Liza Stuart wrote I have a relative who was with the British Army in the West Indies from 1811-1815. I have his papers. The time he spent in the West Indies was only counted as half of the actual time spent there. I found this with another relative as well. I have an Irish ancestor who served in the West Indies in the early 1800's and the total length of service from enlistment to discharge was 16 years and 259 days and of this he spent 11 years and 340 days in the West Indies. However, he received a further 5 years 352 days service making a pensionable service of 22 years 246 days which entitled him to a pension from Kilmainham (later transferred to Chelsea). 50% was added to all service in the Tropics. A pension was only awarded for pensionable service over 20 years. A suspected brother also served in the army at this time but was in the East Indies and a similar 50% was added to his pensionable service. Richard