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Chelsea Pensioner
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A Chelsea Pensioner is a soldier of the British Army who has come to the end of his service and who retires to a pension. An "in-pensioner" means that he lives in the Royal Hospital at Chelsea. An "out-pensioner" means that he receives his pension elsewhere.