3 Anchor & Hope © KJS 2006

 

 

Regimental Marches of The British Army


 

On arrival each new In-Pensioner is given a “Berth” (bedroom) in a Long Ward and allocated to a Company. The In-Pensioner surrenders his Army pension and in return receives board, lodging, clothing and full medical care.Within the Royal Hospital In-Pensioners are given every opportunity to have a full active life. There is an In-Pensioners' Club with two comfortable lounges and two bars where a range of newspapers and magazines is always available.
 

   
 
 

... At the main-gate of the "Royal Hospital Chelsea", Clarissa approached a pensioner who had just arrived in a taxi. He agreed to show her around, and to tell a bit about the colleague who had managed to reach his destiny with a battery-driven wheelchair at the other side of town ...

THE PLOT CONTINUES:

... Clarissa introduces Lainet and Gertrud as the two ladies who did find the deceased the previous night close to the pub "Anchor & Hope" along the river Lea. Her guide does not seem to be too surprised when he is being told details about the circumstances. But, he readily informs that he came to know the deceased when they served in the same regiment some sixty years ago. And the old man is only too keen to show the three women how organised their life has remained in those tiny cubicles which they call "Berth". He agrees to let them peep into his old comrades cabin.
On a wall there sticks a battered poster, and on the bed
Clarissa notices an interesting book ...

  

 
 
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