Well put everyone, perhaps I was wrong to see it as I did.
Oh , and if you were wondering how inbred I must be, Joseph was cousin to my grandfather not grandmother ! He used to write to them separately I suspect hoping to get twice as many replies.
He wrote ...You should see the look on the mens faces when the letters arrive and the difference when theyre given out. I could go down the ranks of my Company and pick out every man who didnt receive a letter.