Postcard from Corporal W. Bowes to Lady Clonbrock, 29 July 1916

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Postcard from Corporal W. Bowes to Lady Clonbrock, 29 July 1916

1 Mon adresse pour la rÃ©ponse: Nom et prÃ©nom: Cpl. W.Bowes Prisonnier de guerre. RÃ©gt.: Conn. Rangers GÃ¼strow en M. (Allemagne) Baraque No.: 3828 My Dear Kind Lady I have just received your Post
Card â€” I was surry to know
that you do not receive my
Post Cards and letters as I
write to you Lady often
and I answer Every parcel
I get to the Irish Womens
Association. I do like the
contents of your sweet and costly
Parcel as there could not be much
much better sent here only the
Bread is turning Bad with the
Heat. I do not know any thing
of 7555 Hanger Yours Respectfully 2 Postkarte The Lady Clonbrock Ahascragh Ireland 10 Cadogan Gardens Chelsea London SW. Bowes Letter to follow
Cpl W Bowes
Con Ranger
Gustrow
in Mecklenburg
York

Postcard from a prisoner of war, Corporal W. Bowes, Connaught Rangers, to Lady Clonbrock (1839-1928). He writes that he is sorry to hear that Lady Clonbrock had not been receiving his postcards and thanks her for her regular parcels of food and other items.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__1496.html)