1 Copy 15th August, 1916. Dear Madam, With reference to your letter addressed to the
'Officer in Charge, War Allowance Department, London,'
relative to the death of your son, Detective Sergeant
Matthew McLoughlin, I am desired by the Chief Secretary
to inform you that he has made enquiries into the
matter, and he understands that the Commissioner of the
Metropolitan Police has had your case under consideration,
and the Chief Secretary hopes that it may be possible
to render you some assistance in view of the particular
circumstances of your son's death. The letters received fro you which were sent to
you by your son are returned herewith. Yours faithfully, (Sd) APM Mrs. M. McLoughlin, Foilnadrough, Kilcommon, Thurles. 2 COPY G.R.116843/4. 4th August, 1916. Sir, I am directed by the Commissioner of Police of the
Metropolis to bring to your notice the case of Mrs. Bridget
MCLoughlin of Foilnadrough, Kilcommon, Thurles, Ireland, the
mother of the late Detective Sergeant Matthew McLOUGHLIN
who lost his life whilst en route to Russia on board H.M.S.
Hampshire when on protection duty with the late Lord Kitchener,
Secretary of State for War. Sergeant McLoughlin's widow and child are receiving the
maximum allowance that can be given under the Police Act.
This Act, however, makes no provision for dependants other
than the widow and children, and consequently no assistance
from this source is available for Sergeant McLoughlin's
mother, who up to the time of her son's death had been in a
great measure dutifully suported by him, being in very poor
circumstances. Copies of her letters to this office, together with one
from the Parish Priest at Kilcommon, are enclosed herewith
for your perusal. From these it will be seen that a grant of
£5 for immediate necessities has been made to Mrs McLoughlin
from a Metropolitan Police Private Fund. As the resources of
this Fund are on a strictly limited scale the Commissioner
desires to bring the facts to your notice in the hope that
it may be deemed right to render assistance to Mrs McLoughlin
from the Prince of Wales' National Relief Fund in view of the
particular circumstances of his death. The Secretary,
The Prince of Wales' National Relief Fund,
Belgrave Square,
S.W. 3 It may be added, that inasmuch as the late Sergeant McLoughlin
was not in the pay of either the Admiralty or the War Office, the
Commissioner fears that there is little likelihood of either Department
having the power to make any grant to his widowed mother. I am, Sir, Your obedient Servant, (s.d.) Suffield Mylius.