11 APRIL 1914, Page 16

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[To ass Emma or in "Sercr■roa..]

SIE,—My grandfather, Robert Coutart McCrea (afterwards Admiral), served when only a boy of twelve on board H.M.S. 'Swiftsure ' at the battle of Trafalgar. His youngest daughter is still living, and, like many of the women of her native island, Guernsey, refuses to grow old. Admiral McCrea married a niece of Admiral Lord de Saumarez, and their four sons, twelve of their grandsons, and eleven of their great- grandsons have served their country in either the Army or Navy, and many more are preparing to follow in their foot- steps.—I am, Sir, Sm.,

ONE OF HIS TWENTY-FIVE GRANDDAUGHTERS.