Music card: 1st Clart [sic] B♭. I love but thee./ Clart [sic] B♭ Dottage think of me at Home.
One of 38 cards which form the contents of a leather music card pouch, 1880 (c).
Associated with the Battle of Bronkhorstspruit, Transvaal War (1880-1881).

This music card pouch was retrieved by the Boers from the battlefield of Bronkhorstspruit. It contains manuscript and printed music for first clarinet, inscribed with the name of Bandsman F Dennis. L/Cpl Francis Dennis is recorded in the muster rolls of the 94th Regiment of Foot as having been killed in action at Bronkhorstspruit. He left a widow, Margaret, but no children.