Friday, 14th January, 1916
R.D.F. Fête opened at Rotund [sic: Rotunda]
Aunt Kathleen is presiding at the
“Comfort Stall” Ethel & Beatrice
helping to—day I went there for
a few moments & bought something
which I hope to send you later on
when I know where you are.
Lady Holmpatrick made the
opening speech. There were half
hour concerts but I did not wait
Ethel was introduced to Lt. Moore
of your regiment. He had to leave
Gallipoli as his heart went wrong
& is not allowed to play golf or
do anything that way so is having
a dull time.
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Royal Dublin Fusiliers
The Royal Dublin Fusiliers, an Irish infantry regiment in the British Army which fought at Gallipoli, Salonika and on the Western Front. Parts of the regiment also helped suppress the Easter Rising in Dublin. Mary Martin's son, Charles was an officer in the 6th Battalion of the regiment. Rotunda
The Rotunda Hospital on Parnell Street in central Dublin, a maternity hospital then and now. Kathleen M. Martin
Mary Martin's aunt by marriage (sister of her mother-in-law Mary Cogan). Ethel Mary Martin
Born in 1893, Ethel Mary was Mary Martin's daughter and served as a VAD during the First World War. Beatrice Margaret Mary Martin
Born 25 April 1898, Beatrice Margaret Mary, also known as Bee by her family was Mary Mary Martin's daughter. She shared a birthday with her sister Marie. Victoria Alexandrina Wellesley Holmpatrick
(1877-1933)Lady Victoria Holmpatrick was the wife of Ion Trant Hamilton, an Anglo-Irish Member of the British Parliament and a leading hostess in Dublin society of the time. Lieutenant Moore
Unidentified as yet. Gallipoli
Peninsula in Turkey, on the Dardanelles straits. It was the site of one of the deadliest campaigns of the First World War between April 1915 and January 1916. Australians, New Zealanders, Irish and English troops fought Turkish forces with many dying from heat and disease. Charles Martin was wounded there fighting as part of the 10th (Irish) Division. |