Letter from Fr Henry Gill SJ to Fr Thomas V Nolan SJ, 24 June 1916 Letters 1916-1923 Henry V Gill

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Letter from Fr Henry Gill SJ (1872-1945), Irish Jesuit Chaplain, to Father Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ (1867-1941). Fr Gill writes a letter of appreciation to Fr Provincial Nolan, thanking him for keeping him updated about the goings on of other Jesuits. He hopes that things will calm down in Ireland soon, expressing distaste that some consider Irish men in the British army to be unpatriotic. The son of H.J. Gill, head of the publishing firm, M. H. Gill & Son, Henry was educated at Clongowes Wood College and University College Dublin. He possessed an acumen for mathematics and science and studied in Louvain and under Professor J.J. Thompson, Cavendish Laboratories, Cambridge (1906 - 1908). Fr. Gill had a special interest in seismography: 'Experiments with Spinning Tops to illustrate earthquake reactions' was the title of a lecture given by Henry Gill at the Cavendish Laboratory, 16 June 1908. It is recorded that the hardship of four years as a chaplain in WWI, had a lasting effect on Fr. Gill. Fr. Henry Gill SJ was awarded the Military Cross and the Distinguished Service Order with the 2nd Royal Irish Rifles.

 Irish Jesuit Archives IE IJA/CHP1/25/49, IE IJA/CHP1/25/49 https://letters1916.ie/item/597 English Henry V Gill 1916-06-24 2nd Royal Irish Rifles, British Expeditionary Force, France Thomas V Nolan Dolphin's Barn, Dublin, Ireland Male World War I (1914-1918) Easter Rising Ireland 1916

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 2/R. I. Rifles B.E.F. France 24/6/1916 Dear Fr Provincial P.C. Many thanks for your kind letter of congratulation. I am glad to hear such good accounts of the other chaplains. What Fr Browne says about himself is still true about me. Please renumber us specially in your Mass these days. I am much better than when I was on leave. The week helped me to pick up. I do hope things in Ireland will soon settle down. I think everyone must admit no matter what their sympathies that 'England' has asked for trouble. The thing which annoys me is the suggestion that we out here are unpatriotic. I fear this is a dull letter but there is nothing to tell you, even if we were free to do so again thanking you for your kind letter. Believe me dear Fr Provincial Your very sincerely yours in Xt H.V. Gill S.J. Henry V Gill Letter from Fr Henry Gill SJ to Fr Thomas V Nolan SJ, 24 June 1916Letter from Fr Henry Gill SJ to Father Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ, 11 July 1916Letter from Fr Henry Gill SJ to Fr Thomas V Nolan SJ, 3 May 1916 2nd Royal Irish Rifles, British Expeditionary Force, France Letter from Fr Henry Gill SJ to Fr Thomas V Nolan SJ, 24 June 1916Letter from Fr Henry Gill SJ to Fr Thomas V Nolan SJ, 3 May 1916 Dolphin's Barn, Dublin, Ireland Letter from Fr Henry Gill SJ to Fr Thomas V Nolan SJ, 24 June 1916