The odd ones I'm picking up in the newspapers tend to have ended their days in the workhouse or been aristocrats.
One I've found is a nice one, Alnwick Mercury, 1 April 1863:
"An unfortunate and fatal accident occurred at Alnwick on Wednesday, the 25th ult., by which an old man, named James Davison, lost his life........The deceased was 82 years of age, had served many years in the early part of his life in the Coldstream Guards, was an out-pensioner of Chelsea, held a Peninsular medal, with seven clasps, had been through nearly the whole of the Peninsular War, and was present with Nelson at the battle of Copenhagen in 1801. The clasps on his medal also indicated that he was at the storming of San Sebastian and Cuidad Rodrigo, and at the battles of Vittoria, Salamanca, Fuentes d'Onor, Busaco, Talavera, Badajos and Bayonne....."
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