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A Chelsea Pensioner, or In-Pensioner, is a resident at the Royal Hospital Chelsea, an Old Soldiers' retirement home and nursing home for former members of the British Army located in Chelsea, London. The Royal Hospital Chelsea is home to 300 retired British soldiers, male and female (the latter since 2009), and is located on Royal Hospital Road .
A Chelsea pensioner who was at the Battle of Quebec with General Wolfe in 1759, standing and reading the Gazette. A soldier's wife, pregnant and ashen-faced, waiting for news of her husband's fate. A seated veteran eating an oyster (despite the consumption of oysters in June being prohibited by Act of Parliament).
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Figure Court of the Royal Hospital Chelsea. The Royal Hospital Chelsea is an Old Soldiers' retirement home and nursing home for some 300 veterans of the British Army.Founded as an almshouse — the ancient sense of the word "hospital" — by King Charles II in 1682, it is a 66-acre (27 ha) site located on Royal Hospital Road in Chelsea, London.
A Chelsea pensioner of the era. The corps played a vital role in regulating the manpower requirements of the British Army, increasing or decreasing in size as the need arose. [1]: 7 New companies of the corps were raised by carrying out medical examinations of the out-pensioners to determines those who were fit for garrison service.
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Chelsea F.C. were formed on 14 March 1905 at The Rising Sun public house (now The Butcher's Hook), opposite the present-day main entrance to the ground on Fulham Road, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. Unusually, the club were formed for the ground and have remained there ever since.
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