Letter from Helen Duffin to Celia Duffin, 16 March 1916
sending the gazettes they are quite amusing.
How do you like nursing the Editor? I am glad you saw Olive and had
a day off. Dorothy is by way of going
to England to-morrow. She meant
to go to the Swannicks first, but
Hilda has been near some case of
German measles & is afraid she may
take it so D. plans now to go to
Epsom if Aunt Fanny can have
her. I suppose you will see her soon. 2 I wish to goodness Olive could get
another job I think her present one
is a dreadful life. Dorothy & I went for a walk with
Marjorie on Tuesday â poor dear â it is
a pity to see her. She evidently can
make no plans & does not know what
to do with herself. Charley has got
a job at home or rather he is
doing a course in England before
taking command of his battery. I hope
Marjorie may join him until he
goes back again. Did you hear that Elsie Kingan 3 Dunowen, Belfast 4 turned up for tea here yesterday. Molly
& I are helping at a buffet for
Mrs Campbell. We have to go to the
Midland Station once a month &
give buns, coffee, etc. to soldiers.
Peters' & Molly's photographs are
to come to-night â I'll send you
one if they are good. Don't forget your shamrocks
to-morrow! Ever yours Helen
Letter from Helen Duffin (b.1891) to Celia Duffin (1883-1979). Helen provides news from home about the coming and going of various people. She seems particularly impressed by the rank of a number of officers.This letter is part of a rich correspondence between various members of the Duffin family, a large prosperous family living in Strandtown, Belfast. Several family members served in the war, including Major Terence Duffin, who served as a staff officer with 107 Brigade, and later with Royal Irish Rifles; Major Charles G Duffin MC, Royal Field Artillery; and their sisters Emma, Celia and Dorothy who served as Voluntary Aid Detachments (VADS) in Egypt and France, and with the YMCA. Celia Duffin was a VAD with the 3rd London General Hospital in Wandsworth which opened in 1914. She was an accomplished poet, publishing, amongst other volumes, a book of poetry with her sister Ruth.
How to cite
Letters 1916, published by the Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities, Vienna, 2026 (https://letters1916static.github.io/letters1916-static/item__0643.html)
- Place
- Dunowen, Belfast, Ireland
- Mentioned in
- Letter from Helen Duffin to Celia Duffin, 22 December 1915
- Letter from Terence Duffin to Maria Duffin, March 1916
- Letter from Celia Duffin to Maria Duffin, 15 March 1916
- Letter from Helen Duffin to Celia Duffin, 16 March 1916
- Letter from Dorothy to Maria Duffin, 25 March 1916
- Letter from Dorothy Duffin to her mother, Maria Duffin, 30 March 1916
- Letter from Maria Duffin to Celia Duffin, 13 February 1916
- Letter from Maria Duffin to Celia Duffin, 9 January 1916
- Letter from Maria Duffin to Celia Duffin, 27 February 1916
- Letter from Celia Duffin to Maria Duffin
- Letter from Maria Duffin to Celia Duffin, 19 March 1916
- Letter from Celia Duffin to Maria Duffin
- Letter from Emma Duffin to her mother, Maria Duffin, 5 March 1916
- Letter from Dorothy to Maria Duffin, 22 March 1916
- Letter from Dorothy Duffin to her mother, Maria Duffin, 31 July 1916
- Letter from Emma Duffin to her mother Maria Duffin, 27 March 1916
- Letter from Olive Duffin to her mother, Maria Duffin, November 1915
- Letter from Emma Duffin to her mother Maria Duffin, 22 November 1915
- Letter from Terence Duffin to his father Adam Duffin, 10 November 1915
- Letter from Terence Duffin to his mother Maria Duffin, 26 November 1915
- Letter from Olive Duffin to her mother Maria Duffin, November 1915
- Letter from Adam Duffin to his daughter Dorothy Duffin, 7 November 1915
- Letter from Dorothy Duffin to her mother Maria Duffin, 8 November 1915
- Letter from Celia Duffin to her mother Maria Duffin, November 1915
- Place
- 3rd London General, London SW, England
- Mentioned in
- Letter from Celia Duffin to Maria Duffin, 15 March 1916
- Letter from Helen Duffin to Celia Duffin, 16 March 1916
- Letter from Celia Duffin to Maria Duffin
- Mentioned in
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- Letter from Emma Duffin to her sister Celia Duffin, 29 December 1915
- Letter from Celia Duffin to Maria Duffin, 24 January 1916
- Letter from Celia Duffin to Maria Duffin, February 1916
- Letter from Helen Duffin to Celia Duffin, 22 December 1915
- Letter from Celia Duffin to Maria Duffin, 15 March 1916
- Letter from Helen Duffin to Celia Duffin, 16 March 1916
- Letter from Celia Duffin to Ruth Duffin, 6 December 1915
- Letter from Celia Duffin to Auntie D, 3 December 1915
- Letter from Emma Duffin to Celia Duffin, 15 January 1916
- Letter from Celia Duffin to Maria Duffin, 8 December 1915
- Letter from Celia Duffin to Adam Duffin, 9 December 1915
- letter from Anna Duffin to Celia Duffin, 3 December 1915
- Letter from Celia Duffin to Maria Duffin, 8 January 1916
- Letter from Maria Duffin to Celia Duffin, 13 February 1916
- Letter from Maria Duffin to Celia Duffin, 6 February 1916
- Letter from Maria Duffin to Celia Duffin, 9 January 1916
- Letter from Maria Duffin to Celia Duffin, 27 February 1916
- Letter from Celia Duffin to her mother Maria Duffin, 14 February, 1916
- Letter from Celia Duffin to Maria Duffin
- Letter from Maria Duffin to Celia Duffin, 19 March 1916
- Letter from A. Duffin to Celia Duffin, 2 March 1916
- Letter from Celia Duffin to Maria Duffin
- Letter from Celia Duffin to Maria Duffin, 10 February 1916
- Letter from Celia Duffin to Maria Duffin, April 1915
- Letter from Celia Duffin to her mother, Thursday November,1915
- Letter from Celia Duffin to Maria Duffin, 3 November 1915.
- Letter from Celia Duffin to her mother Maria Duffin, November 1915
- Letter from Celia Duffin to her sister Ruth, 3 November 1915
- Letter from Celia Duffin to her aunt, 18 November 1915
- Letter from Celia Duffin to Maria Duffin, 26 November 1915
- Letter from Celia Duffin to her aunt, 1915