cover 1881 (27 Jan.) envelope sent from Brighton bearing Q.V. 6d. tied by despatch duplex, and addressed to "Mr R.B. Hooper, 2nd Mounted Yeomanry", the envelope has been endorsed "Killed in Action" and "De" (Dead being a little insensitive!) and with Cape Town and Queens Town backstamps, good. Photo

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cover 1881 (27 Jan.) envelope sent from Brighton bearing Q.V. 6d. tied by despatch duplex, and addressed to "Mr R.B. Hooper, 2nd Mounted Yeomanry", the envelope has been endorsed "Killed in Action" and "De" (Dead being a little insensitive!) and with Cape Town and Queens Town backstamps, good. Photo
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Note: Sgt. Major R.B. Hooper was killed at Tweefontein on 14th January 1881

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