Letter from Fr Francis M. Shaw to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, circa March 1916

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Letter from Fr Francis M. Shaw to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, circa March 1916

1 Dear Reverend Father Provincial,
P. C.
My address until
further orders is 3rd General Hospital British Expeditionary Force France. I have got on splendidly so far, astonishing
the natives by my command of the language.
My hospital is situated 'somewhere in France'
but I shall let you know more about my
work later, when I have time for a real
letter, and know in what it consists. The
four of us parted in Great spirits, hoping to
meet again, if not on earth then â€” Begging your Reverences prayers
I remain
Yours very sincerely, Francis M. Shaw SJ C.F.

Letter from Francis M. Shaw (1881-1924) to Father Provincial Thomas V. Nolan (1867-1941) regarding Shaw's new position and new address in a hospital in France. Francis M. Shaw worked in the 16th General Field Hospital at Le Traporte. He was ordained on 31st July 1916 at Milltown Park in Dublin and in 1917 was dispatched to India, and later to Mesopotamia, possibly due to his nationalistic views. Fr. Thomas V. Nolan was the Provincial of the Irish Province of the Society of Jesus (1912-1922) and was a member of the Distribution Committee which looked after the welfare and distribution of the the Belgian refugees who arrived in Ireland as a consequence of the First World War.

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Letters 1916, published by the Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities, Vienna, 2026 (https://letters1916static.github.io/letters1916-static/item__1148.html)