medical discharge james monaghan

[DORAN54]

right ok thank you   i have  joined  i can see both  records  this may seem  a stupid question but does that mean he was actualy in chelsea hospital?

[MaxD]

There are no stupid questions only gaps in knowledge to be filled

Army pensioners were administered by the Royal Hospital Chelsea, the vast majority were "out-pensioners".   "In-pensioners" were the relatively few who surrendered their pension in exchange for residence in the Royal Hospital.  Since the 1950s, when the Royal Hospital ceased to be responsible for the distribution of pensions, the term Chelsea Pensioner has largely replaced the term in- pensioner.  Your chap was almost certainly an out-pensioner.

MaxD

[DORAN54]

Thank you Max

[DORAN54]

Hi again max   i have googled but can't find out what this punishment means  francis  mortimor 4th battalion R.I.F 2921

[MaxD]

The Bounty Board was an institution specific to the militia which could consider whether a man's annual bounty should be all or part withheld because he had committed some offence.  Appearance before the board appears to have been ordered here because of his lateness but no result is recorded.

MaxD

[DORAN54]

thank you    it does say deserter  did you notice oh dear

[MaxD]

Yes, that was on 22 Oct 1916 in Dublin (still in 4th Battalion RIR).  Unless it is on the unreadable scraps of paper there appears no record of whether he turned up again.
MaxD

[DORAN54]

 well i   have had trouble finding him after that   :-\so maybe not. if they did find him would he have been shot for desertion?

[MaxD]

No.  No soldier who deserted and subsequently court martialled on home soil was executed.

MaxD