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Pensions / Compensation
War Pensions Scheme
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Supplementary Allowances
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Supplementary allowances
Supplementary allowances I Medical treatment and care for War Pensioners I Other allowances
Provision of treatment overseas
Aden - see Yemen
Algeria
Antigua The Accountant General The Treasury Chambers St John's Antigua Leeward Islands West Indies
Her Britannic Majesty's Consul General British Interest Section Swiss Embassy Buenos Aires
Australian Central Administration and the Island of the Nauru The Secretary Department of Veterans' Affairs PO Box 21 Woden ACT 2606 Australia
New South Wales, including Lord Howe Island,
plus Norfolk Island and Australian Capital Territory The Deputy Commissioner Department of Veterans' Affairs PO Box 3994 Sydney 2001 New South Wales Australia
Queensland and Papua New Guinea The Deputy Commissioner Department of Veterans' Affairs PO Box 651K Brisbane 4001 Queensland Australia
South Australia and Northern Territory The Deputy Commissioner Department of Veterans' Affairs PO Box 1652 Adelaide 5001 South Australia
Tasmania including King Island and Furneaux Group The Deputy Commissioner Department of Veterans' Affairs PO Box 481E Hobart Tasmania Australia Victoria
The Deputy Commissioner Department of Veterans' Affairs PO Box 87A Melbourne 3001 Victoria Australia
Western Australia, and Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Christmas Island The Deputy Commissioner Department of Veterans' Affairs PO Box F352 Perth 6001 Western Australia
Austria Her Britannic Majesty's Consul British Embassy (Consular Section) Jauresgasse 10 1030 Vienna Austria Bahamas The Treasurer The Treasury PO Box 3017 Nassau NP Bahamas
Bahrain Her Britannic Majesty's Consul British Embassy Government Road North Manama 304 Bahrain
Balearic Islands - see Spain
Bangladesh First Secretary (Consular) British High Commission Consular Section Zubeida Mansion 135 Gulshan Dacca 12 Bangladesh
Barbados The Accountant General The Treasury PO Box 254 Bridgetown Barbados
Belgium Her Britannic Majesty's Consul British Embassy (Consular Section) Rue d'Arlon 85 AarLenstraat 1040 Brussels Belgium
Belize The Accountant General The Treasury Belize City Belize
Bermuda The Insurance Officer Department of Social Insurance PO Box 1537 Hamilton 5 Bermuda
Bolivia Her Britannic Majesty's Consul British Embassy (Consular Section) Casilla 694 La Paz Bolivia
Botswana High Commissioner British High Commission Private Bag 0023 Gaborone Botswana
Brazil Her Britannic Majesty's Consul British Embassy Setor de Embaixada Sul Quadra 801 Conjunto K (Caixa Postal 07-0586) Brasilia DF Brazil
Her Britannic Majesty's Honorary Consul Honorary Consulate Av Domingos Ferreira 4150 Boa Viagem 51021-040 Recife (PE) Brazil
Her Britannic Majesty's Consul British Consulate General Caixa Postal 669-CEP-200-10 Rio de Janeiro Brazil
Her Britannic Majesty's Honorary Consul Honorary Consulate Caixa Postal 204 Santos Brazil
Her Britannic Majesty's Consul General British Consulate General Caixa Postal 846 Sao Paulo Brazil
Brunei The State Treasurer The Treasury Brunei Via Singapore
Bulgaria Her Britannic Majesty Consul Sofia
Burma Her Britannic Majesty's Consul British Embassy (Consular Section) PO Box 638 Rangoon Burma Canada Foreign Countries Operations Unit Veterans' Affairs Canada 66 Slater Street Room 1405 Ottawa Ontario K1A 0P4
Canary Islands Her Britannic Majesty's Consul British Embassy Edifici O Cataluna Luis Morote 6,3 Puerto de la Luz 35007 Las Palmas Grand Canaria
Her British Majesty's Consul British Embassy Aptdo de Correos 10088 38003 Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Cayman Islands Chief Accountant Office of the Governor Grand Cayman Cayman Islands
Chile Her Britannic Majesty's Consul General British Embassy (Consular Section) Casilla 72-D Santiago Chile
Her Britannic Majesty's Consul British Consulate Casilla 82-V Valparaiso Chile
Her Britannic Majesty's Consul British Consulate Calle Pedro Montt (Casilla 327) Punta Arenas (Magallanes) Chile
China Her Britannic Majesty's Consul Peking
Colombia Her Britannic Majesty's Consul British Embassy (Consular Section) Calle 38 13-25 (11th Floor) Air Mail Box 4508 Bogota Colombia
Congo (Kinshasa) - see Republic of Zaire
Costa Rica Her Britannic Majesty's Consul General British Embassy (Consular Section) PO Box 10056 San Jose Costa Rica
Cuba Her Britannic Majesty's Consul British Embassy Havana
Cyprus The Command Paymaster Command Pay Office British Forces Cyprus BFPO 53
Czechoslovakia Her Britannic Majesty's Consul Prague Denmark Her Britannic Majesty's Consul British Embassy (Consular Section) 36/38/40 Kastelsvej Dk-2100 Copenhagen Denmark
Dominica The Accountant General Treasury Chambers Dominica Windward Islands West Indies Ecuador Her Britannic Majesty's Consul British Embassy (Consular Section) Quito
Egypt (Arab Republic of Egypt) The Accountant British Embassy Cairo Her Britannic Majesty's Consul General Alexandria
El Salvador Her Britannic Majesty's Consul British Embassy (Consular Section) 11a Avenida Norte (BIS) No 611, Colonia Duenas Apartado (SC) 23 50 San Salvador El Salvador
Ethiopia Her Britannic Majesty's Consul British Embassy Consular Section Fikre Mariam Abatechan St PO Box 858 Addis Ababa Ethiopia Falkland Islands The Colonial Treasurer The Colonial Treasury Port Stanley Falkland Islands
Faroe Islands Her Britannic Majesty's Consul British Consulate PO Box 49 Torshavn Faroe Islands
Fiji The Deputy High Commissioner British High Commission Suva
Finland Her Britannic Majesty's Consul British Embassy (Consular Section) Uudenmaankatu 16-20 00120 Helsinki 12 Finland
France Her Britannic Majesty's Consul General British Consulate General 353 Boulevard du President Wilson 33073 Bordeaux Cedex France
Her Britannic Majesty's Consul General British Consulate General (Consular Section) 11 Square Dutilleul 59800 Lille France
Her Britannic Majesty's Consul General British Consulate General 24 rue Childebert 69002 Lyon France
Her Britannic Majesty's Consul General British Consulate General 24 Avenue du Prado 13006 Marseille France
Her Britannic Majesty's Consul General British Embassy (Consular Section) 35 rue du Faubourg St Honore 75008 Paris France The Gambia The Accountant General Account General's Department Banjul The Gambia
Germany British Embassy Berlin Office Unter den Linden 32-34 10117 Berlin Federal Republic of Germany
British Consulate-General Yorck Strasse 19 40476 Duesseldorf
British Consulate-General Triton Haus Bockenheimer Landstrasse 42 60323 Frankfurt-am-Main 1 Federal Republic of Germany
British Consulate-General Harvestchuder Weg 8a 20148 Hamburg
Her Britannic Majesty's Consul General British Consulate General Burklienstrasse 10 8000 Munchen 22 Federal Republic of Germany
Ghana The Accountant General The Treasury PO Box 296 Ministry Post Office Accra Ghana
Gibraltar The Accountant General Government Secretariat Gibraltar
Gilbert Islands The Accountant General Treasury Department Bairki Tarawa Gilbert Islands
Greece Her Britannic Majesty's Consul General British Embassy (Consular Section) Ploutarchou No 1 Athens 139 Greece
Grenada The Accountant General The Treasury St George's Grenada
Guatemala Her Britannic Majesty's Consul British Consulate Edificio Centro Financiero (7th Floor) Tower 2 7A Avenida 5-10 Zona 4 Guatemala City Guatemala
Guinea - see Liberia
Guyana The Accountants General Accountants General's Office PO Box 625 Georgetown Guyana Haiti Her Britannic Majesty's Honorary Consul British Embassy (Consular Section) Port au Prince Haiti
Holland - see Netherlands
Honduras Her Britannic Majesty's Consul (Consular Section) Edificio Palmira Colonia Palmira PO Box 290 Tegucigalpa Honduras
Hong Kong The British Consulate General 1 Supreme Court Rd Hong Kong Island
Hungary Her Britannic Majesty's Consul Budapest
Iceland Her Britannic Majesty's Consul British Embassy (Consular Section) Laufasvegur 49 (PO Box 230) Reykjavik Iceland
India The Controller of Defence Accounts (Pensions) Office of the Controller of Defence Accounts (Pensions) Draupadighat Allahabad 1 India
The British Deputy High Commissioner (Consular Section) British Deputy High Commission Bombay
Indonesia Her Britannic Majesty's Consul General Jakarta
Iran British Interests Section Swedish Embassy Tehran Iran
Iraq Her Britannic Majesty's Consul General British Embassy (Consular Section) Shariah Salah ud-Din Karkh Baghdad Iraq
Israel The Administration Officer British Embassy 192 Rechov Hayarkon Tel Aviv 63405 Israel
Italy Her Britannic Majesty's Consul British Consulate Palazzo Castlebarco 2 Lungarno Corsini 2 1-50123 Florence Italy
Her Britannic Majesty's Consul British Consulate Via XII Ottobre 2/131 1-16121 Genoa Italy
Her Britannic Majesty's Consul General British Consulate General Via S Paolo 7 20121 Milan Italy
Her Britannic Majesty's Consul General British Consulate General BFPO 8
Her Britannic Majesty's Consul British Embassy (Consular Section) Via XX Settembre 80A 1-00187 Rome Italy
Her Britannic Majesty's Consul British Consulate Accademia Dorsodora 1 OS1 30123 Venice Italy Jamaica Ministry of Social Security and Consumer Affairs 14 National Heroes Circle PO Box 10 Kingston 4 Jamaica
Japan Her Britannic Majesty's Consul British Embassy (Consular Section) Kinokuntya Building No 1 Ichiban-Cho Chiyoda-Ku Tokyo
Her Britannic Majesty's Consul General British Consulate General Seiko Osako Building 19F 3-5-1 Bakuro-Machi CHZ10-Ku Osaka 541 Japan
Jordan Her Britannic Majesty's Consul British Embassy (Consular Section) PO Box 87 Amman Jordan Kenya The Agent British Department of Health and Social Security (Pensions Division) PO Box 30007 Nairobi Kenya
Korea Her Britannic Majesty's Consul British Embassy 4 Chung Dong Choong-Ku Seoul Korea
Kuwait Her Britannic Majesty's Consul British Embassy (Consular Section) PO Box SAFAT 2 Kuwait Lebanon Her Britannic Majesty's Consul British Embassy (Consular Section) Avenue de Paris Ras Beirut Beirut Lebanon
Lesotho High Commissioner British High Commission PO Box 521 Maseru Lesotho
Liberia - also responsible for Guinea Her Britannic Majesty's Consul British Embassy (Consular Section) PO Box 120 Monrovia Liberia
Luxembourg Her Britannic Majesty's Consul British Embassy (Consular Section) 14 Boulevard Roosevelt L-2450-Luxembourg Malawi Pensions Branch Department of the Accountant General Ministry of Finance PO Box 30140 Lilongwe Malawi
Malaysia The State Treasurer Mail Bag No 2058 88595 Kota Kinabalu Sabah Malaysia
Malta British Pensions Office 7 St Anne Street Floriana VLT15 Malta
Mauritius The Accountant General's Division Ministry of Finance Intendance Street Port Louis Mauritius
Mexico Her Britannic Majesty's Consul Mexico
Montserrat The Financial Secretary Treasury Department Ministry of Finance & Economic Development Plymouth Montserrat Leeward Islands West Indies
Morocco Her Britannic Majesty's Consul Rabat Netherlands Her Britannic Majesty's Consul General British Consulate General Postbus 75488 1070 AL Amsterdam Netherlands
Netherlands Antilles - see Venezuela
New Guinea - see Australia
New Zealand War Pensions Central Processing Unit PO Box 9448 Hamilton New Zealand
Nigeria - Lagos and Eastern States The Higher Commissioner British High Commission Lagos
Nigeria (N) The Deputy High Commissioner British High Commission Private Mail Bag 2096 Kaduna Nigeria
Norway Consuland Visa Section The British Embassy Thomas Heftyesgate 8 0244 Oslo 2 Norway Oman Her Britannic Majesty's Vice Consul British Embassy PO Box 300 Muscat Oman Pakistan The Controller of Military Accounts (Pensions) Office of the CMA (Pensions) Lahore Cantonment Pakistan
Panama Her Britannic Majesty's Consul British Embassy Via Espana 120 (Apartada 889 ZONA 1) Panama City Panama
Paraguay Her Britannic Majesty's Consul General British Embassy 25 de Mayo 171 (PO Box 404) Asuncion Paraguay
Peru Her Britannic Majesty's Consul British Embassy (Consular Section) PO Box 854 Lima Peru
Philippines Her Britannic Majesty's Consul British Embassy 15-17 Floor Locsin Building 6752-Ayala Avenue Corner Makati Avenue Makati MetroManilla Philippines
Poland Her Britannic Majesty's Consul Warsaw
Portugal - responsible for Cape Verde Islands Her Britannic Majesty's Consul British Embassy Lisbon Her Britannic Majesty's Consul British Consulate CP417 9000 Funchal Madeira
Puerto Rico (includes US Virgin Isles) - see USA Rabat - see Morocco
Romania Her Britannic Majesty's Consul Bucharest
Russia Her Britannic Majesty's Consul Moscow St Helena The Colonial Treasurer Colonial Treasurer's Office The Castle St Helena
St Kitts The Accountant General Treasury Chambers Basseterre St Kitts Leeward Islands West Indies
St Lucia The Accountant General The Treasury Department Castries St Lucia Windward Islands West Indies
St Vincent The Accountant General Accountant General's Office Kingstown St Vincent Windward Islands West Indies
Salvador - see El Salvador
Sarawak The Accountant General Office of the Accountant General Kuching Sarawak East Malaysia
Saudi Arabia Her Britannic Majesty's Consul Jedda
Seychelles The Accountant General The Treasury Pensions Section Freetown Sierra Leone
Singapore and Malaya Office of the Defence Adviser (Pensions Section) British High Commission Tanglin Road Singapore 1024
Solomon Islands The Accountant General Treasury and Inland Revenue Department Box 92 GPO Honiata Solomon Islands
South Africa Department of Finance Chief Directorate: Pensions Administration Private Bag X63 Pretoria 001 South Africa
Spain British Consulate Plaza Calvo Sotelo 1/2 Apartado de Correos 564 03001 Alicante Spain
Her Britannic Majesty's Consul General British Consulate General Avda Diagonal 477-13 08036 Barcelona Spain
Her Britannic Majesty's Consul General British Consulate General Alameda Urquijo 2-8 48008 Bilbao Spain
Her Britannic Majesty's Consul British Consulate General Centro Colon Marques de La Ensenada 16,2 28004 Madrid Spain
British Consul British Consulate Edificio Duquesa Duquesa de Parcent 8-1 29001 Malaga Spain
Her Britannic Majesty's Consul British Consulate Plaza Mayor 3D 07002 Palma de Mallorca Balearic Islands
British Consul British Consulate Plaza Nueva 8, B 41001 Sevilla Spain
Sri Lanka The Director of Accounts and Payments General Treasury (Crown Agents Branch) Colombo Sri Lanka
Sudan Her Britannic Majesty's Consul British Embassy PO Box 801 Khartoum Sudan
Swaziland High Commissioner British High Commission Private Bag Mbabane Swaziland
Sweden Her Britannic Majesty's Consul British Embassy (Consulate Section) Skarpogatan 6-8 115 27 Stockholm Sweden
Her Britannic Majesty's Consul British Consulate Gotgatan 15 S411 05 Gothenburg Sweden
Switzerland Her Britannic Majesty's Consul British Embassy (Consular Section) 50 Thunstrasse 3005 Berne Switzerland
Her Britannic Majesty's Consul General British Consulate General 37-39 Rue de Vermont (6th Floor) 1211 Geneva 20 Switzerland
Her Britannic Majesty's Consul General British Consulate General Dufourstrasse 56 8008 Zurich Switzerland
Syrian Arab Republic Her Britannic Majesty's Consul General Damascus Tanzania The British High Commissioner Tanzania
Thailand Her Britannic Majesty's Consul British Embassy (Consular Section) Wireless Road Bangkok Thailand
Trinidad and Tobago The Comptroller of Accounts Financial and Accounting Administration Division Ministry of Finance Treasury Building Independence Square North Port of Spain Trinidad
Tunisia Her Britannic Majesty's Consul British Embassy (Consular Section) 5 Place de la Victoire Tunis Tunisia
Turkey Her Britannic Majesty's Consul British Embassy (Consular Section) Sehit Ersan Caddesi 46A Cankaya Ankara Turkey
Her Britannic Majesty's Consul General British Consulate General Tepebasi Beyoglu Istanbul Turkey
British Vice Consulate 1442 Sokak No 49/51 Alsankak Ismir Turkey Uganda British High Commission 10/12 Obote Avenue (PO Box 7070) Kampala Uganda
United Arab Emirates Her Britannic Majesty's Consul British Embassy PO Box 248 Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates
Her Britannic Majesty's Consul British Embassy PO Box 65 Dubai United Arab Emirates
Uruguay Her Britannic Majesty's Consul British Embassy (Consular Section) Calle Marco Bruto 1073 Montevideo Uruguay
USA Director Health Administration Service (10C3) Veterans Health Administration VA Central Office 810 Vermont Ave NW Washington DC20420 Vanuatu British High Commission PO Box 567 Port Vila Vanuatu
Venezuela Her Britannic Majesty's Consul British Embassy (Consular Section) Apartado 1246 Caracas Venezuela
Virgin Islands (UK) The Treasurer Treasury Department Tortola Virgin Islands (UK) Yemen (North) Her Britannic Majesty's Consul PO Box 1287 129 Haddah Rd Sana's Yemen
Yemen (South) Her Britannic Majesty's Consul Aden
Yugoslavia Her Britannic Majesty's Consul Belgrade Her Britannic Majesty's Consul Zagreb Republic of Zaire Her Britannic Majesty's Consul British Embassy (Consular Section) BP 8049 Kinshasa Republic of Zaire
Zambia The Pensions Officer Ministry of Development and Finance PO Box RW62 Ridgeway Lusaka Zambia
Zimbabwe The Director of Social Services Social Services Pension Section PO Box 499 Harare Zimbabwe