Letter from Mrs. Arthur Goff to Lady Clonbrock, 12 August, 1916.

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Letter from Mrs. Arthur Goff to Lady Clonbrock, 12 August, 1916.

1 Hon. Sec.,
MRS ARTHUR GOFF,
Belfort House, Dundrum,
Co.Dublin. Aug 12 th19 Dundrum,
Co. Dublin. Dear Lady Clonbrock I have been intending to write to you for some
time past re the enclosed post-cards but have
been so pressed with work. Mrs Andrews hearing that I had undertaken
the oul fun in Bulgaria came & asked me
to send parcels to her husband also. So I have
been doing so since the middle of June. She Subscribes herself 2/- a week. I dont know what arrangements you have
about the Connaught-Rangers in Bulgaria
but if you will allow me I will be glad to keep
on this man especially as his wife wishes it. Sincerely yours Elli Marie Goff 4922 P. G. Andrews
P.A.W. 5th C. R
Zalar Bagardyk 2 Wrote to I.W.A. to ask if
Pte. G. Andrews
5thC.R. Bulgaria
may be
S Mrs. Goff
not once

This is a letter from Mrs. Arthur Goff, honorary secretary of the Dundrum Prisoners of War Organisation, to Augustine Caroline Dillon (née Crofton), Lady Clonbrock (1839-1928). Mrs. Goff had a similar role to Lady Clonbrock in the Irish Women's Association, formed in London in the Spring of 1915 for the purpose of providing food and comforts for prisoners of war belonging to Irish Regiments. Mrs. Goff supplies parcels to Royal Dublin Fusiliers POWs in Bulgaria. Here she is writing about a Connaught Ranger she has been looking after at the request of his wife. Mrs. Goff is asking Lady Clonbrock if she may continue supplying this prisoner. A note on the back of the letter, apparently written by Lady Clonbrock, indicates that she has written to the IWA to clear the request.

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Letters 1916, published by the Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities, Vienna, 2026 (https://letters1916static.github.io/letters1916-static/item__1534.html)