Letter from Thomas Furey to Lady Clonbrock, 6 December 1915

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Letter from Thomas Furey to Lady Clonbrock, 6 December 1915

1 Kriegsgefangenenlager. Limburg. December 6th 1915 Your Ladyship, It gives me the greatest of pleasure in acknowledging
your very nice card also underclothing which I can
assure you was much appreciated by me. I receive
all parcels sent by you through Irish Womens Asso.
I would be ever so thankful if you could send me
a pair of Boots size 9. which is a great necessity
with me. Trusting I am not imposing to much on your
generosity. & thanking you in anticipation. Yours Respectfully Thomas Furey 2 Gefangenenlager
Limburg (Lahn)
This is my address: Kriegsgefangenâ€”Sendung Connaught Rangers Mr. Pte Thomas Furey II. Bat. 6 Comp. No. 806 Limburg (Lahn) Germany
(Answer on Post-card or by open letter, please) Right side
Feldpostbrief.
Kriegsgefangenen-Sendung.
Address: Lady Clonbrock Clonbrock Ahascragh Co. Galway Ireland.

The letter was written by Private Thomas Furey, a member of the Connaught Rangers, British army, to Lady Clonbrock (1839-1928), while Furey was in a German prisoner of war camp. In the letter, Furey thanks Lady Clonbrock for a previous parcel and requests a pair of size 9 boots.Augusta Caroline Dillon (née Crofton) was the wife of Luke Gerald Dillon (1834-1917), the 4th Baron of Clonbrock, Co. Galway and the daughter of Lord Crofton of Mote Park (Edward Henry Churchill Crofton, 3rd Baron), Co. Roscommon. Aged 75 at the outbreak of war, Lady Clonbrock, worked closely with the Irish Women's Association to send basic necessities to Irish POWs. Many of her care packages went to members of the Connaught Rangers imprisoned in Limburg near Cologne.

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Letters 1916, published by the Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities, Vienna, 2026 (https://letters1916static.github.io/letters1916-static/item__1312.html)