Letter from Patrick Alphonsus Carroll to Army Veterinary Service, 29 December 1915 Letters 1916-1923 Patrick Alphonsus Carroll

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This is a letter from Patrick Alphonsus Carroll to the Director General of the Army Veterinary Service. Carroll begs to apply for a commission, stating that circumstances had prevented him from making the request sooner.Patrick Alphonsus Carroll was a veterinary surgeon based in Carlow town who had qualified from the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. The Army Veterinary Corps was well tested throughout the Great War. There were about 2.5 million admissions mainly on the Western Front and 80% of injured animals were treated and returned to duty.

 Pat Carroll Private Collection https://letters1916.ie/item/79 English Patrick Alphonsus Carroll 1915-12-29 Reddy's Hotel, Carlow, Co.Carlow, Ireland Army Veterinary Service London Male World War I (1914-1918)

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 A. CARROLL M.R.C.V.S. VETERINARY SURGEON Reddy's Hotel Carlow Dec 29 th 1915 Sir, I beg to apply for a Commission in the Army Veterinary Corps. Circumstances prevented me from applying Earlier. Yours respectfully, P.A.Carroll a.n.c.es Director General Army Veterinary Service, 16 Victoria Street, London, SW Reddy's Hotel, Carlow, Co.Carlow, Ireland Letter from Patrick Alphonsus Carroll to Army Veterinary Service, 29 December 1915 London Letter from Patrick Alphonsus Carroll to Army Veterinary Service, 29 December 1915Letter from J. Simpson, for the Assistant Financial Secretary in the War Office, London to the Chief Crown Solicitor, Dublin Castle, 22 February 1916Letter from Henry Lawson to Reginald H. Brade, 11 February 1916 Patrick Alphonsus Carroll Letter from Patrick Alphonsus Carroll to Army Veterinary Service, 29 December 1915Letter from Patrick Alphonsus Carroll to Army Veterinary Service, 6 January 1916Letter from J. W. Rainey to Patrick Alphonsus Carroll, 19 January 1916