Letter from Robert Monteith to 'Segt Major', 5 November 1915 Letters 1916-1923 Robert Monteith

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This letter is from Robert Monteith (1880-1956) to 'Segt, Major', possibly Michael Patrick Keogh, a prominent member of the Irish Brigade. Monteith was the commandant of the ultimately unsuccessful Irish Brigade, recruited by Sir Roger Casement (1864-1916) from Irish prisoners of war in German camps. Keogh asks the recipient to pass on an enclosed letter from Sergeant Michael O'Toole to allow Monteith's whereabouts to be know. The enclosed letter has not survived in the collection.

Military Archives of Ireland Bureau of Military History Contemporary Documents, Mrs Erskine Childers Collection; CD 6/2/5 https://letters1916.ie/item/5879 English Robert Monteith 1915-11-05 Limberg, Germany 'Segt Major' Male 1956 Politics Politics

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 Limburg 5.XI.15. Dear Sergt. Major, I understand you look through all letters from the camp — Kindly pass the accompanying letters from Sergt O'Toole as it is my wish that the news of my where- abouts should reach the person with whom he is communicating — R Monteith Comdt. I.B. Robert Monteith Letter from Robert Monteith to Mollie Monteith, 30 November 1915Letter from Robert Monteith to Mollie Monteith, 25 December 1915Letter from Sir Roger Casement to Robert Monteith, 11 January 1916Letter from Sir Roger Casement to Robert Monteith, 13 January 1916Postcard from Sir Roger Casement to Robert Monteith, 23 February 1916Letter from Robert Monteith to Mollie Monteith, 22 December 1915Letter from Robert Monteith to Roger Casement, 2 November 1915Letter from Robert Monteith to Roger Casement, 5 November 1915Letter from Robert Monteith to Roger Casement, 8 November 1915Letter from Robert Monteith to Roger Casement, 11 November 1915Letter from Robert Monteith to Roger Casement, 21 November 1915Telegram from Robert Monteith to Roger Casement, November 1915Letter from Robert Monteith to Roger Casement, 26 November 1915Letter from Robert Monteith to Roger Casement, 18 March 1916Letter from Robert Monteith to Roger Casement, 1 February 1916Letter from Robert Monteith to Roger Casement, 24 March 1916Letter from Robert Monteith to Roger Casement, 11 November 1915Letter from Robert Monteith to Roger Casement, 24 January 1916Letter from Robert Monteith to 'Segt Major', 5 November 1915 Limberg, Germany Letter from Robert Monteith to 'Segt Major', 5 November 1915