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A.S.C.Offices, Bere Island 29:1:16 Dear Colonel Bellew, I am enclosing a
letter which
my brother has passed on to me. I would be so
much obliged if you could find a place in you
Bn: for Atwell. I met his father a few times —
a fine old man and a thorough gentleman but I
am not personally acquainted with the son. My
brother tells me that the father writes him that his
boy is 6 feet in his socks. Trusting you will consider this favourably I am
Sir
Very Truly Yours James R.Fair
Letter from James R. Fair, A.S.B. Offices, Bere Island, to Sir Henry Grattan Bellew
(1860-1942), requesting that Sir Henry find a place in his Battalion, the 4th Connaught
Rangers, for Robert Atwell. Fair is not acquainted with the son, but knows the boy's
father. Sir Henry Christopher Grattan Bellew was the third baronet of Mount Bellew
in County Galway. He held the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, 4th Battalion Connaught
Rangers. His son, sir Charles Christopher (1887-1948) held the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel,
King's Royal Rifle Corps. He was decorated with the award of the Military Cross (M.C.)
in 1918.