WW1/AC/TC4/69

Victor POEGAL, aged 31 of 151 Coulsdon Road, Caterham [Surrey] ex Lance Sergeant, Coldstream Guards former butcher's assistant then regular soldier market gardening neurasthenia 11 May 1921 - training complete; the file includes correspondence regarding the fact that as a regular soldier VP was not entitled to a grant to help him start a smallholding, these being reserved for men who had not been regulars at the outbreak of war and had lost their livelihood as a result of the war; in this case the Ministry of pensions made a £100 grant to VP who argued that neurasthenia had deprived him of his livelihood as a soldier [ex WAT 4]

26 May 1920

From: 1920 To: 1920

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Stratton Park Agricultural Training Centre, service personnel, overseas (WW1), social & welfare provision physical disability, Coldstream Guards, market gardening, neurasthenia, butcher's assistant, BIGGLESWADE, Stratton Park, Caterham Coulsdon Road, Caterham