Wednesday, 16 February, 1916
Spent a lazy morning in bed & got Ethel
to send Tommy a wire wishing him
Bon Voyage & good luck.
Another terrible day sleet rain & wind.
Kept Andrew in bed as he has a cold &
cough which has tormented him all
this winter.
Aunt Maisie offered me the small
car but I did not feel inclined
to go out.
Violet rang up to say she was going
with the Mooneys to Peg o my Heart1
so she did not get home till 6.30
She says it was very well done
Peg being very pretty & young.
She reports the dance to have been
fairly good a lot of young old men
including Uncle Charlie who stayed
to the bitter end. A few young subaltern
but most colonels & majors.
The floor was good also the music.
Percy Lambkin was not asked which
seemed a pity considering how hard
it is to get young men for these things
now a days
Editorial Notes1Play written by J. Hartley Manners
(No Reference Available)
Ethel Mary Martin
Born in 1893, Ethel Mary was Mary Martin's daughter and served as a VAD during the First World War. 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. Andrew Clement Martin
Born 19 November 1907, Andrew Clement was Mary Martin's son. Margaret Martin
Mary Martin's sister-in-law and wife of Frank Martin. Violet Mary Martin
Born on 29 August 1896, Violet Mary was Mary Martin's daughter. She worked as a nurse during the First World War and later became a Dominican nun. ? Morgan Mooney
Two sisters called Morgan Mooney. Charles O. Martin
Born in 1871. Mary Martin's brother-in-law, known in the family as Uncle Charlie. He took Marie Martin, Mary's daughter, to the West Indies in 1911 after his wife died (in August 1911). Percy Lambkin
Son of Ernest Lambkin, close family friend of the Martins. | 
