Letter from Edward Murray to Davidson, 13 December 1915 Letters 1916-1923 Edward James Murray

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A letter from Edward Murray (b. 1865), the proprietor of a chemical works in Dublin, to Davidson. In this letter Murray expresses his sympathies over injuries sustained by Davidson’s after being shot. Murray further informs Davidson that he had intended to forward a Christmas parcel to the Front for Davidson but he will now direct it to the hospital in England instead.

 Military Archives of Ireland Br. Allen Collection, IE/AL/1915/25 https://letters1916.ie/item/535 English Edward James Murray 1915-12-13 Dundrum House, Dundrum, County Dublin, Ireland Mr Davidson England Male World War I (1914-1918)

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 Dec 13 th 1915. DUNDRUM HOUSE DUNDRUM CO. DUBLIN. TELEPHONE, NO 12 'DUNDRUM' Dear Davidson I received your letter on Saturday and was very sorry to hear you had been wounded; all the same it might easily have been worse and it is a mercy you are where you are. I wrote to my brother the day after you were here and I have an answer. He said he did not know you but that he would make it his business to find you out and it is rather a pity you were hit just now because the colonel might have been able to do something for you. However you are very fortunate to be in England and I hope you will let me know when you get to Dundrum. I had arranged to forward a Christmas parcel to the Front but your letter stopped that, so I posted aforementioned to the hospital today. Let me hear how you get on. Yours truly Edward Murray. Dundrum House, Dundrum, County Dublin, Ireland Letter from Edward Murray to Davidson, 13 December 1915 England Letter from Sarah Harden to Donald Harden, 27 April 1916Letter from Edward Murray to Davidson, 13 December 1915Letter from Celia Duffin to her mother Maria Duffin, November 1915Letter from Edmund Blayney Clarke to Augustine Birrell, 29 May 1916Letter from Edmund Blayney Clarke to Augustine Birrell, 23 May 1916 Edward James Murray Letter from Edward Murray to Davidson, 13 December 1915