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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 .
Any man or woman who is over the age of 65 and served as a regular soldier may apply to become a Chelsea Pensioner (i.e. a resident), on the basis they have found themselves in a time of need and are "of good character". They must not, however, have any dependent spouse or family and former Officers must have served at least 12 years in the ...
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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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Peter Oakley (20 August 1927 – 23 March 2014) was an English pensioner and Internet personality, who posted YouTube videos under the Internet pseudonym geriatric1927. [4] With his YouTube debut in August 2006 with Telling it all , a series of five-to-ten-minute autobiographical videos, Oakley gained popularity with a wide section of the ...
Phyllis Calvert (actress) was born in Chelsea; Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge (Wife of Prince William) (Old Church Street) Thomas Carlyle the "Sage of Chelsea" (24 Cheyne Row – now National Trust House) Christian the lion; Dame Agatha Christie; Eric Clapton (lived on King's Road during the late 1960s) Petula Clark (lived at 4 Royal Avenue in ...