Letter from Henry Deschamps Chamier to Lady Clonbrock, 7 September 1916 Letters 1916-1923 Henry Deschamps Chamier

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This letter is from Henry Deschamps Chamier to Augusta Caroline Dillon (née Crofton). Lady Clonbrock (1840-1928) was a member of the Irish Women's Association, which was set up to provide aid and assistance to Irish regiments and to Irish members of the British army who were being held in prisoner of war camps. Chamier was a colonel serving in the First World War with the Connaught Rangers. Chamier writes about the case of two wounded soldiers, one who had an operation to save an eye and another who was assisted with ten shillings. She asks that the association's funds cover the costs and that a procedure be set up for similar cases.

 National Library of Ireland Clonbrock Estate Papers, Collection List No 54; Ms. 35,796 https://letters1916.ie/item/5856 English Henry Deschamps Chamier 1916-09-07 Renmore Barracks, County Galway, Ireland Augusta Dillon 1950 World War I (1914-1918) World War I (1914-1918)

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 ans? — that part hopes shd: send him £10 for "immediate distress"— Renmore Barracks Galway Sep 7th 1916 Dear Lady Clonbrock, An ex Conn: Ranger, who lost his eye at the front, had to be sent for treatment to Dublin; to save the other eye; I managed this at the cost of £2=6=0, through Dr, Kinkead's kind assistance at a cost of £2=6=0. A Leinster Regt. man named Gill was also assisted with ten shillings to cover period during which his pension was being reassessed; this man has lost a leg. I suggest that our War Fund should defray these expenses. If you authorize it, the Committee can confirm it. All men in similar circumstances come to me. Could not some less cumbersome method be adopted to relieve 1916 Sep. 7 — immediate distress? Yrs sincerely, H. D. Chamier. Henry Deschamps Chamier Letter from Henry Deschamps Chamier to Lady Clonbrock, 7 September 1916 Renmore Barracks, County Galway, Ireland Letter from Henry Deschamps Chamier to Lady Clonbrock, 7 September 1916