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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Left RN December 1974 so no pension as before April 1975. Government Employees i.e civil service etc get a pension from late 60s not sure exactly when. Typical Government, nothing has changed.
Joined as RAF Boy Entrant Oct 59 aged 17 yr's, did 12 years Man Service, was not allowed to complete 22 years, having applied to do so. Demobed Sept 72, Joined Police Jan 73 aged 30 yr's, could serve for no more than 25 years as had to retire at age of 55 yr's, gave me 25yr's in Police, but to get...
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Governments have always compared our service to an equivalent job in civvy street at the time of our service prior to 1975. However, they should compare it, in a Navy case at least, to the Merchant Navy, who did receive a pension.
I served in RAF in Kenya 1959/61 and taken out of my career. We should have a pension for our service.
im with you guys,it should have been on your inlistment form,a pension for all who served.
12 years man and boy finished 74 one month before 75, look at the state of the navy now, no ships no men all being asked to do the impossible, this government and past governments are and have been a joke
I was conned into serving 12yrs in th R N after serving 10yrs was on darft to Scotland had to request cancellation because of wifes ill health I was innformed that I eithier requested compasoint discharge ore I would be discharged as S.N.L.R., I took the first so one, hence know pension.
I live in hope that the queen Elizabeth the second who I served to protect her and Great Britain in the 1950s, will honour all who served her, and pass a royal bill to pay pensions to those who have been forgotten for far to long. It would be an act of respect to be rewarded for our services.
I was an RAF apprentice and served from1961 to 1972 ( did 9 years from the age of 18) A bloke I joined up with happened to sign up for 12 years, left in 1975 and got a pension, he is now living a life of Luxury in New Zealand. I emigrated to Australia in 1984 and was surprised how much the armed...
