Phoenix, that is true, my uncle went missing in 1943. I tried to get in touch with his widow in 1995. They had an address on file from the 50's but no record of pension. I didn't realise that was probably available with the War Pensions people instead.
But, and this is the question, why was this data on a non-networked laptop?
Maybe someone was number crunching to show how recruitment effectiveness had actually increased on his watch?