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These records are included in the National Archives catalogue entry [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/displaycataloguedetails.asp?CATID=107&CATLN=2&accessmethod=5 Records of the Royal Chelsea and Kilmainham Hospitals]. The latter hospital was in Ireland. This category of records also includes [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/displaycataloguedetails.asp?CATID=13176&CATLN=3&FullDetails=True '''WO 116'''] Disability and all Royal Artillery pensions and [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/displaycataloguedetails.asp?CATID=13177&CATLN=3&accessmethod=5 '''WO 117'''] Pensions awarded to soldiers for length of service.
Some of these records, in particular WO 116 (to 1893) and WO 117 (to 1913) are available to '''download free of cost''' from [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/digital-microfilm.asp The National Archives Documents Online: Digital Microfilms]. These are stated to be large pdf files, which need a broadband internet connection. This Ancestry.com British Army Message Board [http://boards.ancestry.com/topics.Military.uk.britarmy/2203.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1/mb.ashx post] details some of the information found.
This India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2011-04/1303469139 post] mentions '''WO 120''' and '''WO 121''' records. Catalogue references are: [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/displaycataloguedetails.asp?CATID=13180&CATLN=3&FullDetails=True '''WO 120'''] "From about 1812 dates of death have been noted and in the last series these dates extend to 1877". [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/browser.asp?CATLN=3&CATID=13180&GPE=False&MARKER=0 Browse WO 120]; [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/displaycataloguedetails.asp?CATID=13181&CATLN=3&FullDetails=True '''WO 121'''], [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/browser.asp?CATLN=3&CATID=13181&GPE=False&MARKER=0 Browse WO 121]. Also refer the paragraph above. The WO 120 records are available on [[LDS]] microfilm with this [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=315468&disp=Regimental+registers+of+pensioners%2C+ar&columns=*,0,0 catalogue entry]
