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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20170629115801/http://www.westernfrontassociation.com/all-about-the-wfa/wfa-news-events/pension-records/the-wfa-preserves-a-major-great-war-archive-of-6-5-million-records.html "The Western Front Association preserves a major Great War archive of 6.5 million records"] by David G Henderson 08 November 2012, now an archived webpage **. [https://web.archive.org/web/20170629115047/http://www.westernfrontassociation.com/all-about-the-wfa/wfa-news-events/pension-records/pension-record-cards-and-ledgers-deeper-understanding.html "Great War Pension Record Cards and Ledgers: deeper understanding"] 31 March 2013, now an archived webpage. **[https://web.archive.org/web/20170629122000/http://www.westernfrontassociation.com/all-about-the-wfa/wfa-news-events/pension-records/pension-record-lookup-request-fee.html Pension Record Cards: Manual Lookup Request] 31 March 2013. A fee applies. It is intended that these records be digitised in time. Note: this page is now archived but was still in force in June 2017. Enquire about the current situation.** [https://web.archive.org/web/20170629114637/http://www.westernfrontassociation.com/all-about-the-wfa/wfa-news-events/pension-records.html More details from WFA], now an archived webpage.:'''Update''': 3 October 2018. Ancestry has released the first stage of the records in the database "UK, WWI Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923",<ref>[https://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=61588 "UK, WWI Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923"] Ancestry.</ref> (located in Military), which are index records, with the images available on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3,<ref>[https://www.fold3.com/browse/250/h-gceWkCT "UK, WWI Pension Ledgers, 1914-1923"] fold3.</ref> (which requires an Ancestry All Access subscription, or a separate fold3 subscription). The first released records relate to Naval and Mercantile Marine explained in the WFA article [http://www.westernfrontassociation.com/latest-news/october-2018/release-of-naval-and-mercantile-marine-pension-records-by-ancestry/ "Release of Naval and Mercantile Marine Pension Records by Ancestry"] October 2018. Manual look ups have been suspended and are unlikely to be available in the future.