Letter from Corporal W. Bowes to Lady Clonbrock, 18 October 1916

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Letter from Corporal W. Bowes to Lady Clonbrock, 18 October 1916

1 With Compliments Bureau de secours aux prisonniers de guerre SECTION ANGLAISE BERNE The Bureau has not
replied to Prisoner,
G Mh, Room 9. I am very pleased
to Acknowledge that I
received one Parcel of Bread
in very Good Order on
October 16th 1916 â€” I feel
very thankful to the Sender Yours Respectfully
29 SEPT 1916 Please always give your Regiment and
regimental No. and notify us at once any
change in your address. 2
October 18 th1916 8828 Cpl W Bowes Connaught Rangers, Gustrow In Mecklinburg, Germany Right side The Lady Clonbrock, Clonbrock, Ahascragh, Ireland. (Irlande)

Letter from prisoner of war, Corporal W. Bowes, Connaught Rangers, to Lady Clonbrock (1839-1928). Bowes thanks Lady Clonbrock for the bread she had sent him and assures her that he is in 'good order.'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__1430.html)