The services operated a couple of hospitals for long serving members who were also given a pension - the army one at Chelsea was famous thus chelsea pensioner, however most pensioners were not living in the hospital but 'out' of it. The Ordnance was the specialised branch that dealt with manufacture of guns etc - sounds as if your ancestor was one of these - the Public Records Office (online archives) should help out.
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