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Similar Charitable Organisations
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Hawkins' Hospital was by no means unique as a charity for seamen or shipwrights and beside the
Chatham Chest were the undermentioned. The following list is not exhaustive:­
1. Royal Greenwich Hospital
This organisation was founded in 1694 as a home for infirm seamen and marines taking
such as in-pensioners until 1869. The hospital also supported out-pensioners
(Bevan/Duncan).
2. The Charity for the Relief of Officers' Widows
This organisation was active for at least the period 1734-1929 (Bevan/Duncan).
3. The Compassionate Fund
This was voted by Parliament from 1809 and was available to orphans and dependents of
Officers killed in action and not otherwise eligible for assitance. The records date down to
at least 1921 (Bevan/Duncan).
4. Admiralty: Official pensions to the widows and orphans of commissioned officers, masters
and warrant officers, records of which commence in 1673 (Bevan/Duncan).
5. Royal Bounty
This fund made payments to the widows, dependent children or indigent mothers aged over
50, of officers and ratings killed in action, whose records run from 1672-1822.
6. The Trinity House of Deptford
Although navigational skills became the main concern of this foundation dating from 1514,
its charter nevertheless mentions an almshouse. Trinity House Deptford, if taken in
conjunction with Hawkins' Hospital and the Chatham Chest, completes a total of three
charities founded along the same lines and all located in Kent (Black).
7. Lord Kitchener Memorial Homes. Chatham
Founded in 1917 by Chatham Borough Council, this home is open to ex-servicemen. It is
still active and is now administered by Rochester Upon Medway City Council.
8. Roval Naval Benevolent Trust
This national charity administers Pembroke House, Oxford Road, Gillingham.
9. Ann Phillips' Charity. Chatham 1799-1992
This charity has been incorporated into Hawkins' Hospital by the Charity Commissioners.
It relieved widows and orphan children of deceased shipwrights, divided two thirds to those
of Shipwrights dying in Chatham and one third to those dying in Gillingham. (Deposit of
records pending as at July 1995)
10. Royal Sailors' Rest, Portsmouth (Current)
* Information supplied by Portsmouth City Record Office.
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