Equality in veterans pensions

Created By Michael Smith Over a month ago

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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Rose Middleton Posts: 1 01/06/2021	Is this campaign getting anywhere
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Judy Rich nee Whistler Posts: 1 23/05/2021	My husband joined RN in March 1966 and left in Feb 1973...He was involved in many conflicts including the first ship to go to Northern Ireland gun running patrol and many more... I joined RN 1966 left 1968 on marriage ...so no pensions Judy Rich
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Ian Hennessy Posts: 5 19/05/2021	Civil Servants get a pension pre April 1975. Make your own rules up when you work for the Government directly. All HM Forces should be treated the same.
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Peter Mills Posts: 167 28/02/2021	TO ALL THE ARMED FORCES MEMBERS,THAT LEFT THE SERVICES BEFORE 1975,THAT NEVER RECIVED A PENSION,AND AROUND AND STILL ALIVE,WE ARE THE FORGOTEN HEROES,AND ARE LEFT HIGH AND DRY,IGNORED BY THIS SO CALLED GOVERMENT,ITS ENOUGH TO MAKE YOU CRY,WE WERE SO PROUD TO SERVE OUR COUNTRY,ALL FOR THE RED,WHITE...
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Peter Mills Posts: 167 28/02/2021	STAND UP AND BE COUNTED, IM WITH YOU GUYS,DID OUR BIT,FOR QUEEN AND COUNTRY,NOW AFTER ALL THIS TIME,GIVE US WHAT WE DESERVE, MILLSY.
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derek greenhalgh Posts: 82 22/02/2021	[quote=James A Monaghan]On Tuesday 25th Sept there is a gathering to support this campaign in Steine Gardens at the War Memorial in Brighton Sussex. It is hoped the Politicians in the City for their Annual Conference will take note and give us their further support. have a look on EfVA website and...
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Robert Shram Posts: 1 20/02/2021	This is very interesting to me. I served from October 1966 till October 1974, 8years and 8 days (maybe 8hours and 8 minutes, but whos counting!). Missed it by 6 months. I tried to get the pension and when informed, sorry no can do, I left it at that. Does any one think there is a chance to get...
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Andrew Wilkinson Posts: 1 10/01/2021	I joined as an apprentice age 16 and pensions did not feature in my future plans at that age. I was lucky in that I served until age 55 but, in an obsolescent trade in my 20s, I could have suffered as so many have.
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ELMA Darroch-Birchall Posts: 8 10/01/2021	I do not receive a preserved pension and I am 63 years old, even thought I served 3 years in the WRAC between 1977 and 1980. If you can give me any information on this I would appreciate it, since I won't receive my state pension until I'm 66 years old.
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DAVID SAXON Posts: 4 09/01/2021	disgraceful
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