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    Army pay in WW1

    Stoke on Trent it is but I'm not born and bred here. Originally from Chesterfield, Derbyshire. I've traced my ancestry in the last 150 years from Wrexham to Burslem/SOT to Birmingham to Chesterfield and now I'm back here in SOT.
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    Army pay in WW1

    Hello Wendy - Thank you for the welcome. I'm afraid I don't have the book, only the form letter informing of a pay change and that a new book is available at the post office. I could email it if it is of interest or use to you. Could anyone who is interested IM 'quietlyfuming' please. My...
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    Army pay in WW1

    My grandfather was a sergeant in WW1 and my grandmother was given a book of army weekly allowance forms for his pay to be collected from a designated post office. Any pay arrears were paid by an army money order sent by post. In 1916 he was receiving 17 shillings and sixpence per week...
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