Estates of Deceased Service Personnel - Unpaid Estates
Updated 10 July 2025
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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.
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, despite our best efforts, we are occasionally unable to trace the appropriate relative, particularly in those cases where the individual died many years after retiring from the armed forces.
The amounts due to the estate in such cases can vary, however, if an estate exceeds £5,000 in value and no blood relatives can be identified, the money will pass to the Crown as ‘Bona Vacantia’.
As at 1 July 2025 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 |
| Carl Arthur Bennett (Bristol) | 1 June 2023 | Ex-Army (Private) | Family Members |
| 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 |
| David Briggs (Blackpool) | 2 August 1996 | Ex-Navy | Son and Daughter |
| Graham Brown (Lanark) | 24 March 2019 | Ex-Army (Private) | Parents |
| Luke Brendan 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 |
| Nicola Copeland (Newton Abbott) | 4 August 2014 | Ex-Army (Private) | Mother |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Graham Exley (Bridlington) | 5 February 2016 | Navy (Leading Rating) | Son |
| James Geoffrey Eyre (Kings Lynn, Norfolk) | 15 March 2021 | Ex-RAF (SAC) | Son and 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 |
| Peter George Edmund Forward (Ipswich) | 23 June 2018 | Ex-RAF (SAC) | 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 |
| Gary Allan Garner (Falkirk) | 19 Mar 14 | Ex-Army (Lance Corporal) | Father |
| Geoffrey Michael Gateley (West Yorks) | 13 October 2009 | Ex-Army (Lance Corporal) | Son |
| Richard Adam Gee (Wakefield) | 14 Apr 2021 | Ex-Army (Private) | 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 |
| Raymond John Hill (Dagenham) | 8 July 2014 | Ex-Army (Corporal) | Possible spouse |
| Ben Patrick Hindley (Montreal, Canada) | 12 August 2024 | Ex Navy (OR2) | Father |
| Lucy Victoria Horner (North Yorkshire) | 29 June 2019 | Ex-Army (Captain) | Family Members |
| Daniel Joyce (Lancashire) | 2 April 2022 | Ex-Army (Private) | Son and 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 |
| Richard Daniel Manley (Plymouth, Devon) | 14 January 2015 | Ex-Army (Corporal) | Children |
| 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 |
| Robert Edward McGhee (Hyde, Cheshire) | 14 March 1994 | Ex-Army (Private) | Any blood relative |
| Cameron Douglas Macrae McInnes (Unknown) | 14 September 2023 | Ex-Army (Private) | Son |
| Ian David McLean (Oldham) | 8 Jun 2019 | Ex-Army (Private) | Mother |
| Philip McManus (Calderbank, Airdrie) | 16 June 2020 | Ex-RAF (OR2) | 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 |
| John William Murphy (Liverpool) | 17 February 2004 | Ex-Army (Private) | Former spouse or their 2 children |
| Stephen Paul Neill (Co Antrim) | 31 August 2021 | Ex-Army (LCpl) | 3 x Children |
| Harry William Parsons (London) | 19 October 2002 | Chelsea Pensioner | Any blood relative |
| 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 |
| Mark Thomas Reading (Berkshire) | 30 January 2019 | Ex – Army (Lance Corporal) | Father |
| 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) |
| John Stewart Selby-Griffiths (Ferndale, Rhondda) | 4 June 1980 | Ex-Army (Private) | Any blood relative |
| Geoffrey Martin Taylor (Malvern) | 27 September 2009 | Ex-Army (Private) | Daughter |
| Richard Steven Thorn (Basildon) | 5 July 2005 | Ex-Navy (Able Seaman) | Two children |
| David George Treharne (Sutton, Surrey) | 12 June 2013 | Ex -Army | Daughter |
| Stewart Graham Walkinshaw (Macclesfield) | 17 February 2010 | Ex-Navy (Able Rating) | Father |
| Stephen John Watkins (Rhondda) | 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 |
| Philip Ernest Charles Welsh (Barnstable) | 29 June 2016 | Ex-Army (Lance Corporal) | Children |
| Garry West (Crewkerne, Somerset) | 21 October 2023 | Ex-Army (Private) | Daughter in Ireland |
| Peter James Whalley (Lancashire) | 6 October 2019 | Ex-Army (Corporal) | Father |
| 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) |
| Gary Wright (North Shields) | 28 September 2008 | Ex-Army (Private) | Son |
If you are the relative listed above, the executor of the estate, or believe that you are now the closest living relative of the deceased (NoK is determined in the following sequence: spouse, children/grandchildren, parents, brothers and sisters etc) and can supply documentary evidence to this effect, please write to JCCC (Deceased Estates) at the address shown in the contact us section and subject to the completion of the legal formalities, we may be able to release the appropriate payment.
The JCCC also holds details of a number of other estates where the MOD have previously traced and notified an entitled relative of money due to an estate but, to date they have not returned the necessary paperwork. If you are such an individual and now wish to pursue matters, you may do so by writing to the address shown in the contact us section and forwarding the documentation requested in the original notification, quoting the surname and date of death of the serviceman or woman concerned. Claims from third parties will not be accepted, unless documentary evidence is supplied to show they are acting on behalf of the entitled recipient, or can supply evidence to show that they are now the entitled recipient of the deceased’s estate.