Hospital Chelsea can sometimes be found in the Board minutes and papers, WO 250 and the Invaliding Board minutes and papers, WO 180, especially where appeals were made against decisions as to eligibility for and rate of pension. |
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