Thursday, 03 February, 1916
Letter from Marie dated Jan 24th
She reports herself very well & getting
quite fat but expects the hot weather
will remedy this. She says they have
made very stringent rules for the nurses
They cannot be seen walking with an
officer N.C.O1 or patient — etc etc.
She says it will not make much
difference to her as she has never been
seen with one.
This is a most disagreeable day
pouring rain & blowing from S.E.
I have not been out at all except to
meeting of Penny Dinners. I met
Mrs Moran there also Mrs B. White
The latter says Arthur is home on leave.
About 3 o'c we got a wire from Tommy
""Ordered to proceed South again
shortly Mulligan & I come up
to—morrow on leave meanwhile"".
Uncle Tom thinks this may mean
that he is going to Queenstown with
the regiment as General Friend
told him at the Hibernian School
that they were to go there soon.
Editorial Notes1A non-commissioned officer in the British army, Sergeant-Major, Sergeant or Corporal.
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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. Penny Dinners
The Penny Dinner Society was founded in 1884 to provide the destitute, aged and infirm poor with wholesome simple dinners for the cost of a penny. Alicia Moran
Sister-in-law of Norbert Moran, and mother of Mona and Stanley. The Morans were close friends of the Martins. B. Mrs White
Unidentified as yet.
Unidentified as yet. 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. ? Mulligan
Unidentified as yet. Thomas Levins Moore
Born ca. 1871, Thomas Levins was Mary Martin's brother and was known in the family as Uncle Tom. Married Florrie Smithwick, part of the Kilkenny brewing dynasty on 5 June 1906. Thomas and Florence lived at Ashton House, the Moore family home. Queenstown
Naval port in south-west Ireland in County Cork, now known as Cobh. L.B. Friend
Major-General L.B. Friend was Commander-in-Chief of British Forces in Ireland. He had left the country on Easter Saturday and was in England when the Easter Rising broke out. He was replaced almost immediately by Lieutenant General Sir John Maxwell. Hibernian School
The Royal Hibernian Military School was located in the Phoenix Park in Dublin to educate orphans of British soldiers in Ireland. | 
