Awar pension is apension provided to aveteran of anarmed conflict.
They are almost certainly the most ancient type ofsocial security.
Plutarch'sLife ofSolon mentions a law which provides that those who are maimed in war shall be maintained at the public charge.Halsbury's Laws of England traced their history back to the days of King Alfred. Until 1978 the British War Pension scheme was run entirely under theRoyal Prerogative and completely without legislation.[1]