Letter from Dom Stephen Rawlinson to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 23 September 1918 Letters 1916-1923 Dom Stephen Rawlinson

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Letter from Don Stephen Rawlinson (1865-1953) to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan (1867- 1922) regarding a letter from Fr. R. McGuinness which included details about the way of Fr. Fitzgibbon death and the place in which he was buried. Fr. Thomas Nolan became the Provincial of the Irish Province of the Society of Jesus from 1912 to 1922. Besides that, he was a Distribution Committee member responsible for the welfare and distribution of the Belgian refugees who had found refuge in Ireland on account of the World War I. Stephen Rawlinson served as head Catholic Chaplain for the British Forces in France from 1915. He was Mentioned in Despatches five times, and awarded the Portugese Order of Christ, CMG and OBE.

Irish Jesuit Archives IJA/CHPI/21/23, IJA/CHPI/21/23 https://letters1916.ie/item/1200 English Dom Stephen Rawlinson 1918-09-23 France Thomas V Nolan Dublin, Ireland Male World War I (1914-1918) Faith

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 General Headquarters, British Armies in France. 23rd September, 1918. =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*= Dear Fr. Provincial, Following my letter of the 20th, I have now received the following details of the death of Fr. FitzGibbon from Fr. R. McGuinness, one of the chaplains of his division :- 'I am writing to inform you that Fr. J.J. FitzGibbon, S.J., was killed yesterday evening, (R.I.P.) He had been at a Dressing Post up the line, and was summoned to bury one of our men at the A.D.S. Having completed the ceremony, he was going about amongst the wounded when a shell burst close at hand, and a piece struck him at the side of the head. One of our Catholic men tells me that he heard him praying, and that death occurred within a few minutes. I buried him today in the official cemetary near the main Dressing Station. I, myself, have only been with the Division four months, but I do know that Fr. FitzGibbon was highly respected throughout the Dvision by officers and men alike. He was absolutely full of zeal, and wonderfully capable as Senior Chaplain, (Non-C. of E.) of the Division, endearing himself to all the chaplains, Catholic and Non-Catholic, to whom the loss of Fr. 'Fitz.' is a terrible blow. I do not suppose we shall have any further details, but later on it will probably be possible to have a photograph of his grave. Believe me, Yours very sincerely, B.S. Rawlinson The Very Reverend T.V. Nolan, S.J., Provincial, St. F. Xaviers, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin. Dom Stephen Rawlinson Letter from Dom Stephen Rawlinson to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 20 September 1918Letter from Dom Stephen Rawlinson to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 23 September 1918 Dublin, Ireland Letter from Fr Francis M. Shaw to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, End of December 1917Letter from Fr Francis M. Shaw to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, End of February 1918Letter from Fr Francis M. Shaw to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 3 April 1918Letter from Fr Francis M. 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