Pensioners Collection

Royal Hospital, Chelsea - The Colonnade Date: circa 1910s

Sergeant William Baacke, Late 109th Regiment of Foot, a Chelsea Pensioner, served in the Crimean War and seventeen years in East India. Date: 1902

Fish and Chips bridge Stoke
An old couple stoop down to walk beneath a bridge on the towpath of the Caldon Canal in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England. The bridge has grafitti - Fish and Chips

Two old women walk an old dog up the stone steps of a stone bridge in the Jewish Ghetto area Cannaregio in Venice Date: 2013

Pensioners and a child in the Piece Hall, Halifax, Yorkshire
Pensioners sit in the sunshine at The Piece Hall in Halifax Yorkshire, England. Two old men chat, while an old lady holds her granddaughter. The Sunday Times Date: 1988

St Bartholomews Hospital, London - Surgery Waiting Hall
St Bartholomews Hospital, Farringdon, City of London - Surgery Waiting Hall. Date: circa 1907

Chelsea Pensioners in a Long Ward, Royal Hospital, London

Len Murray, Alan Sapper, Mick McGahey and Ray Buckton
Len Murray (Lionel Murray, Baron Murray of Epping Forest, 1922-2004), British Labour politician and trade union leader (left), with Mick McGahey (1925-1999, trades union executive)

General view of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, designed by Sir Christopher Wren. A retirement and nursing home for some 540 veterans of the British Army. Date: 1890s

The Famous Old Uam Var Scotch Whisky. Advert featuring a birthday among the Chelsea Pensioners. Date: 1900

Royal Hospital Chelsea, Pegley the drummer 1902
Pegley the drummer a pensioner at the Royal Hospital Chelsea. Date: 1902

Sergeant Robert Grant at Royal Hospital Chelsea 1902
Chelsea Pensioner, a veteran of the Crimean War

Royal Hospital Chelsea, Infirmary Wards 1902
Interior of one of the infirmary wards in Royal Hospital Chelsea

The Chapel at the Royal Hospital Chelsea, a retirement home and nursing home for some 300 veterans of the British Army. Date: 1902

The accommodation of the Chelsea pensioners designed by Sir Christopher Wren. Each ward had 36 veterans sleeping in old oak cubicles with little curtains that could be drawn across

Royal Hospital Chelsea from the Gardens 1902
General view of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, designed by Sir Christopher Wren. A retirement and nursing home for some 300 veterans of the British Army

Greenwich Pensioners
Group of Greenwich Pensioners, the Naval equivalent of a Chelsea Pensioner. Although the initial concept of a Greenwich pensioner was that of someone living in the Royal Hospital Greenwich

Skating, the Hard Frost and the Fire-plug. Apprentices and dandies ice skating on a frozen canal 82, woman with kettle at a frozen waterpump in a cold winter 83

Colonel Ashley with Chelsea Pensioners, WW1
Colonel Ashley explaining modern signal methods to Chelsea Pensioners during the First World War. 1914-1918

Founded in 1681-2 by Charles II and built by Sir Christopher Wren, Chelsea Hospital serves its purpose as a comfortable retreat for old soldiers, who have sent time in the services of their country

Interior of the Chapel of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, London. The Royal Hospital is the home of the Chelsea Pensioners. Date: 1888

Sunday at Chelsea the Royal Hospital Chelsea. With limited number of men receiving accommodation from time to time in almshouses to which the Crown had a right of presentation

Old coulple, Kings Lynn
An elderly couple sitting on folding chairs behind a wooden sea defence on a beach near Kings Lynn, Norfolk. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1990

Old ladies, Piece Hall, Yorkshire
Two old ladies sit on a bench in the Piece Hall, Halifax, Yorkshire. They wear smart winter coats and hats

Seaside shelter fun, Great Yarmouth
Old people in a seaside shelter in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, read newspapers, laugh and sleep. One lady holds a Daily Mirror with the dealine Sex Bomb, First published The Sunday Times Date: 1988

Sleeping pensioners, Norfolk beach
An elderly couple sit in the shelter of a wooden groyne on a beach near Hunstanton, Norfolk, England, and snooze soundly. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1988

Morecambe prom and pier
An elderly couple walk down to a beach pontoon from Morecambe Promenade. In the background is Morecambe Pier - now demolished after a fire. First published in The Sunday Times Date: 1990

Market below Ely Cathedral
An elderly couple in the market at Ely, Cambridgeshire, England - the cathedral towers can be seen in the background. First published in The Sunday Times. Date: 1990

Chelsea Pensioners outside the Hospital - The Old Gate. Date: 1905

In-Pensioners Long Ward - Royal Hospital, Chelsea - Panelling and cubicles of oak. Date: circa 1910s

The Chelsea Hospital, Chelsea Embankment, London. Memorial to those killed at the Battle of Chillianwala, fought during the Second Anglo-Sikh War in the Chillianwala region of Punjab (Mandi Bahauddin)

The Hall - Aged Pilgrims Asylum, Hornsey Rise, North London
The Hall at the Aged Pilgrims Asylum, Hornsey Rise, North London. 1649 Pensioners, 120 inmates (!) - 43 Daily Expenditure

Cartoon, Explanation, WW1
Cartoon, Explanation. Three old age pensioners outside a restaurant discuss earnings and taxation. The plump man says he pays no taxes because he spends all his money on food. Date: 1916

Chelsea pensioners discuss the war, WW1
Chelsea veterans discussing the position of the opposing armies in August 1914. Date: 1914

A cricket match of Greenwich Pensioners
A cricket match had been hosted between the greenwich pensioners it was the one armed pensioners v one legged pensioners. Date: 1848

The Portico of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, London, 1888
Engraving showing the portico of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, London, viewed from the South-East, London, 1888. The Royal Hospital is the home of the Chelsea Pensioners. Date: 11 February 1888

The Quadrangle - Royal Hospital, Chelsea, London. Date: circa 1910

Chelsea Pensioner reads the latest news from the Boer War
A Chelsea Pensioner reads the latest news from the front (during the Second Anglo-Boer War). Date: 1900

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