Letter from Fr Francis M. Shaw to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, August 1918 Letters 1916-1923 Francis Shaw

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Letter from Francis M. Shaw (1881-1924) to the Father Provincial Thomas V Nolan (1867-1941) regarding some letters that were lost.Francis, or Frank, Shaw SJ was born in Ennis, county Clare. He was ordained on 31 July 1916 at Milltown Park, Dublin. Fr Shaw joined the war early in 1916, working in the 16th General Field Hospital at Le Tréporte. In 1917, possibly due to his nationalistic views, Fr Shaw was dispatched to India, and later to Mesopotamia.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 Belgian refugees who arrived in Ireland as a consequence of the First World War.

 Irish Jesuit Archives IJA/CHPI/54/30, IJA/CHPI/54/30 https://letters1916.ie/item/1171 English Francis Shaw 1918-08 Mesopotamia Fr Thomas V Nolan Dublin, Ireland Male World War I (1914-1918) Faith

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 2nd week ofAugust. Dear Reverend Father Provincial, P.C. I don't know if your Reverence has received any letters I wrote from foreign parts. I learnt on my return from one ofour journeys that the mails that left Bombay for England on 7 July last were lost. Now the cheque I sent you is dated in my cheque-book 26.6.'17 and it may very likely be, as the soldier says, 'na poohed'. I mentioned the fact that I had sent the cheque in a second letter which may have got through. If you let me know how matters stand I shall be obliged. We have already done two trips with our ship. The 'beat' is by no means an ideal one in monsoon weather. For three days going you have a monsoon sea, and then for two or three days a roasting Gulf, which,mutatio mutandis, is repeated on the homeward journey. At present heat stroke is very bad in Mesopotamia, and most of our patients are knocked out by it alone. The end of this month should see an improvement. Fr O'Mahony's boat is still here, but I think we shall miss one another this time as as my boat only stays a week. We get scraps of Irish news in the Indian papers. I believe the Convention is expected to do something one of these days. Have any of the newly-ordained or the prospective 'Tullabeggars' donned the khaki ? I forget if I mentioned a meeting I had in Durban with a Mr Power. He was a Jesuit once and got as far as Philosophy or Theology. He knew you very well. He is employed in a book-stores in Durban. I met him at the Cathedral. I believe he writes very well in defence ofthe Faith. I recommend myself toYour Reverence's Masses & prayers. Francis M.Shaw S.J. Francis Shaw Letter from Fr Francis M. Shaw to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, circa March 1916Letter from Fr Francis M. Shaw to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 11 May 1916Letter from Fr Francis M. Shaw to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 24 May 1916Letter from Fr Francis M. Shaw to Fr Provincial Thomas V. 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