Recently I discovered that my wife's paternal Grandfather died following an accident at work in 1927, he worked for Birmingham Corporation at the time. His Widow, was left with 8 children, 7 of those under 16 including my wife's Father who was 5yrs old at the time. When I sent details of the inquest to my Son he asked whether any compensation would have been paid to the family by his employers and if so how much might they have received. Does anyone know whether this would have been the case back then or would it have been written off as one of those things?