Letter from Father Willie Doyle S.J. to Mai, 22 January 1916 Letters 1916-1923 Willie Doyle

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Letter from Irish Jesuit Chaplain, Fr Willie Doyle SJ (1873-1917) to Mai. After thanking Mai for her letters Doyle rites that their deployment has been postponed again. Doyle reassures Mai not to worry about his health as he has been quite well apart from the one cold. 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.

 Irish Jesuit Archives IE-IJA-J2-83-19 https://letters1916.ie/item/3885 English Willie Doyle 1916-01-22 Bordon Camp, Hampshire, England Mai Ireland Male 1917 World War I (1914-1918) Faith World War I (1914-1918)

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 You won't forgetTo send on myletter to theFather to S.V.L. J2/83 (79) BandonCamp 22/1/16. Dearest Mai, Your welcomeletter and box of badgeshave reached me safely;ever so many thanks forboth and also for yourtwo Xmas letters, whichI thought I had acknow-ledged before. You must be prayingvery hard to prevent my departure for theFront as there has beenanother delay, owing tosickness among the menso that we probablyshall not leave nowmuch before Feb: 15th In some ways I amnot sorry as there islittle doing in Francejust now and weare better off in manyrespects where we are,the only danger beingan awful death fromover feeding! I had a few days in London this week, business & pleasure combined, one result of which is that I was fortunate in getting Fr Bernard Vaughan to promise to come down & give the men a lecture. He will be here tomorrow evening and I am sure will give us a treat. You need not be uneasy about my health, which, thank God, is all that I have said regarding it. I am really ever so well and have been sosince I left home, with the exceptionof the one cold which was boundto come. At present I am culti-vating a hard, tough skin to keepout German bullets. Will you please thank Sr Monicafor her kind letter which I shallanswer later if I can. I enclose in thisletter 1 lb of the very best Blessing whichyou can share with Sr Philomena (I hopeyou won't fight over the sharing) and withevery loving wish and many a prayer foryour speedy conversion. As ever, dearest Mai,Your loving brotherWill. Bordon Camp, Hampshire, England Letter from Father Willie Doyle S.J. to Hugh Doyle, 15 January 1916Letter from Father Willie Doyle S.J. to Mai, 22 January 1916Letter from Father Willie Doyle S.J. to Hugh Doyle, 25 January 1916Letter from Father Willie Doyle S.J. to Hugh Doyle, 4 February 1916Letter from Father Willie Doyle S.J. to Hugh Doyle, 10 February 1916Letter from Father Willie Doyle S.J. to Mai, 11 February 1916 Ireland Letter from George A. 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