Letter from Father Willie Doyle S.J. to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 31 December 1915
I met your
brother Richard
over here a
few Days ago.
Witley Camp
31/12/'15. Dear Fr. Provinicial
P.C. Your letter
has only reached me
now as we have been
here since I wrote but
leave for Borden Camp,
Harts tomorrow. I have some recollection
of having a small
crucifix in one 2 of the drawers of
the room. I occupied
in Gardiner St. during
the retreat, perhaps it
is the one you want. I feel very well, thank
God, with the exception
of a cold, more over;
it is hard to escape as
we have had almost
constant rain since we
came here. No news
yet of our final
move. With every good wish for
the New Year
Yours obediently in Xth
Fr. Doyle, C. F..
Letter from Irish Jesuit Chaplain, Fr Willie Doyle SJ (1873-1917) to Father Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ (1867-1941) informing Nolan where he might find the crucifix he s searching for. Doyle writes that he is keeping well apart from a cold which is hard to avoid due to the constant rain. Fr Willie Doyle served as a military chaplain with the 8th Battalion of the Royal Irish Fusiliers, 16th Irish Division. In April 1916 he was recommended for the Military Cross (MC) for helping to dig wounded men out of a collapsed shelter under fire. He moved to the 8th Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers around Christmas, 1916. He was killed during the third battle of Ypres while going to the aid of a wounded man near Frezenberg and his body was never recovered. His name is commemorated on the Tyne Cot memorial, Zonnebeke, Belgium. Fr. Thomas V Nolan was the Provincial of the Irish Province of the Society of Jesus (1912-1922) and was a member of the Distribution Committee which looked after the welfare and distribution of the the Belgian refugees who arrived in Ireland as a consequence of the First World War. During the Easter Rising Nolan was based at St Francis Xavier’s, Upper Gardiner Street and, alongside Rector Fr John Fahy SJ, risked his life in aiding the wounded and supplying local areas with food and milk.
- Willie Doyle
- Thomas V. Nolan
- 1915-12-31
- Faith World War I (1914-1918)
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Letters 1916, published by the Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities, Vienna, 2026 (https://letters1916static.github.io/letters1916-static/item__3881.html)
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