Chelsea Pensioner Clerk PO R.E CS

[sophiec]

This is the occupation of my great great grandfather and I am just wondering exactly what this is and whether there are any records of these posts anywhere? Hoping someone can help!

Sophie

[keith9351]

It could just be coincidental but the Royal Engineers ran a postal service & courier service in WW1 up until 1993. How old was your gt. gt. grandfather?

http://www.remuseum.org.uk/rem_his_special.htm#pcs

Keith

[Mutley]

The National Archives have Chelsea Pensioner Records here are what documents they hold.

[sophiec]

Hi thanks for these responses, I just assumed that he worked in the offices where the pensions were given out so its quite interesting to know he could actually have been a Chelsea pensioner. He was recorded as working there in the 1881 census when he was 57.
Sophie

[Peter Goodey]

C.S. is the usual abbreviation for Civil Servant.

(If PO does mean Post Office, note that Post Office employees were Civil Servants in those days).

Try searching the Gazette - Post Office employees are listed on appointment, promotion etc.

[Peter Goodey]

I've had a look at the census return and the CS was written in afterwards in a different hand. This confirms, in my opinion, that CS stands for Civil Servant.

How about Pay Office for PO? Sounds right for Aldershot