She had her own pension from the Ministry of Defence as a war widow as well as a state pension.
A British war widow can expect £26,750 if her husband is killed in action; her US equivalent will get £175,000, and double the monthly payments of her British counterpart.
A Vietnam war widow has made an emotional appeal for help after burglars stole her late husband's medals and the birth certificate of their dead baby daughter.
In her letter, Mrs Goodrick said: ‘I am a still-grieving war widow whose husband was mown down by a German Panzer division in the Normandy landings in June, 1944.’
Evening Press readers are rallying round a war widow who was robbed of her life savings by a heartless conwoman.
Definition of war widow in US English:
war widow
noun
A woman whose spouse has been killed in war.
Example sentencesExamples
In her letter, Mrs Goodrick said: ‘I am a still-grieving war widow whose husband was mown down by a German Panzer division in the Normandy landings in June, 1944.’
She had her own pension from the Ministry of Defence as a war widow as well as a state pension.
Evening Press readers are rallying round a war widow who was robbed of her life savings by a heartless conwoman.
A Vietnam war widow has made an emotional appeal for help after burglars stole her late husband's medals and the birth certificate of their dead baby daughter.
A British war widow can expect £26,750 if her husband is killed in action; her US equivalent will get £175,000, and double the monthly payments of her British counterpart.