Pensions and compensation

Services

War Widows / War Widowers Pension / funeral expenses

This form provides information on and is used for making your first claim for a War Widows/War Widowers Pension/Funeral expenses.

Armed forces pensions
- Detailed guide
- 27 March 2025
- Ministry of Defence, Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committees, and Veterans UK
Understanding your armed forces pension
- Detailed guide
- 12 September 2024
- Office for Veterans' Affairs and Ministry of Defence
Apply for Armed Forces Compensation or a War Pension
- Detailed guide
- 7 November 2022
- Veterans UK and Ministry of Defence
Service leavers' guide
- Guidance
- 18 September 2024
- Ministry of Defence and Veterans UK
War disablement pension 2025 rates
- Guidance
- 8 April 2024
- Ministry of Defence and Veterans UK

Armed Forces Compensation Scheme and Veterans Welfare Reviews published today
- 17 July 2023
- Ministry of Defence, Cabinet Office, Office for Veterans' Affairs, and Veterans UK
- Press release
Learning from our experiences together - further updates
- 28 October 2022
- Ministry of Defence and Veterans UK
- News story
Committed to enhancing our services 鈥� the first in a series of customer help videos launched
- 26 July 2022
- Ministry of Defence and Veterans UK
- News story
McCloud Remedy update
- 5 February 2021
- Ministry of Defence and Veterans UK
- News story
Important information for customers living in the European Union (EU)/ European Economic Area (EEA)
- 18 December 2020
- Ministry of Defence and Veterans UK
- News story

Armed forces pension consultation regarding amendments to the Armed Forces Pension Scheme 2015
- 26 September 2018
- Ministry of Defence
- Consultation outcome
- Date closed 27 July 2018
Eastern England VAPC strategy 2016 to 2018
- 1 July 2016
- Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committees
- Policy paper

VAPC annual ministerial report
- 22 March 2019
- Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committees
- Corporate report
IMEG fourth report on medical and scientific aspects of the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme
- 6 December 2017
- Independent Medical Expert Group and Ministry of Defence
- Corporate report