Sergeant Major James Speryn of the 68th Regiment Bengal Army having been transferred to the Prueion[?] establishment in Europe after completion of 21 years servitude, 12 of which have been passed in the 68th Regiment. It affords me great pleasure to bear testimony to his very exemplary character and conduct during the time he has been attached to the 68th. Having been Adjunct of the Corps for 10 years during which period Sergent Major Sperryn has been under my immediate orders, I have always found him most zealous in the performance of his numerous responsible duties, which have been done in the most efficient manner, greatly to his own credit and to the benefit of the Corps of which he has been so long Sergeant Major. He is a very correct writer, thoroughly understanding every kind of Accounts

and as a writer and Accountant his services have been most invaluable. I can speak equally favourably of his private character which has been unexceptionable in every respect & the best testimony to which is the fact of his having received a silver medal from Goverment for Meritorious Service and conduct during the period of his servitude. Sergeant Major Sperryn bears a Medal of the first Sikh war in which campaign he served, also another for war with Burmah in 1852.1853-                     XXXXXXX                     Adjunct 68th Bareilly 2 October 1855 Return to James Sperryn's medals page.