Unusual document indeed....

[Chris Boonzaier]

This was quite intersting, I thought it was only victorian officers who had to be able to fund their own costs ... this is to a father saying his son should become a reserveofficer but has no assured private income/status... and that his father has to come up with the loot to supplement him before he can be commissioned.... makes you wonder how many deserving NCOs were not promoted as they could not gaurantee the income....