Letter from B. Maguire to Lady Clonbrock, 27 August 1916

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Letter from B. Maguire to Lady Clonbrock, 27 August 1916

1 Kriegsgefangenenlager
Limburg (Lahn), 27.8.1916
This is my address Prisoner of War Name: Pte. B. Maguire. South Lancs. Regt. No. 7587. Comp. 6. Batl. 2. Gef. No. 274 Camp of Prisoners of War Limburg (Lahn) Germany
The indications mentioned above must be reproduced in the address. Dear Lady Clonbrock. I now take the
pleasure in sending you this letter
hoping it will find you and all
at home in good health as this
leaves me in the best of health
at present thank God for it. I
have not yet received the cigaretts
that you ordered to be sent to me 2 on the 17 thiff it is a thing
that I receive them I will let
you no as soon as possible. Nearly
all the men here is receiving
Bread from Switzerland every
week except myself. So I would
be very thankfull to you iff you
would send me some by Switzerland
I have not received a letter from my
wife this long time. I do not know
what is the matter with her so
I would be thankfull to you iff
you would see her up and let her
no I do not no whether she is
receiving my letters or not. or I have
not received a Parcel from her this
last 18 months so it is very strang
of her I would be thankfull to you
for a Parcel of Groceries also no
more at Present hoping to have
good news from you soon B. Maguire

Letter from a prisoner of war, B. Maguire, South Lancashire Regiment, to Lady Clonbrock (1839-1928). Maguire was then incarcerated in Limburg, Germany. In the letter he writes that he has not yet received cigarettes that Lady Clonbrock had sent to him and remarks that while other men in the camp were receiving bread from Switzerland, he asks Lady Clonbrock to arrange this for him. Maguire also writes that he had not received a letter or parcel from his wife for 18 months and requests Lady Clonbrock to visit her to ascertain what is wrong.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.

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Letters 1916, published by the Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities, Vienna, 2026 (https://letters1916static.github.io/letters1916-static/item__0098.html)