Letter from Robert Monteith to Mollie Monteith, 25 December 1915 Letters 1916-1923 Robert Monteith

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In this letter, written on Christmas day, from Robert Monteith to his wife Mary, Robert expresses loneliness and states that he misses his family. He recalls times they spent together and pleads with his wife to write to him.Robert Monteith (1879-1956) was a founding member of the Irish Volunteers. In 1915 Monteith was selected by Thomas Clarke (1858–1916), a veteran of revolutionary politics, to accompany Sir Roger Casement (1864–1916), to Germany to assist with recruitment of an Irish Brigade from the Irish prisoners-of-war. Robert and Mary Florence (Mollie) Monteith (née McEvoy, 1877-1960) married in 1909 against his family's wishes. the controversy came from Robert being a Protestant, and Mary a Catholic widow with three children.

 Military Archives of Ireland Br. Allen Collection, IE/AL/RM/2/18 https://letters1916.ie/item/594 English Robert Monteith 1915-12-25 Zossen, Brandenburg, Germany Mary Florence Monteith (née McEvoy) Male Personal Relations Personal Relations World War I (1914-1918)

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 Zossen Xmas Day 1915 Dear old pet, No letter from you yet. I am so lonely today - you remember last year in 8 Hartstonge St. with the little ones running wild — why do you grip me so much & why are my thoughts so cluttered around you? Mollie write me, I do so want your sympathy, my work is so hard, and difficulties so many - but of course if I had you here to tell all my worries to, things would run smoothly - I trust you and all at home are enjoying yourselves, even now as I write this letter — I cant write more now, fondest love Kiss them all for me Yours ever Cara Zossen, Brandenburg, Germany Letter from Robert Monteith to Mollie Monteith, 25 December 1915 Robert Monteith Letter from Robert Monteith to Mollie Monteith, 30 November 1915Letter from Robert Monteith to Mollie Monteith, 25 December 1915Letter from Sir Roger Casement to Robert Monteith, 11 January 1916Letter from Sir Roger Casement to Robert Monteith, 13 January 1916Postcard from Sir Roger Casement to Robert Monteith, 23 February 1916Letter from Robert Monteith to Mollie Monteith, 22 December 1915Letter from Robert Monteith to Roger Casement, 2 November 1915Letter from Robert Monteith to Roger Casement, 5 November 1915Letter from Robert Monteith to Roger Casement, 8 November 1915Letter from Robert Monteith to Roger Casement, 11 November 1915Letter from Robert Monteith to Roger Casement, 21 November 1915Telegram from Robert Monteith to Roger Casement, November 1915Letter from Robert Monteith to Roger Casement, 26 November 1915Letter from Robert Monteith to Roger Casement, 18 March 1916Letter from Robert Monteith to Roger Casement, 1 February 1916Letter from Robert Monteith to Roger Casement, 24 March 1916Letter from Robert Monteith to Roger Casement, 11 November 1915Letter from Robert Monteith to Roger Casement, 24 January 1916Letter from Robert Monteith to 'Segt Major', 5 November 1915