Equality in veterans pensions
Created By Michael Smith Over a month ago
Veterans who left service before April 1975 get no pension
Veterans who left service before April 1975 get no pension
Veterans of the UK Armed Forces serving on regular engagements who left the service prior to April 1975 having completed less than 22 years for Other ranks or 16 years for Commissioned Officers made indirect contributions towards pension but receive no benefit in return.
Those who served for a minimum of 2 years beyond April 1975 are entitled to a preserved pension pro-rata their service on reaching the age of 60,on the same terms as the pre-April 1975 leavers.
This is an outrageous injustice which Governments over the past 30 years have chosen to ignore.
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I THOUGHT YOU HAD TO DO 21 YEARS TO GET ANY THING ALTHOUGH DONE 4 YEARS IN MALAYA 1949 TO 1952 ON A SHORT TERM I DID GET 75 POUNDS ON LEAVING THE ARMY AT THAT TIME
I'm very disappointed that my 9 years 1963-72 (including boy's time) only contributed to the 'Basic Stamp' for my retirement. My brother-in-law who joined Ganges in 1964 - a few months after me, did the 12 years (9 plus boy's time), and then some eight years after discharge, he secured a...
Well!!! This thread explains an odd thing I and several others were subject to: joined in 1959 and took a Supplementary Branch Commission in 66 - this counted as premature termination of Airman service so had to serve further 16 years to regain pension rights. The lost years of pensionable...
My father served 10 years from 1955 to 1965, I think it is wrong that you serve and pay into a pension, but not able to get a pension. He did a very dangerous job.
Paided out £800.00 ish to Armed Forces pension group along with many others to fight our case and was ripped off by the solicitor fighting our case she was struck off I understand
I think we have no chance of ever getting any sort of pension
Used to be a member of the Armed Forces pension group ,took the Government to the European court but no joy they did not want to know.
I served queen and country for six years,went here there and everywhere, came out with just the train ticket home,proud to have served,but what reward did I get,this country does forget all those that served,a bloody shame.
Brian Gough
I served for 12 years,unfortunately I could not reply sooner than this but I did write to our local MP Norman lamb unfortunately I did not receive a reply.Clearly this issue still remains unresolved ?does anyone have any ideas on a way foreword ?
Good Morning Patrick
I knew quite a few skilled technician in the mob who when they were coming to the end of their service time were being offered quite lucrative terms to emigrate and sign up with the Aussie Air Force. Although you do not give details of when...
I completed 6 years RAF service from 1958 through to 1964. I could have used that time more profitably for myself but chose to serve in the military. Pay for a technician back in those days was poor and living conditions were a tad rough until posted to Elizabeth in Australia. Then I realised that...