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From The Times, 14 June 1902.

This was issues 2 weeks after the end of the conflict.

From a debate in the House of Commons, 24 Feb 1903 about eligibility for Volunteer Regiments.

This NZ site ( www.nzhistory.net.nz/war/new-zealand-in-...rican-boer-war/women ) says 'While the British nurses received a gratuity upon completing their service, their New Zealand counterparts were forced to repeatedly appeal for the £37 10s to which they were entitled. They were granted this in 1903."

£37 in 1903 equates to just over £4,000 or R77,000 today.

This was reported in www.newsletter.co.uk/news/wwi-and-boer-w...s-revealed-1-6523590

Jan 2015

Family history website Ancestry said the information covers more than 870,000 soldiers and shows that mothers were the most commonly listed next of kin.

The average payment was £10.35 – equivalent to £929 today – made up of any final pay balance plus a gratuity from the War Office, said the report.

The sheer number of deaths meant the money offered seems “relatively minor”, said Ancestry.

If you have access to Ancestry, these are listed as 'UK, Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929'

Here is an example of the information available:



The Ancestry index to the information appears to have been created by someone with little knowledge of the places or units involved:

The wills of Irish Soldiers Who Died in the British Army, 1897-1922 are accessible here: soldierswills.nationalarchives.ie/search/sw/home.jsp