Article 21 Description of benefits - death
United Kingdom
Benefits payable for the death of a member of the forces or a former member of the forces are—
a survivor's guaranteed income payment payable until death to his surviving spouse, civil partner or his surviving adult dependant;
a bereavement grant payable to his surviving spouse, civil partner or surviving adult dependant;
a child's payment payable to or in respect of an eligible child.
If the member or former member of the forces and the surviving spouse married less than 6 months before the death of the member or former of the forces, the Secretary of State may withhold benefit under this article.
If the member or former member of the forces and the civil partner formed their partnership less than 6 months before the death of the member or former member, the Secretary of State may withhold benefit under this article.
Where a member was a member of the AFPS 2005 and dies in service, a bereavement grant is not payable except in the circumstances specified in paragraph (5).
The circumstances referred to in paragraph (4) are that the salary of the member of the forces on the day on which he died is less than the amount of the bereavement grant.