Letter from 'May' to 'Aunt Tweegle' (Lady Clonbrock), 17 July 1916 Letters 1916-1923 May

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A letter to Lady Clonbrock (1839-1928) from her niece May. In the letter, May asks Lady Clonbrock to ensure she will be at home when they make a visit tomorrow. She then refers to a letter sent to by 'Arthur' who was then fighting in France during World War I. May describes the content of the letter and sympathises with Edward's plight, noting that the men are all 'nearly dead with fatigue'. They were marching towards Ypres, many officers had been killed and Edward had been hit with some shrapnel.Augusta Caroline Dillon (née Crofton) was the wife of Luke Gerald Dillon (1834-1917), the 4th Baron of Clonbrock, Co. Galway and the daughter of Lord Crofton of Mote Park (Edward Henry Churchill Crofton, 3rd Baron), Co. Roscommon. Aged 75 at the outbreak of war, Lady Clonbrock, worked closely with the Irish Women's Association to send basic necessities to Irish POWs. Many of her care packages went to members of the Connaught Rangers imprisoned in Limburg near Cologne.

 National Library of Ireland Clonbrock Estate Papers, Collection List No 54, Ms. 35,793 (9) https://letters1916.ie/item/38 English May 1916-07-17 7 Ridgeway Gardens, London Lady Clonbrock 10 Cadogan Gardens, London Female World War I (1914-1918) Personal Relations

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 7 Ridgeway Gardens. Monday. My darling Aunt Tweegle, We hope very much to find you & Uncle Gerald at home tomorrow morning about 12 o' clock so please don't go out & disappoint us! Eileen has been here she tells me there has been a letter to Arthur from Edward, written on the 9th. Poor boy, he says it is all too ghastly for words &they are all nearly dead with fatigue those who are left alive. Many of his officers killed & he was hit by shrapnel & his trousers torn & his money in his pocket torn & he was what he calls knocked and at one time. They are now marching north he believes to Ypres where they are going to start fighting now. He says the men etc. are quite worn out. It is too awful to think of him only 20 in the midst of such horrors & terrible sights. Poor boy. I believe he feels it much. I suppose if they are marching north they are not fighting just yet. Yours ever, May The Lady Clonbrock 10 Cadogan Gardens S.W. 10 Cadogan Gardens, London Letter from 'May' to 'Aunt Tweegle' (Lady Clonbrock), 17 July 1916Letter from S. C. (Sophy) McLaughlin to Augusta (Lady Clonbrock), 22 July 1916Telegram from Canon and Mrs Hunt to Lady Clonbrock, 18 July 1916Telegram from 'Tiny and Cissie' to Lady Clonbrock, 18 July 1916Telegram from Hay Clonbrock to Lord and Lady Clonbrock, 18 July 1916 7 Ridgeway Gardens, London Letter from 'May' to 'Aunt Tweegle' (Lady Clonbrock), 17 July 1916 Lady Clonbrock Letter from Corporal W. Bowes to Lady Clonbrock, 16 April 1916Letter from Corporal W. Bowes to Lady Clonbrock, 7 February 1916Letter from 'May' to 'Aunt Tweegle' (Lady Clonbrock), 17 July 1916Letter from Corporal W. Bowes to Lady Clonbrock, 11 February 1916Letter from B. Maguire to Lady Clonbrock, 15 October 1916Letter from B. Maguire to Lady Clonbrock, 27 August 1916Letter from E.G. Hamilton to Lady Clonbrock, 1 August 1916Letter from Lady Henrietta MacDonnell to Lady Clonbrock, 23 September 1916Postcard from C.D. Groom to Lady Clonbrock, 1 March 1916Letter from Lady Henrietta MacDonnell to Lady Clonbrock, 28 October 1916Letter from Pte B Ward to The Lady Clonbrock, April 1916Letter from Robert Edward Dillon to his mother Augusta Dillon (Lady Clonbrock), 17 July 1916Letter from John Burns to Lady Clonbrock, 21 Dec 1915Letter from Joseph Connolly to Lady Clonbrock, 29 May 1916Letter from John Burns to Lady Clonbrock, 2 July 1916.Letter from M. Dolan to Lady Clonbrock, 16 October 1916Letter from T Furey to Lady Clonbrock, 17 February 1916Letter from Joseph Connolly, 5 April 1916Letter from Thomas Furey to Lady Clonbrock, 6 December 1915Letter from Joseph Connolly to Lady Clonbrock, 7 March 1916Letter from Mabel C. Wright to Lady Clonbrock, 4 April 1916Letter from Joseph Connolly to Lady Clonbrock, 30 July 1916Postcard from Private Cahill to Lady Clonbrock, 19 March 1916Postcard from Private M. Cahill to Lady Clonbrock, March 1916Letter from Private B. Ward, Connacht Rangers, to Lady Clonbrock, 3 October 1916Letter from J. Eyre to Lady Clonbrock on collection of moss for surgical dressings, 20 April 1916Letter from J. Jackson to Lady Clonbrock, August 1916Letter from Corporal W. Bowes to Lady Clonbrock, 18 October 1916Letter from Bernard Ward to Lady Clonbrock, 19 November 1915Letter to Lady Clonbrock, 21 June 1916Postcard from Corporal W. Bowes to Lady Clonbrock, 29 July 1916Letter from Corporal W. Bowes to Lady Clonbrock, 13 August 1916Letter from 'Nelly' to 'Aunt Tweety' (Lady Clonbrock), 17 July 1916Letter from S. C. (Sophy) McLaughlin to Augusta (Lady Clonbrock), 22 July 1916Letter from Johnny Spencer to 'Cousin Tweety' (Lady Clonbrock), 17 July 1916Letter from M.C Wright to Lady Clonbrock, 18 April 1916Letter from Harriet (Harrie) Dillon to Tweetie (Lady Clonbrock), 17 July 1916Letter from James Francis Bernard (Earl of Bandon) to Lady Clonbrock, 23 July 1916Letter from Lilly to 'Tweety' (Lady Clonbrock), 17 July 1916Letter from Anne MacDonnell to Lady Clonbrock, 21 September 1916Letter from Anne MacDonald to Lady Clonbrock, 3 February 1916Letter from Private M. Foland to Lady Clonbrock, 1916.Letter from Lance Corporal P. Lynch to Lady Clonbrock, 25 September, 1916.Letter from Lady Mayo to Lady Clonbrock, 1 September, 1916Letter from Minsie Arkwight to Lady Clonbrock, 22 July 1916Letter from Lady Clonbrock to Mrs Budson, 19 April 1916 May Letter from 'May' to 'Aunt Tweegle' (Lady Clonbrock), 17 July 1916Letter from 'May' to Patrick English, 21 June 1916