Letter from Private B. Ward, Connacht Rangers, to Lady Clonbrock, 3 October 1916
to you as I have not wrote a
letter to you for the past month.
Hoping you are in the best
of health as I am myself.
Very sorry I cannot let you
know about Flanagan as I don't 2 know the man at all, I have written
a postcard to you last month
and I have had no answer up
to the present. I have specially
asked you for a pair of light
boots and some underclothing
as I want them at the present
time. I am receiving your fortnightly
parcels regularly and in good
condition and very thankful
to you for your kindness. Dear
madam, I would be very thankful to you if you could see your
way of inquiring into the J.W. A.
Clothing as I have not received
them up to the present. I have
wrote to the J. W. A. concerning into
the clothes and I had an answer
from them stating the date of
the month they have sent them
but I have not received them
up to the present. Dear Madam,
I would be very thankful to
you if you would let me know 3 if the Hon. Lady Mahon is still
in the J. Women's Association
as I have wrote several post
cards to her and got no answer.
So please let me know if the
Lady is still there.
Now closing, hoping to hear
from you soon again. I remain your obedient servt. B Ward. Fine weather here. 4 Kriegsgefangenenlager
Limburg (Lahm)
This is may address: Prisoner of War Name: Pte B. Ward Conn. Rangers 6 Comp. II Batl. N o.6077 Camp of Prisoners of War Limburg (Lahm) Germany
The indications mentioned above must be reproduced
in the address. Right side
Kriegsgefangenensendung.
Adresse M. Lady Clonbrock Clonbrock, Ahascragh Ireland.
Letter from prisoner of war, Private B. Ward, Connaught Rangers, to Lady Clonbrock (1839-1928). Private Ward was then held in a German prisoner of war camp in Limburg, Germany. In the letter, he refers to previous unanswered correspondence, thanks Lady Clonbrock for her fortnightly aid packages and requests new boots and underclothes. 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.
- B. Ward
- Lady Clonbrock
- 1916-10-03
- World War I (1914-1918)
How to cite
Letters 1916, published by the Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities, Vienna, 2026 (https://letters1916static.github.io/letters1916-static/item__1396.html)
- Place
- Limburg, Germany
- Mentioned in
- Letter from B. Maguire to Lady Clonbrock, 15 October 1916
- Letter from B. Maguire to Lady Clonbrock, 27 August 1916
- Letter from B. Maguire to Lady Clonbrock, 23 July 1916
- Letter from Patrick Foran to Lady Clonbrock, 27 November 1915
- Letter from Aidan Nolan to Lady Clonbrock, 29 December 1915
- Letter from T West to Lady Clonbrock, 22 February 1916
- Letter from T West to Lady Clonbrock, 31 July 1916
- Letter from John Burns to Lady Clonbrock, 21 March 1916
- Letter from John Burns to Lady Clonbrock, 20 July 1916
- Letter from Pte B Ward to The Lady Clonbrock, April 1916
- Letter from Joseph Connolly to Lady Clonbrock, 29 May 1916
- Letter from Joseph Connolly to Lady Clonbrock, 30 July 1916
- Letter from Private B. Ward, Connacht Rangers, to Lady Clonbrock, 3 October 1916
- Letter from T West to Lady Clonbrock, 23 December 1915
- Letter from Robert Monteith to Roger Casement, 2 November 1915
- Letter from Robert Monteith to Roger Casement, 5 November 1915
- Letter from Robert Monteith to Roger Casement, 8 November 1915
- Letter from Robert Monteith to Roger Casement, 11 November 1915
- Letter from Robert Monteith to Roger Casement, 21 November 1915
- Letter from Robert Monteith to Roger Casement, 11 November 1915
- Place
- Ahascragh, Ballinasloe, County Galway
- Mentioned in
- Letter from T Furey to Lady Clonbrock, 17 February 1916
- Letter from Thomas Furey to Lady Clonbrock, 6 December 1915
- Postcard from Private M. Cahill to Lady Clonbrock, March 1916
- Letter from Private B. Ward, Connacht Rangers, to Lady Clonbrock, 3 October 1916
- Mentioned in
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- Letter from Corporal W. Bowes to Lady Clonbrock, 16 April 1916
- Letter from Corporal W. Bowes to Lady Clonbrock, 7 February 1916
- Letter from 'May' to 'Aunt Tweegle' (Lady Clonbrock), 17 July 1916
- Letter from Corporal W. Bowes to Lady Clonbrock, 11 February 1916
- Letter from B. Maguire to Lady Clonbrock, 15 October 1916
- Letter from B. Maguire to Lady Clonbrock, 27 August 1916
- Letter from E.G. Hamilton to Lady Clonbrock, 1 August 1916
- Letter from Lady Henrietta MacDonnell to Lady Clonbrock, 23 September 1916
- Postcard from C.D. Groom to Lady Clonbrock, 1 March 1916
- Letter from Lady Henrietta MacDonnell to Lady Clonbrock, 28 October 1916
- Letter from Pte B Ward to The Lady Clonbrock, April 1916
- Letter from Robert Edward Dillon to his mother Augusta Dillon (Lady Clonbrock), 17 July 1916
- Letter from John Burns to Lady Clonbrock, 21 Dec 1915
- Letter from Joseph Connolly to Lady Clonbrock, 29 May 1916
- Letter from John Burns to Lady Clonbrock, 2 July 1916.
- Letter from M. Dolan to Lady Clonbrock, 16 October 1916
- Letter from T Furey to Lady Clonbrock, 17 February 1916
- Letter from Joseph Connolly, 5 April 1916
- Letter from Thomas Furey to Lady Clonbrock, 6 December 1915
- Letter from Joseph Connolly to Lady Clonbrock, 7 March 1916
- Letter from Mabel C. Wright to Lady Clonbrock, 4 April 1916
- Letter from Joseph Connolly to Lady Clonbrock, 30 July 1916
- Postcard from Private Cahill to Lady Clonbrock, 19 March 1916
- Postcard from Private M. Cahill to Lady Clonbrock, March 1916
- Letter from Private B. Ward, Connacht Rangers, to Lady Clonbrock, 3 October 1916
- Letter from J. Eyre to Lady Clonbrock on collection of moss for surgical dressings, 20 April 1916
- Letter from J. Jackson to Lady Clonbrock, August 1916
- Letter from Corporal W. Bowes to Lady Clonbrock, 18 October 1916
- Letter from Bernard Ward to Lady Clonbrock, 19 November 1915
- Letter to Lady Clonbrock, 21 June 1916
- Postcard from Corporal W. Bowes to Lady Clonbrock, 29 July 1916
- Letter from Corporal W. Bowes to Lady Clonbrock, 13 August 1916
- Letter from 'Nelly' to 'Aunt Tweety' (Lady Clonbrock), 17 July 1916
- Letter from S. C. (Sophy) McLaughlin to Augusta (Lady Clonbrock), 22 July 1916
- Letter from Johnny Spencer to 'Cousin Tweety' (Lady Clonbrock), 17 July 1916
- Letter from M.C Wright to Lady Clonbrock, 18 April 1916
- Letter from Harriet (Harrie) Dillon to Tweetie (Lady Clonbrock), 17 July 1916
- Letter from James Francis Bernard (Earl of Bandon) to Lady Clonbrock, 23 July 1916
- Letter from Lilly to 'Tweety' (Lady Clonbrock), 17 July 1916
- Letter from Anne MacDonnell to Lady Clonbrock, 21 September 1916
- Letter from Anne MacDonald to Lady Clonbrock, 3 February 1916
- Letter from Private M. Foland to Lady Clonbrock, 1916.
- Letter from Lance Corporal P. Lynch to Lady Clonbrock, 25 September, 1916.
- Letter from Lady Mayo to Lady Clonbrock, 1 September, 1916
- Letter from Minsie Arkwight to Lady Clonbrock, 22 July 1916
- Letter from Lady Clonbrock to Mrs Budson, 19 April 1916