Fr Doyle wrote about the following episode in a letter written on this day in 1917. The event happened at some point …
WWI
June 12, 2021
Today we continue with Fr Doyle’s narrative on the battle for Messines Ridge with the events that occurred on June 7 1917. …
June 7, 2021
Today we have a small excerpt from one of Fr Doyle’s letters which describes his preparations for the Battle of Messines. It …
June 6, 2021
I have not told them at home, and do not want them to know but we have had a terrible time for …
June 5, 2021
I had not the heart to wake up the poor nuns, and after all when one is fast asleep, is not a …
June 4, 2021
Fr Doyle wrote the following letter to his father on 29 May 1917 – 104 years ago today. In this letter …
May 29, 2021
One German prisoner, badly wounded in the leg, was brought in. He knew only a few words of English, but spoke French …
May 24, 2021
The enemy for once did me a good turn. I had arranged to hear the men’s Confessions, shortly before he opened fire …
May 22, 2021
You will be sorry to hear that I have lost the good nuns and my little Chapel. I call it ‘mine’ as it …
May 22, 2021
We continue today with an excerpt from the original letter detailing some of the work Fr Doyle had to undertake …
April 28, 2021