Skip to main content

‹‹‹ prev (1461)

(1463) next ›››

(1462)
14 THE NAVY LIST ADVBBTI8BS.
ROYAL NAVAL BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.
Instituted 1789.
Incorporated by Royal Charter, 26th April, 1838.
patron: ibis flftajestg tbe Iking.
President :
Admiral of The Fleet LORD WALTER T. KERR, G.C.B.
OBJECT OF THE SOCIETY.
For affording Relief to Distressed Officers of the Royal Nary, of and above
Wardroom Rank (being Members) and to the Widows, Orphans, Mothers and Sisters
of deceased Members. This Society is both provident and benevolent ; provident in
that it affords an opportunity to members to protect themselves and dependent near
relatives from unforeseen destitution, benevolent in so far as the subscripticns of
members are applied to the relief of their less prosperous brother officers and their
families.
QUALIFICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP.
1. Annual Subscription. — One Guinea ; or, in the case of OfficeTs on full
pay, half-pay or retired pay, whose service emoluments are less than one
guinea a day — one day's service emoluments which Officer was receiving on
1st January.
2. Life Subscription. —A payment in one sum of not less than £10.
Note— Officers promoted to the rank of Lieutenant from the Warrant Officers' List are
eligible to become members of the Society.
Fleet Paymaster Edward H. Shearme, R.N., Secretary,
18, Adam 8treet, Adelphi, W.C.

Images and transcriptions on this page, including medium image downloads, may be used under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence unless otherwise stated. Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence