Letter from Fr John Fitzgibbon to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, circa 1918
hear I have been gassed. Well it
is true, but I think only slightly
although I was under it for
over four hours. The after effects
have been strange, as I am
being evacuated to the Base
for the present. I am not supposed to be getting
up for the present so I must
finish. Hoping you are well. Yours very sincerely in Xt J.Fitzgibbon SJ
Letter from Fr John Fitzgibbon (1882-1918) SJ to Father Provincial Thomas V Nolan (1867-1941) regarding Fitzgibbon's health. He describes the symptoms of gas poisoning. Fr John 'Jack' Fitzgibbon SJ was ordained a priest on 31st July 1915. His father, John Fitzgibbon, was a successful draper and Member of Parliament from 1910-1918. Fr Fitzgibbon served in the 6th Division of the British Army, having enlisted shortly after the death of his brother at Gallipoli. He was promoted to senior chaplain in 1917, and in the same year he was gassed at Loos on 5th September and awarded the military cross. Fr Fitzgibbon was killed in action by a shell on the 18th September 1918, and is buried at Trefcon, St. Quentin, Picardie. Father 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__1191.html)
- Place
- Dublin, Ireland
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- Letter from Fr John Fitzgibbon to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 14 March 1916
- Letter from Fr John Fitzgibbon to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 23 September 1916
- Letter from Fr John Fitzgibbon to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 27 November 1916
- Letter from Fr John Fitzgibbon to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 12 June 1917
- Letter from Fr John Fitzgibbon to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, circa April 1918
- Letter from Fr John Fitzgibbon to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, circa 1918
- Letter from John Fitzgibbon to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, circa 1918
- Letter from Fr John Fitzgibbon to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, January 1918
- Letter from Fr John Fitzgibbon to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, circa 1918
- Letter from Fr John Fitzgibbon to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, circa 1918
- Letter from Fr John Fitzgibbon to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, circa 1918
- Letter from Dom Stephen Rawlinson to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 20 September 1918
- Letter from Dom Stephen Rawlinson to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 23 September 1918
- Letter from Fr William Keary to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 12 October 1918
- Letter from Fr William Keary to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 6 October 1918
- Letter from Patrick F. Quinlan to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 4 October 1918
- Letter from Patrick F. Quinlan to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 14 October 1918
- Letter from Patrick F. Quinlan to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 12 October 1918
- Cablegram from John Dillon to John P McGoorty, 20 May 1916
- Letter from Francis M. Shaw to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 10 May 1919
- Letter from Francis M. Shaw to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 15 May 1919
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- Letter from John Fitzgibbon to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, circa 1916
- Letter from John Fitzgibbon to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 8 December 1917
- Letter from Fitzgibbon to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 27 December 1917
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- Letter from Fr John Fitzgibbon to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, circa 1916
- Letter from Fr John Fitzgibbon to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, circa 1916
- Letter from Fr John Fitzgibbon to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 23 September 1916
- Letter from Fr John Fitzgibbon to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 27 November 1916
- Letter from Fr John Fitzgibbon to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 12 June 1917
- Letter from Fr John Fitzgibbon to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, circa April 1918
- Letter from Fr John Fitzgibbon to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, circa 1918
- Letter from John Fitzgibbon to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, circa 1918
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