Letter from B. Maguire to Lady Clonbrock, 23 July 1916

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Letter from B. Maguire to Lady Clonbrock, 23 July 1916

1 Kriegsgefangenenlager
Limburg (Lahm), 23.7.1916.
This is my address: Prisoner of War Name: B Maguire South Lanes Regt. No. 7587 6 Comp. 2 Batl. Gef. No. 274 Camp of Prisoners of War Limburg (Lahn) Germany. Dear Lady Clonbrook I now take the
pleasure in sending you this letter
hoping to find ye all at home in
good health as this leaves me in
the best of health at present. I
received your post card dated 17/6/16
all right and I was glad to see by it
that all at home is well. You told 2
me in the postcard that you ordered
some cigarettes to be sent to me I
have not yet received them yet
when I get them I will write and let
you no. You also asked me iff I was
getting the parcels from my Regimental
Funds allright. I am getting them all
right but not often enough so I would
be thankfull to you iffyou would
send me some and also some Bread
as I cannot get any from the Irish
Womans Association on account of
been in a English Regiment nearly all
the men hearis getting Bread from
Switeserland on payment from at home
I would be very thankfull to you
iff you would tell my wife that
I rite to her every week and I do
not get one from her only about
every 2 or 3 months so I do not be
in very good spirits when I do not
herefrom her I hope everything is
going on well at home no more at
present. I remain yours. B Maguire 3 Pre-printed Kriegsgefangenenlager
Limburg (Lahn).
This is my address:
Prisoner of War
Name: 7587 B Maguire South
6 Comp. 2 Batl.
Camp of Prisoners of War
Limburg (Lahn) Germany
The indications mentioned above must be reproduced
in the address. Right side Lady Clonbrock c/o Hon Lady Clonbrock Avonmore Killiney Co. Dublin Clonbrock Ahascragh Co. Galway Ireland. 4 23.7.16

Letter from a prisoner of war, B. Maguire, South Lancashire Regiment, to Lady Clonbrock (1839-1928). Maguire was then incarcerated in Limberg, Germany. He writes that he has not yet received cigarettes that Lady Clonbrock had sent and asks her to arrange for him to be sent some bread as he had not got any from the Irish Women's Association, owing to his being in an English, rather than an Irish, regiment. Maguire writes that he has not been receiving regular letters from his wife and that this has his lowered his spirits; he ask Lady Clonbrock to enquire.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__0135.html)