Saturday, 18 March, 1916
Letter from Tommy today telling
us of his voyage which he enjoyed
very much, except for the fright
the submarine gave them. They
fired on it & evidently gave it a
worse fright for it dived & disappeared.
He writes form the second ship he
has been in but I do not know
where he transhipped. When
writing he was outside Alexandria
& expected to land there.
Had a letter also from Marie but
not in such good spirits as usual
she had not had mail for some —
time.
Paid a visit to Clyde Road — saw
Granny & Auntie. Uncle Charlie
in bed with a bilious attack
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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. 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. Clyde Rd, Dublin
Home of Mary Martin's mother-in-law, aunt and niece in Ballsbridge, wealthy suburb of Dublin. Mary Martin née Cogan
Mary Martin's mother-in-law. Kathleen M. Martin
Mary Martin's aunt by marriage (sister of her mother-in-law Mary Cogan). 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). |