HC Deb 28 January 1897 vol 45 c680
MR. JASPER TULLY (Leitrim, S.)

I beg to ask the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether his attention has been directed to the destitute condition of a Crimean veteran named John Brennan, of Boyle, formerly a private in the 41st Regiment, who was wounded in the attack on Sebastopol; and whether he would recommend that an additional grant be made to him from the fund for the relief of destitute war veterans?

MR. POWELL-WILLIAMS

Yes, Sir. The hon. Member has himself directed my attention on two previous occasions to this man's case. I can only repeat that there is no record of his having been wounded while in the Army, and that his short service of only two and-a-half years does not qualify him for a special campaign pension.