Estates of Deceased Service Personnel - Unpaid Estates
Updated 23 September 2026
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The Deceased Estates Office of the Joint Casualty and Compassionate Centre is responsible for making payments from the Ministry of Defence to the estate of deceased service personnel, as well as those who die in retirement whilst holding preserved pension rights. These pension rights arise from military service after 1975 where there is no eligible dependant to whom the pension can be paid.
The amounts due to the estate in such cases can vary. In most cases, we are able to contact and make a payment to the executor or the next of kin within a few months of the individual’s death. However, occasionally, despite our best efforts, we are unable to trace the appropriate relative, particularly in those cases where the individual died many years after retiring from the armed forces. In this situation any monies due to the estate from the Ministry of Defence are placed upon our Unpaid Register until the correct legal recipient comes forward to claim them.
As at 7 September 2026 the MOD holds funds due to the estates of the following personnel. (This list will be updated by the MOD from time to time.)
| Name | Died | Status | Contact sought |
|---|---|---|---|
| Susan Catherine Armand (Tunbridge Wells) | 10 April 2002 | Ex-Army (Private) | Granddaughter |
| Garry Albert Atherton (Ashford, Kent) | 19 April 2004 | Ex-Army | Son and Daughter |
| Matthew John Bailey (Colchester, Essex) | 12 November 2020 | Ex-Army | Any blood relative |
| Sean Bell (Phuket Province) | 11 November 2021 | Ex-RAF (SAC) | Father |
| William Berrie (Germany) | 30 January 1995 | Ex-Army (Lance Corporal) | Son and Daughter |
| Peter Boland (Basildon) | 27 May 23 | Ex-Army (Private) | Daughter |
| Oliver Luke James Bovey (Unknown) | 27 November 2024 | Ex-Royal Marine (Mne) | Father |
| Luke Brendon Brown (Aberdeen) | 8 May 2018 | Ex-Army (Private) | Father |
| David Chapman (Shropshire) | 23 September 2017 | Ex-Navy (Able Rate) | Any blood relative |
| Jeffrey Cheshire (Germany) | 31 January 2008 | Ex-Army (Private) | Any blood relative |
| Richard Anslow Clarke (Norfolk) | 7 December 2021 | Ex-Army (Private) | Children |
| Robert Andrew Cook (Warwick) | 1 December 2011 | Ex-Army (Private) | Son |
| Nicholas Vincent Cornish (Lancaster) | 15 June 2020 | Ex-Army (Private) | Son and Daughter |
| Sarah Elizabeth Cousins (Blackpool) | 12 July 1998 | N/K | Son |
| Nathan James Davies (Abergavenny, Wales) | 2 March 2022 | Ex-Army Reserve | Son |
| Anthony James Deacon (Manchester) | 17 November 2023 | Ex-Army (Corporal) | Any blood relative |
| Peter Ralph Douch (Oman) | 24 January 2002 | Ex-RAF (Corporal) | Spouse (Thai National?) |
| Kenneth Joseph Edwards (Unknown) | 20 June 1977 | Ex-Army (Private) | Any blood relative |
| Michael Steven Edwards (Burnley) | 18 June 2024 | Ex-Army (Private) | Children |
| David Andrew Evans (Wales) | 4 November 2013 | Ex-Army (Staff Sergeant) | Daughter |
| Alan Fleckney (Hemel Hempstead) | 15 March 2020 | Ex-RAF (SAC) | Any blood relative |
| Tom William Forster (Dumfries) | 10 October 2016 | Ex-Army (Lance Corporal) | Children |
| John Alexander Friend (County Durham) | 31 May 2020 | Ex-Army (Private) | Children |
| Robert Galbraith (Newcastle Upon Tyne) | 29 December 2018 | Ex-Army (Lance Corporal) | Children |
| Vincent Joseph Martin Gormley (Kent) | 25 November 2009 | Ex-Army (Corporal) | Spouse and/or children |
| John Gregory (Wigan) | 18 February 2011 | Ex-Army (OR2) | Sons |
| Martin Brian Hall (Gloucestershire) | 2 September 2021 | Ex-Army (Lance Corporal) | Children |
| Ian Frederick Harvey (Newport, Shropshire) | 4 November 2024 | Ex-Army (Private) | Any family member |
| Raymond John Hill (Dagenham) | 8 July 2014 | Ex-Army (Corporal) | Possible spouse |
| Glenn Kevin Hollinshead (Stoke-on-Trent) | 20 May 2008 | Ex-RAF (SAC) | Sons |
| Crawford James Strang Heeps Hughes (Larbert) | 5 December 2025 | Ex-Army (Private) | 1 x child |
| Daniel Joyce (Lancashire) | 2 April 2022 | Ex-Army (Private) | Son and Daughter |
| Alexander Kelly (Glasgow) | 23 June 2017 | Ex-Army (Private) | Daughter |
| Simon James King (Tunbridge Wells) | 21 September 2007 | Ex-RAF (Corporal) | Widow? |
| Kevin Lionel Knight (Leicester) | 3 September 2010 | Ex-Army (Corporal) | Father (believed to have emigrated to Australia) |
| James Lewis (Crosshouse, Kilmarnock) | 31 January 2024 | Ex-RAF (OR2) | Family Members |
| William Marshall (Bremen, Germany) | 12 May 2005 | Ex-Army (Private) | Former spouse (German National) or their 2 children |
| Joseph William McCabe (Liverpool) | 6 June 2022 | Ex-Army (Private) | Daughter |
| Ian David McLean (Oldham) | 8 Jun 2019 | Ex-Army (Private) | Mother |
| Robert Henderson Miller (Chelsea, London) | 22 December 2000 | Chelsea Pensioner | Any Blood Relative |
| Greg Mitchell (Scotland) | 14 August 2013 | Ex-Army (Private) | Father |
| Patrick Joseph Moore (Unknown) | 11 Feb 1977 | Ex-Army (Private) | Any blood relative |
| David John Morris (Dorchester) | 8 December 2017 | Ex- Army (Private) | 2 x Daughters |
| Robert Allan Naylor (Stevenage, Hertfordshire) | 25 March 2008 | Ex-RAF (Corporal) | Executor named on Probate |
| David John Plaine (Ross on Wye) | 19 December 1979 | Ex-Army (Private) | Any blood relative |
| Christopher John Porter (Portland, Dorset) | 16 March 1977 | Ex-Army (Corporal) | Any blood relative |
| Robert Rhodie (Co Armagh) | 25 October 2002 | Ex-Army (Lance Corporal) | Spouse |
| Kevin Michael Rudd (Bottisham, Cambs) | 24 November 2012 | Ex-Army (Corporal) | Executor |
| Stephen Nicholas Rygielski (Paisley) | 4 August 2016 | Army (Private) | Father |
| Mr Frank A Seedamee (USA) | 26 October 1993 | Ex-Army (Sergeant) | Son and Daughter (believed to live in USA) |
| Geoffrey Martin Taylor (Malvern) | 27 September 2009 | Ex-Army (Private) | Daughter |
| Peter Gordon Watson (Manchester) | 26 August 2024 | Army (Private) | Father |
| Stephen John Watkins (Rhondda, Wales) | 24 March 2016 | Ex-Army (Private) | Daughter |
| Alan Weaver (Burton-Upon-Trent, Staffs) | 5 April 2013 | Ex-Army (Corporal) | Daughter |
| Michael Kenneth Webb (Kendal) | 23 February 2007 | Ex-Army (Lance Corporal) | Brother |
| Garry West (Crewkerne, Somerset) | 21 October 2023 | Ex-Army (Private) | Daughter in Ireland |
| Mark Thomas White (Birmingham) | 3 November 2010 | Ex-Army (Private) | Blood relative |
| Christopher Whyment (Berlin, Germany) | Around November 2014 | Ex-Army (Private) | Daughter |
| Christopher James Wilson (Radcliffe on Trent, Notts) | 7 May 2016 | Ex-Army (Lance Corporal) | Son and Daughter |
| Damien Ricky Woods (Hemel Hempstead) | 20 November 2012 | Ex-Army (Private) | Daughter (in Germany) |