WW1 pensions ledger abbreviation help!

[wanderingtopographer]

Slim chance, but I was hoping there might be someone on this board who understands the abbreviations used on WW1 pensions ledgers and knew what the notes above the date 1-10-37 on the attached image might mean?

The card belongs to a somewhat nefarious ancestor who used several different aliases to conceal a criminal history. He appears to have stuck with this, his enlistment name, for several years after the war, after which he drops off a records cliff with the exception of this ledger.

There is a death registration under this name for a gentleman of the right age who died on 8 September 1937 so was wondering (clinging to a desperate hope, really) if the closeness of these dates is more than a coincidence.

Would it be worth writing to the National Army Museum enclosing a copy of it and asking them?

Put it into chatgpt or Gemini. Gemini suggests it is something to do with the filing system. @YoBetty 's idea is good. Good luck.

Thank you both, yes, I've tried putting it through Gemini but am not getting anything of real value. I know WOK was an acronym used for "Widow of Killed" but that wouldn't be the case here as he survived the war, albeit without his left forearm. I "dormant" could be used if a pension was still valid but had stopped being claimed -- the death registration is in Nottingham while his last address is given as Hull, so perhaps the pension became dormant because he died in a place they didn't have an address on file for (which would be in keeping with what I know about his character) but that's supposition on my part.

Have also tried looking online for a list of abbreviations as had hoped it would be the kind of thing military historians would get enthusiastic about (no judgment here, I have niche interests of my own!) but haven't managed to find anything so far. Thanks for the tip about the National Army Museum, I hadn't thought of that.

I don't know anything about WW1 pensions, but do you think it was marked as dormant because he was in prison? It seems strange otherwise that he stopped claiming it. Have you got a copy of the death certificate?