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Bulgaria Aug 30 th 16 Dear Madam I got no clothing sence
I was captured the Irish
Women sent me 2
shirts socks and some
parcles of Food stuff
I want to tell you
I have no Boots on
my feet I take 9 size
2
I was taken prisoner
on the 7 December
1915 my boots is wore
I am from Ballinasloe
I would be thankful
to you to send me
one pair of Boots 598 Pte James McDonnell
Connaught Rangers
Prisoner of War Philoppolis
Bulgaria
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Mc Donnell
Prisoner.
wants boots
wrote to I.W.A
Sep: 19. 1916
Letter from a prisoner of war, James McDonnell, Connaught Rangers, to Lady Clonbrock
(1839-1928). McDonnell is incarcerated in Bulgaria at the time of this letter. He
writes to thank her for the parcel he received from the Irishwomen's Association and
requests that they send him a pair of boots as his are worn out. McDonnell has been
a prisoner of war since December 1915. Augusta Caroline Dillon (née Crofton) was the
wife of Luke Gerald Dillon (1834-1917), the 4th Baron of Clonbrock, Co. Galway and
the daughter of Lord Crofton of Mote Park (Edward Henry Churchill Crofton, 3rd Baron),
Co. Roscommon. Aged 75 at the outbreak of war, Lady Clonbrock, worked closely with
the Irish Women's Association to send basic necessities to Irish POWs. Many of her
care packages went to members of the Connaught Rangers imprisoned in Limburg near
Cologne.W