What is separation allowance on army records???

[eeyores4me]

I have somebodies army records from the first world war, what I'm wondering is he got discharged as unfit to serve anymore and on the last page is his discharge address under it where it says The Soldier states that ***********allowance is being issued in respect of him
It says separation , the options are separation,dependants,family,or no
Would this mean he was separated from his wife at the time ?
thanks

[behindthefrogs]

A separation allowance was paid when a soldier was posted away from his family, where as dependant and family allowances were paid when they were together.

I associate these allowances with periods of normal postings for the regular army rather than WW1

David

[eeyores4me]

thanks very much David it says this on his discharge papers so I wondered if he was not with his wife at the time

[mmm45]

Army paid married men  a Separation Allowance  in Great War...Also they were allowed to send money home as n allotment from their wages.

[eeyores4me]

hi and thanks for your replies maybe I am being a bit thick here
I realise that but this was on his discharge so he would have been going home to his wife surely ?

[johnboy]

A very old thread but I thought anyone doing a search might find this useful:
https://www.ssafa.org.uk/sites/default/files/separation_allowance.pdf

[eeyores4me]

thank you very much johnboy