THE WAR LEADERS
FAST THINNING RANKS. LIST OF GRATUITIES. By the recent deaths of Viscount Byng of Vimy, ex-soldier, ex-Governor General and ex-police chief, and Admiral Sir Charles Madden, further diminution has been made in the ranks of Britain's war leaders. Both were among those who, in August, 1919, were given substantial grants for their war services. Nineteeii received these grants. Only eight now survive. These are Earl Beatty, who received £IOO,OOO, Earl Jellicoe and Lord Allenby (£50,000 each), Sir Maurice Hankey (£25,000) and Sir William Birdwood, Sir Roger Keyes, Lord Trenchard and Sir Reginald Tyrwhitt, who were each given £IO,OOO. Lord Byng was granted £30,000 and Sir Charles Madden £IO,OOO. These grants, the resolution of which was moved by Mr. Lloyd George, then Prime Minister, in- a memorable speech, totalled £585,000. "I am proud of the fact," said Mr. Lloyd George on that occasion, "that the scale of pensions we have voted to the men who have served; us* well in the field and in the air and on the sea is incomparably the most generous in Europe." '
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King Country Chronicle, Volume XXIX, Issue 4726, 30 July 1935, Page 4
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179THE WAR LEADERS King Country Chronicle, Volume XXIX, Issue 4726, 30 July 1935, Page 4
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