Today we continue with Fr Doyle’s narrative on the battle for Messines Ridge with the events that occurred on June 7 1917. …
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June 7, 2013
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, 2013
I have not told them at home, and do not want them to know but we have had a terrible time for …
June 5, 2013
I had not the heart to wake up the poor nuns, and after all when one is fast asleep, is not a …
June 4, 2013
A certain Roman Catholic chaplain…lies in a soldier’s grave in that sinister plain beyond Ypres. He went forward and back over the …
May 27, 2013
Dear Sir — One is often struck, on glancing over the papers, at the numerous appeals made to provide ‘comforts for our …
May 26, 2013
Fr Doyle wrote these words in late May 1917, and they recount some of the events he experienced in the war around …
May 25, 2013
One German prisoner, badly wounded in the leg, was brought in. He knew only a few words of English, but spoke French …
May 24, 2013
The following quote from one of Fr Doyle’s letters recounts some of his war time adventures on 23 May 1917. What shines …
May 23, 2013
My way is sure. I think I can say now without a shade of doubt or hesitation that the path by …
May 8, 2013