Friday, 7 April, 1916
Got up after tea feeling better.
Letter from Thomas dated March 26th.
Still at Alexandria but expecting to be
moved shortly. Said he heard Corbet
Singleton was at Cairo & was sorry he
did not know when he was up there.
Capt Arnold 6th R.D.F. is with them
but has no later news of you.
He hoped to get out as far as Aboukir
He enclosed a photo of four of his pals
& himself which is not too bad.
Also an account of their doings on
St Patrick Day 1 same as appeared in
the Irish Times 2
Editorial Notes1St Patrick is the Patron Saint of Ireland. St Patrick's Day is celebrated each year on March 17th. There was usually a festive dinner held in all the Irish regiments in the British Army on this day.
2Irish newspaper of record, conservative and unionist in its political sympathies.
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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. Alexandria
An Egyptian port city on the Mediterranean coast and part of a British Mandate during this period. The port was a troop disembarkation centre for the Salonika front and a rest area for wounded soldiers. Corbet Singleton
Unidentified as yet. Cairo
Capital of Egypt and part of a British Mandate during this period. It was a popular rest and recuperation centre for British and Allied officers and soldiers. Captain Arnold
Unidentified as yet. 6th Royal Dublin Fusilliers
6th battalion of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers, an Irish regiment of the British Army and the battalion where Charles Martin, son of Mary Martin served and died. Abu Qir
A village on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt, northeast of Alexandria. | 
