Lot 378
On Active Service: 1879 (17 Mar.) Letter from Private William Mann, No. 6 Company, Duke of Edinburgh’s Own Volunteer Rifles, the longest serving Cape infantry unit, to Mowbray, near Cape Town, endorsed "D.E.O.V.R. No 6 Com. On Active Service" countersigned by commanding officer and bearing KING WILLIAMS TOWN MR 17 79 c.d.s. and arrival CAPE TOWN MR 22 79 CAPE COLONY c.d.s., Rare., ex Dillaway.
Estimate $300 - 400
As the Volunteer Rifles were heavily involved during the Ninth Frontier War, Private Mann would have served actively throughout the whole campaign. Since this serviceman was killed at Isandhlwana on 22 January 1879, his commanding officer mailed the letter.
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