§ 67. Dame Irene Wardasked the Minister of Defence how many widows of Regular officers of each rank in the three Armed Services, including the Indian Armed Services, are receiving widows' ordinary pensions; in each case 73W how many lost their husbands before 4th November, 1958; and how many Regular officers' widows are now over 70 and 74 years of age, respectively.
Rank of husband (Army rank used for convenience) Total number of widows drawing ordinary pensions Number of widows who lost their husbands before 4th November, 1958 Number of widows who are now over 70 years of age Number of widows who are now over 74 years of age Field Marshal … 10 7 7 7 General … 68 50 40 33 Lieutenant-General … 97 75 54 49 Major-General … 389 298* 243 198 Brigadier … 713 471* 344 266 Colonel … 985 755* 573 477 Lieutenant-Colonel … 2,752 2,096* 1,382 1,160 Major 2,699 1,857* 1,035 886 Captain and Lieutenant … 3,164 2,271* 1,741 1,473 TOTALS … 10,877 7,880* 5,419 4,549 * The increases in these figures over those given to my hon. Friend on 28th March last are due to errors in the figures for the Indian Armed Services as at March, 1962.