Army lists > Monthly army lists > 1914-1918 > June 1913

24
THU ARMT LIST 1DVKRTISEB,
Military Widows’ Fund, British Service.
(L.at« Queen’* Military Widows’ Fund.}
The Military Widows’ Fund, British Service, was esfeablished in 1820 to
alleviate the distress of families of officers of the British Service and to
enable them to return to England without unnecessary delay. Whenever
an officer of the British Service, who 's a subscriber to this Fund, dies, his
family receives, at once, the following assistance, namely:—S'x months
maintenance allowance ranging from Rs 2,400/ to Rs. 3,600/, according to
rate subscribed, plus Rs. 1,500/ for passage for the widow, plus Rs. 500/ or
Rs. 300/ for passage for each child, according to whether it is over or under
12 years ol age. These benefits are secured by a small subscription of
Rs. 4, 3, or 2 per mensem, which is regulated by the amount of pay an
officer draws. An officer, immediately on becoming a subscriber, secures at
once for his wife and children, quite irrespective of length of service in
India, the full benefits of the Fund in case of his death.
In 1902 the sum of Rs. 31,200/ was paid in awards to families of
deceased subscribers; and the total amount paid since the establishment of
the Fund in 1820 exceeds Rs. 22,000,000/.
Copies of the Regulations of the Fund can be obtained from the
Honorary Secretary at Simla.
ROYAL CAMBRIDGE ASYLUM FOR SOLDIERS’ WIDOWS.
KINGSTON - ON - THAMES.
Patrons.
HIS MAJESTY THE KING.
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN.
Lady President ... H.R.H. PRINCESS ALEXANDER OP TECK.
President ... Field-Marshal H.R.H. THE DUKE OF CONNAUGHT, K.G., Ac.
Chairman of Committee ... Colonel THE LORD BELHAVEN AND STENTON.
Deputy Chairman ... Major-General Sir A. H. W. WILLIAMS, K.C.V.O.
Hon. Treasurer ... F. W. STEPHENSON, Esq., 440, Strand, W.C.
Secretary ... Lieutenant-Colonel A. C. FRYER. 5, York Street, St. James’ Square, S.W,
This Asylum (opened in February, 1854) was founded in 1851, in memory of
H.R.H. Adolphus Frederick, Duke of Cambridge, K.G., to provide a home for
widows of Non-Commissioned Officers and Privates of the Army. They are not to
be under 50 years of age, but there is no restriction as to religious persuasion.
Since its opening, 358 widows have been elected. There are 70 widows in the
Asylum, in addition to 7 widows receiving a pension of £20 a year each. Each
inmate has a furnished room, and receives seven shillings a week and a monthly
allowance for coal.
The funded income of the Charity yields only about £2,000 a year, while the
estimated annual expenditure is £3,300.
The Committee make an urgent appeal for additional subscribers, as every year
a considerable number are lost through death.
Most Corps, Regiments and Regimental Dep6ts make annual subscriptions; but
the Committee have also relied upon retired officers, and it is to them that a
special appeal is made.
Every person subscribing half-a-guinea annually is entitled to one vote at each elec¬
tion, and a donation of five guineas ensures one vote at each election throughout life.