A German gas attack seen from the air Today’s account gives us some small insight into the horrors of the war, especially …
WWI
August 7, 2010
World War 1 aid station The events of August 6 1917 in Fr Doyle’s own words. In particular today we note Fr …
August 6, 2010
The blog Idle Speculations has some details about military chaplains in World War 1, including some details about Fr Doyle, as well …
August 5, 2010
A flooded shell hole We once again resume Fr Doyle’s narrative of the events at the Battle of Passchendaele. This is his …
August 5, 2010
Photo of an Irish soldier taken by Fr Browne We have no more reports from Fr Doyle until August 5th, and we …
August 2, 2010
1st August Feast of St Alphonsus Liguori, Doctor of the Church We continue today with Fr Doyle’s narrative of events in the …
August 1, 2010
July 31st The feast of St Ignatius Loyola, Founder of the Jesuits. We continue Fr Doyle’s account of July 31, 1917 directly …
July 31, 2010
"When one has put in a long day of hard work…the prospect of a stiff march is not too pleasant". From the …
July 29, 2010
On August 12 1917 Fr Doyle sent his last letter home to his father. It was a long account of his …
July 28, 2010
From a letter from Fr Doyle to his father, 25 July 1917: We shall have desperate fighting soon but I have not …
July 23, 2010