Letter from Joseph Connolly, 14th Company, Connaught Rangers, 5 January 1916 Letters 1916-1923 Joseph Connolly

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This letter, a simple expression of thanks for a gift of bread, was apparently sent to a J M Dane Esq., although it is part of the collection of Lady Clonbrock. The letter was written by Joseph Connolly, a prisoner of war at Berne, Switzerland. Joseph Connolly was a member of the Connaught Rangers 2nd Battalion. The Battalion was deployed heavily in France from the beginning of The Great War, particularly in the area around Ypres. For his service, Joseph Connolly would later be awarded the British War Medal and the Victory MedalAugusta Caroline Dillon (née Crofton, 1839-1928) was the wife of Luke Gerald Dillon (1834 - 1917), the 4th Baron of Clonbrock, Co. Galway and the daughter of Lord Crofton of Mote Park (Edward Henry Churchill Crofton, 3rd Baron), Co. Roscommon. Aged 75 at the outbreak of war, Lady Clonbrock, worked closely with the Irish Women's Association to send basic necessities to Irish POWs. Many of her care packages went to members of the Connaught Rangers imprisoned in Limburg near Cologne.

 National Library of Ireland Collection List No 54, Ms35796/14 https://letters1916.ie/item/5951 English Joseph Connolly 1916-01-05 Germany Berne, Switzerland Male World War I (1914-1918)

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 Bureau de secours aux prisonniers de la guerre SECTION ANGLAISE BERNE 5th January, 1916 Sir, I am to day in re-ceipt of bread forwardedby you on 30th Dec., 1915,for which I return thanks. Yours truly, 10760 Joseph Connolly Connaught Rangers 30 DEC. 1915Please always give your Regiment andRegimental No. 'Gepruft''Bureau de Secours aux Prisonniers de Guerre Section Anglaise Thunstrasse 50 BERNE(Suisse) '14 FEV. 1916' Robert Borel J M Dane Esq. No. 3237, Joseph Connolly 14th Company, Zivilgenfangenen Lager, Senne I Sennelager bie Paderborn Deutschland Joseph Connolly Postcard from Private Joseph Connolly to J. M. Dane Esq. [on behalf of Lady Clonbrock's aid organisation], 24 January 1916Letter from Joseph Connolly to Lady Clonbrock, 29 May 1916Letter from Joseph Connolly, 5 April 1916Letter from Joseph Connolly to Lady Clonbrock, 7 March 1916Letter from Joseph Connolly to Lady Clonbrock, 30 July 1916Letter from Joseph Connolly, 14th Company, Connaught Rangers, 5 January 1916 Berne, Switzerland Postcard from Private Joseph Connolly to J. M. Dane Esq. [on behalf of Lady Clonbrock's aid organisation], 24 January 1916Letter from Joseph Connolly to Lady Clonbrock, 30 July 1916Letter to Lady Clonbrock, 21 June 1916Letter from Joseph Connolly, 14th Company, Connaught Rangers, 5 January 1916 Germany Letter from Private M. Cahill to Lady Clonbrock, 17 April 1916Letter from Sir Roger Casement, 13 March 1916Letter from Corporal W. Bowes to Lady Clonbrock, 18 October 1916Letter from M.P. Kehoe to Sir Roger Casement, 8 November 1915Letter from Joseph Connolly, 14th Company, Connaught Rangers, 5 January 1916