| Title: | McMahon Glynn, Patrick to Glynn, Ellen, 1916 |
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| ID | 4451 |
| Collection | Patrick McMahon Glynn: Letters to his family (1874-1927) [Gerald Glynn O'Collins] |
| File | glynn/103 |
| Year | 1916 |
| Sender | McMahon Glynn, Patrick |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | politician |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | London, England |
| Destination | Gort, Co. Galway, Ireland |
| Recipient | Glynn, Ellen |
| Recipient Gender | female |
| Relationship | son-mother |
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| Log | unknown |
| Word Count | 384 |
| Genre | travelling, meeting Lord Tennyson, upcoming visit |
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| Transcript | Commonwealth Offices, 72, Victoria Street. Westminster, London, S.W. August 4th 1916 My dear Mother I hope you will excuse my typing a letter to you, but Just at the moment I am pressed out of existence. Having had a very pressing request from Lord Tennyson to see him at the Isle of Wight, I find it impossible to do so unless I go tomorrow. This will enable me to take in the camp where the Australians are at Salisbury, which I must visit and go from there to the Isle of Wight, returning on Sunday to London, then I shall make for Ireland on Monday morning. Where to stay in Dublin I am not quite sure. Abbie says there is some Hotel, Pelliter's, I believe, where we shall probably find some anchorage. Then I shall do my best to take in all relations, who seem to be dispersed at all seaside places. Until today we have had practically no time, and my correspondence I have had to do after midnight, but however busy, the trip has been most informative. The sight of the Grand Fleet was well worth coming here to see, and especially the trip to the front in France, as I was right in the fighting lines. I missed some of the men I wanted to see. Not having been to Arras there was no chance of seeing Frank Glynn. The Australians had a fearful job where I was, near Armentieres. I saw several of the boys coming in wounded after their great push, but the bulk of the Australians were in action near Poziere. I know, having visited the wounded at London Hospitals on Sunday, that in many cases only a few out of hundreds were left. One Battalion in which was one of my clerks — practically a private secretary — seems to be completely wiped out, but the spirit of the boys is unbroken. Hoping to see you next week, Your affectionate son, P McM Glynn 10.30 a.m. I found it impossible to go to the Isle of Wight in the time. I am enquiring about trains to Holyhead. There seems to be no morning train on Sunday. If I can finish tomorrow I may get off at 8.45 p.m. I must be in Dublin to meet the others on Friday. |
