CONTINUANCE WITH THE REGULAR ARMY AFTER 21 YEARS’ SERVICE
The following is quoted from Grierson (1888):
"In many cases Warrant Officers and Non-commissioned
Officers, and in rare cases even Privates, are allowed to
continue in the service after 21 years, and thus earn a higher
pension. Leave for such a continuance of service must be obtained
from higher authorities, without which nobody has a right to it.
The only exceptions are those cases, where non-commissioned
officers and men on duty at the depots or in the cadres of the
militia, yeomanry, or volunteers are authorized by the commanders
of their regimental district. Men on such prolonged service may
claim their discharge at any time upon three months’
notice."
REFERENCE:
GRIERSON, J.M. Scarlet Into Khaki: The British Army on the Eve of the Boer War. Greenhill Books, London, 1988.