Letter from Aidan Nolan to Lady Clonbrock, 29 December 1915

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Letter from Aidan Nolan to Lady Clonbrock, 29 December 1915

1 Kriegsgefangenenlager
Limburg, November 27th 1915 Lady Clonbrock I hasten to acknowledge receipt of your most
welcome parcel of socks. I cannot say how delighted
I was to get them as the weather is getting rather cold. We are
having plenty of snow this week, hence the value of
warm clothing. I earnestly trust Your Ladyship
will accept this card as all the gratitude which
a grateful prisoner can show again thanking Your
Ladyship. I am Gratefully Yours Pte Aidan Nolan 2
Gefangenenlager
Limburg (Lahn).
This is my address:
Kriegsgefangenenâ€”Sendung
9454. Pte Aidan Nolan Conn. Rangers
II. Bat. 6 Comp. No. 709
Limburg (Lahn) Germany
(Answer on Post-Card or by open letter, please). Right side lb/>Feldpostbrief
Kriegsgefangenenâ€”Sendung
Address: Lady Clonbrock Clonbrock, Ahascragh, County Galway Ireland.

Letter from a prisoner of war, Aidan Nolan, Connaught Rangers, to Lady Clonbrock (1839-1928). Nolan was incarcerated in Limburg, Germany at the time. Nolan writes to thank Lady Clonbrock for the parcel of socks she sent him.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.

Aidan Nolan
Lady Clonbrock (Augusta Caroline Dillon (née Crofton)
1915-12-29
World War I (1914-1918)

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Letters 1916, published by the Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities, Vienna, 2026 (https://letters1916static.github.io/letters1916-static/item__0930.html)