Letter (transcript) from Lord Cavan to John Redmond, 8 February 1916. Letters 1916-1923 Frederick Rudolph Lambart

This work was originally published by Maynooth University in Ireland in 2017. In 2026 this data, stored in a relational database was extracted and converted into this TEI/XML document.

 Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities Vienna, AT 2026

This is an open access work licensed under Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC 4.0).

Frederick Rudolf Lambart (1865-1946), 10th Earl of Cavan, was head of the XIV Corps of the British army which he commanded at the Western Front during the Great War, or World War I. John Redmond MP (1856-1918), was an Irish nationalist politician and leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party between 1900 and 1918. The writer is happy to announce that the Guards Division is now part of his command. He has read about a recent meeting in Galway and he is very hopeful. He feels the demand for reinforcements is growing and says it would be a good step forward if they could reinforce while Germany cannot do so. Redmond was a key figure in the recruitment of Irish nationalists to the British army during the war. This is a typed version of Lord Cavan's handwritten, which also survives. In addition, there is a note dated 25 January 1916. Lord Cavan thanks Redmond for his kind words. The 36th (Ulster) Division, recruited largely from Ulster Unionists, has joined him and the men are 'full of zeal'. He regrets the exclusion of the south and south west from 'its share in the common burden' and says the men would enjoy the fighting if they tried it.

 National Library of Ireland Erskine Childers Papers, Collection List No 161; Ms. 15,175 https://letters1916.ie/item/5826 English Frederick Rudolph Lambart 1916-02-08 Headquarters, XIV Corps John Redmond Male 1946 World War I (1914-1918) World War I (1914-1918)

The data in these XML files was generated based on a data dump from the Magellan database (https://github.com/Maynooth-Center-for-Digital-Humanities/Magellan). Each database record has been converted to a JSON file (https://github.com/letters1916static/letters-data/tree/main/json). The element section of the JSON file contains the TEI-encoded contents of the letters. The TEI XML has been cleaned and made well-formed using a Python script (https://github.com/letters1916static/letters-data/tree/main/src).

 Lord CAVAN to R Feb 8 '16 HQ 14th Corps BEF The Guards will be a part of my Corps directly I need not say how delighted I am ..... I am sure the demand for reinforcements is bound to be very great by the autumn and if we CAN reinforce when Germany CAN'T we shall have made a big step forward v truly yrs Cavan Jan 25 '16 Dear Mr Redmond Thank you for your little book and the kind things said about the Guards and myself I now command the 14th Corps and this includes the Ulster divn. Tey have not been tried yet in action but they are full zeal and energy and thei discipline seems good It is unutterably sad to me that it shd have bn necessary to exclude Ireland from its share of our common burden and I feel sure that although we probably differ very considerably as to methods by which we wd bring about Unity we cannot be wrong to aim at it Nobody really wd ENJOY this fighting more than the men of the South and South-West if they wd but try it Yrs v truly Cavan 47, HALSEY STREET CADOGAN GARDENS S. W. 3 Frederick Rudolph Lambart Letter from Frederick Rudolph Lambart, Lord Cavan, to John Redmond, 8 February 1916.Letter (transcript) from Lord Cavan to John Redmond, 8 February 1916. John Redmond Letter from Stanley Owen Buckmaster to John Redmond, 15 February 1916Copy of letter from John Redmond to John Gulland, 14 December 1915Letter from David Lloyd George to John Redmond, 29 September 1916Letter from Mabel FitzGerald to John Redmond, 27 May 1916.Letter from John Redmond to Mabel FitzGerald, 29 May 1916.Letter from Lord Buckmaster to John Redmond, 15 February 1916.Letter from Frederick Rudolph Lambart, Lord Cavan, to John Redmond, 8 February 1916.Letter from John Dillon to John Redmond, 19 June 1916Letter from John Dillon to John Redmond, 29 June 1916Letter from John Dillon to John Redmond, 29 June 1916Letter from John Dillon to John Redmond, 30 June 1916Letter from John Dillon to John Redmond, 30 June 1916Letter from John Dillon to John Redmond, 2 July 1916Letter from Edward, Prince of Wales to John Redmond, 31 January 1916Letter from John French to John Redmond, 15 April 1916Letter from Edmond Joseph Frewen to John Redmond, 25 March 1916Letter from Major-General Lovick Bransby Friend to John Redmond, 11 March 1916Letter from Stanley Owen Buckmaster to John Redmond, 15 February 1916Letter from John Redmond to Major-General L.B. Friend, 9 March 1916Letter from the Most Rev. Bernard Hackett to John Redmond, 4 October 1916Letter from Thomas Gill to John Redmond, 11 April 1916Letter from Thomas Gill to John Redmond, 12 April 1916Letter from Stephen Gwynn to John Redmond, 13 May 1916Letter from Sir Francis Hopwood to John Redmond, 2 May 1916Letter from John Redmond to Sir Francis Hopwood, 4 May 1916Letter from Colonel Sir William Hutchinson Poë to John Redmond, 22 June 1916Letter from Denis Johnston to John Redmond, 12 January 1916 Letter from Denis Johnston to John Redmond, 19 February 1916 Letter from Denis Johnston to John Redmond 2 March 1916 Letter from Denis Johnston to John Redmond, 15 June 1916Letter from Denis Johnston to John Redmond, 4 September 1916 Letter from T.J. Hanna to John Redmond, 20 June 1916Letter from John Redmond to Major General Lovick Bransby Friend, 9 March 1916Letter from Colonel Clive Wigram to John Redmond, 3 April 1916Letter from David Lloyd George to John Redmond, 21 June 1916Letter from David Lloyd George to John Redmond, 6 October 1916Letter from Lady Granard to John Redmond, 20 January 1916Letter from Lord Granard to John Redmond, 3 February 1916Letter (draft) from Lord Buckmaster to John Redmond, 15 February 1916.Letter (transcript) from Lord Cavan to John Redmond, 8 February 1916. Headquarters, XIV Corps Letter (transcript) from Lord Cavan to John Redmond, 8 February 1916.