Dean Mu. EDITOR,—

Thanks very much for your letter and kind reference deceased brother Ted. I very much regret thef - full record of the family, which has somehow got mislaid or lost; but the following is as nearly correct as I can remember :—

Grandfather, joined 15th Foot 1820, served 23 years.

Uncle John, „1841, „ 15 and died. Uncle James, „ 1853, „ 23 and retired Rgt1..Sgt.44jr. 1st West Indian Regt.

Father, /I1854-5„, 23 years 9/12.

Brother John, „ 1872, „ 6 years. Brother Joseph, „ 1874, „ 23 years, retired Staff- Qr.-Idstr.-Sgt. A. P. Coma. Edward, ,, 1876, ,, 21 Cir.-Sgt.

„ Peter, ,,1882, „ 22 Clr.-Sgt.

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„ Owen, „ 1888, „ 18 Sergt., now an invalid in- pensioner, Royal Kilmain- lawn Hospital, Nephew Edward, joined 2nd Btn. 1895, served 9 yrs. and invalided to con- ditional pension, made permanent 1901-1s. per day.

„ Jesse, joined 2nd Btn. 1900, serving in India. Clarence,„ „ 1901, „ w Reginald, w 1909, ,, at York.

Foreign Service—Grandfather about 10 years, Uncle John 12 years,

.. James 14, Father over 14, Brother John 3 years. Joseph 4, Edward over 11, Peter 12 years (including S.A. Campaign), Owen 15 9;12; Nephews, Edward 5 years, Jesse 7, Clarence 6.—Roughly 103 years' Foreign Service for the family.

Total service in the Regiment, 503 years.

The family service in the Regiment is unique. From 1905 to 1908 there were three generations of the family on the Regiment's Pension Roll, viz., my father, Joe, Ted, self, and my nephew Edward. This I think is also a record.

From the time my grandfather joined up to the present there has not been a moment's break in our service ; and in all probability it is likely to continue for another 30 years at least, as I have four boys to join, the youngest of whom is four years of age. With the exception of my grandfather, father, John, and nephews Edward, Jesse, Clarence, and Reginald, all have been sergeants and above. Reginald, the last joined, is now full corporal.

A grand-uncle was killed at Waterloo. He belonged to the Artillery, but I have no further record of him.

Edward was senior inspector for Messrs. Dickeson and Co., in Ireland, when he died.

I trust you will excuse my delay in answering your letter, as I have been trying to find a correctly compiled record. How- ever, the foregoing is substantially correct, but I am not certain of the dates of the enlistment of my nephews.

P. MCKENNA.