Authors

Simon Stevens, University of Notre Dame AustraliaFollow

Pensioner Guards

Document Type

Book Chapter

Publication Date

2009

Abstract

The Enrolled Pensioner Force, popularly known as the pensioner guards, was a force of British military pensioners enrolled to serve as guards. More than 1,100 arrived in Western Australia between 1850 and 1868, in many cases with their families. Until 1856 most were veterans of colonial wars in Africa, Afghanistan and the Punjab, but after that date many were soldiers discharged from service in British military forces that had served in the Crimea and India.

ISBN: 9781921401152

Comments

Due to copyright restrictions, ‘Pensioner Guards’ is not available for download.

The Historical encyclopedia of Western Australia is available from the publisher's website here

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Recommended Citation

Stevens, S. (2009). Pensioner guards. In J. Gregory, & J. Gothard (Eds). Historical encyclopedia of Western Australia(pp. 674-675). Crawley, WA: University of Western Australia Press.