From: Major IL Riley TD FSA Scot (retd) Hon. Secretary
Liverpool Scottish Regimental Museum

Dear Mr Craig,

Sorry for any confusion; perhaps I shouldn't send out e-mails like this one and my original at 2 o'clock in the morning! The phrase ' ..... purchasing this ....' referred to the book by Colonel McGilchrist mentioned earlier in the sentence

He rates a serious mention in the regimental history by Colonel McGilchrist (see below) and if you consider purchasing this, please let me know; we would have to consider some efficient way of getting payment into the UK as our banks charge almost as much to cash dollar cheques as their value!

I certainly wasn't trying to hustle you into selling what you rightly describe as an heirloom, and one with some history.My apologies. Captain Twentyman was, very sadly, killed at an early stage of the war in 1914 near Kemmel in Belgium (a few miles south west of Ypres, the scene of some of the bloodiest fighting of WW1). Dennis will provide you with documentation of his service, the circumstances of his death and something of his part in the Liverpool Scottish and the life of the city of Liverpool

I thought you should be aware that he rates a serious mention in the regimental history (actually well written and with a better sense of humour than one might expect from an account of a regiment's part in WW1). I was drawing your attention to the existence of the history (recently reprinted and mentioned in the signature block below my name). It might be a little presumptuous of me, I'm afraid, but I thought that you might be interested in a copy and I was just taking the opportunity to point out its existence. We have had people in the US and Canada fire off a cheque straight away and it causes huge difficulties when our bank charges us almost the value of the cheque to cash it!

This is a super artifact and looks absolutely genuine.I should mention that when I said it was referred to as a 'silver-topped' sporran they are silver plated and not solid silver (at least we have never seen a solid silver one - which would carry silver hallmarks).

Yours sincerely,

Ian Riley