Introduction Charles II set up the Royal Hospital, Kilmainham, in 1679, and the Royal Hospital, Chelsea in 1681. The two hospitals, in Ireland and England respectively, reflected the separate army establishments for the two countries, which did not become joined until the Act of Union in 1800. Military Records Information 5 for more details. Regimental registers in WO 120 can include men not included in WO 97 .
Later volumes give physical descriptions.
They are arranged by discharge number, found in admission books in WO 118 . Artillery pensions were paid by the Ordnance Office until 1834 when Chelsea took over. Reports of medical boards on invalids, recommendations for pensions and discharge documents for soldiers of foreign regiments, 1816-1817, are in WO 122 . In 1842 pensions staff officers were appointed, who made monthly returns to the War Office, recording who had moved in to, or out of, the district, whose pensions had ceased, and who had died. They are also useful for soldiers who retired in the colonies, and for colonial troops.