Feature Letter of January 26th, 2026
Rooke, (Robert, Charles, and George)
My dear Mother,
I am writing all my letters tonight as we will be loading horses all day tomorrow & we sail on Tuesday. You will be glad to hear I have been transferred into C Squadron & the three of us boys have been put in the same troop, #3, of which Charlie is the Senior Corp.
I have had my photo taken & expect to get them tomorrow. If so, I will mail them before we leave. I was all through the "Victorian" this afternoon & by the looks of things, we are going to have pretty comfortable quarters. We had a long ride through all the principal streets of the city on Friday which was our last mounted parade this side of the water.
The people of Halifax have been very kind to us, giving free concerts in the mess nearly every night, & the young people of St. Paul's Church gave a social to all the Church of England troopers & all the others who would come & it was very enjoyable.
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