He lived on an army pension of about $1,800 per month, and attempted to claim a Presidential pension, but a judge denied it.

To supplement the army pension, his father took a job for an import clearing house.

A later application for an army pension was rejected.

His modest army pension forced his wife to go back to teaching at the local elementary school just to make ends meet.

His widow stills draws an army pension of fifty dollars and forty cents a month.

"Isn't there a little matter of Sergeant Flannagan's discharge and his army pension?"

In-pensioners, by contrast, surrender their army pension and live within the Royal Hospital.

In-pensioners surrender their army pension, in return receiving board, lodging, clothing and full medical care.

Eventually he was awarded a small army pension.

The death of Jim was not reported until 40 years later when his widow applied for his army pension in 1927.