IN this age of political correctness I wonder if Private Amy-Jane Harrop's success was correctly stated as a marksman?

Or should it have been markswoman or perhaps marksperson? And why does your report refer to her as Private Amy-Jane Harrop when your photograph shows she is a lance corporal?

W V Hadley,

Abelton Grove, Haxby, York.

Updated: 10:39 Friday, June 24, 2005