Letter from Gerry Taylor, 3 October 1918 Letters 1916-1923 Gerry Taylor

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Letter from Gerry Taylor regarding the announcement of the death of Fr. Fitzgibbon (1882-1918) .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.

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 PI/170. (C.3.A.L.) CERTIFICATE OF DEATH. Certified that, according to the records of this Office, the Revered JOHN FITZGIBBON, M.C., Temporary to the Forces, 3rd Class, was killed in action in the 16th Field Ambulance, either in France or in Belgium, on the 18th day of September, 1918. Gerry Taylor for the secretary, War Office. Dated at the War Office, London, this 3rd day of October, 1918. Gerry Taylor Letter from Gerry Taylor, 3 October 1918 War Office, St. Martin's Place, London, England Letter from Gerry Taylor, 3 October 1918