Wednesday, 8 March, 1916
A very cold Ash Wednesday1 went to
10 oc Mass & received our ashes.
Another letter from Marie she says she
has got a new lot of patients all from
the 10th Div: She seems to be
very pleased but she is very disappointed
that Tommy had not turned up.
If a report I heard this afternoon
is true, it is no wonder as they say
the 10th Division is now in France.
Tommy will have had a record trip.
I do not like the idea of his being in
France as well as Salonika I think
things will be quiet there for a while
anyhow.
Saw letter from Dicko he is in hospital
at Salonika run by Canadians & he likes
it very much he is having his teeth
seen to but if he is left behind I do
not fancy he will be too well pleased.
I spent a long time preparing oranges
for Marmalade so I am rather tired.
Goodnight I wish we had wireless
Editorial Notes1Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent, the period that leads to the foremost celebration of the Christian calender, Easter. It draws its name from the practice of placing ashes on the foreheads of adherents as a sign of repentance.
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Marie Helena Martin
Born 25 April 1892 and died 27 January 1975. Marie Helena was Mary Martin's daughter and worked in Malta and France as a VAD nurse during the First World War. In 1937 she founded the religious order Medical Missionaries of Mary. 10th Irish Division
The 10th (Irish) Division included battalions from every class, creed and political opinion of Irish society. The first division almost entirely composed of Irish battalions, it was led by Irish General Bryan Mahon and fought at Gallipoli, Salonika, Palestine and on the Western Front. Thomas Patrick Martin
Born on St. Patrick’s Day, 17 March 1891 and died in 1954, Thomas Shannon Patrick was Mary Martin's son and was known in the family as Tommy. He served in the 5th Battalion of the Connaught Rangers, a famous Irish regiment of the British Army but survived the war. France
Mary Martin's son, Tommy fought and was wounded on French battlefields. Her daughter Marie nursed in France during the Battle of the Somme. Salonika
Large city in Greece and disembarkation point for the ill-fated Allied attempt to aid Serbia against Germany and her ally Bulgaria. This was the nearest Allied city to where Charles Martin died. Richard Martin
Known in the Martin family as Dicko, Richard Martin was the son of Uncle Dick and Aunt Agnes. | 
