Letter from John Burns to Lady Clonbrock, 21 March 1916

Foo, Bar; Bar, Foo

Letter from John Burns to Lady Clonbrock, 21 March 1916

1 Ink not allowed.
Kriegsgefangenen Limburg, Tuesday March 21st 1916 For The Lady Clonbrock Madam, received
your parcel of Bread and also the fortnightly
ones in very good condition last week. I
hope Your Ladyship & His Lordship are well
as I am quite well myself. The weather here is
very warm not like March at all. I now
conclude thanking you in Anticipation. I remain Your Obedient Servant John Burns. 2
This is my address: John Burns, Conn. Rangers, Regt.No. 3030, T Batt. 6 Comp..No.5
Kriegsgefangenenlager
Limburg (Lahn).
This is my address: Name: John Burns Conn. Rangers Name of the Regt. Regt. No. 3036, II Batt. 6 Comp., No. 554 Prisoners of War Camp Limburg an der Lahn, Germany. Right side
Feldpostkarte.
Kriegsgefangenensendung
Adresse: The Lady Clonbrock Clonbrock, Ahascragh, Ballinasloe Ireland.

Letter from a prisoner of war, John Burns, Connaught Rangers, to Lady Clonbrock (1839-1928). Burns was incarcerated in Limburg, Germany at the time of writing. He thanks Lady Clonbrock for her packages and remarks upon the uncharacteristically warm weather for March. 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.

John Burns
Lady Clonbrock (Augusta Caroline Dillon (née Crofton)
1916-03-21
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__0959.html)