ST. HELENA STORY
Sm,—In his review of St. Helen Story in your issue of May 13, Cyril Ray comments on the 'British Grenadiers' that carried Napoleon's body to the grave at Geranium Vale.
Although the 20th Regiment formed the guard of honour and with others lined the route, I purposely used the words 'British Grenadiers' with capitals and in inverted commas, quoting from the descrip- tion of the local reporter of the St. Helena Monthly Register, who, on the day, was evidently so im- pressed by the physique and height of the soldiers, that he gave them their official status in the regiment. I own the rare little pamphlet, and took the word 'Shears' from it, by which he indicated the hoist that lifted the coffin and also 'Massey gold letters' to describe Napoleon's name upon the black coffin.— Yours faithfully, MABEL BROOK Es Grosvenor House, Park Lane, W
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