Context: Cant family collection,

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Main Creator:	Cant, Robert, engineer
Contributors:	Cant William Cant Reginald Cant family more
Format:	Manuscript
Language:	English
Subjects:	Cant family Cant family > Correspondence Cant, Robert, > engineer > Correspondence World War, 1939-1945 > Participation, Irish World War, 1939-1945 > Ireland World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Burma Ireland > History > Easter Rising, 1916 > Social aspects Ireland > History > Easter Rising, 1916 > Personal narratives
Notes:	A collection of diaries and correspondence relating to members of the Cant family. Robert, the eldest of the Cant family, addresses or mentions his five siblings in the course of his letters. They are Olive, Reginald, William, Stanley and George, who was just seven when Robert went to Rangoon. Robert's father, William, wrote his personal account of the 1916 Rising in Dublin. He walked into town on several days to see what was going on. Reginald Cant, Robert's younger brother, worked for C.I.E. during the period covered in his diaries. Physical description: 2 folders + 7 volumes. more

Bibliographic Details
In Collection:	Cant family collection, ca. 1916 - ca. 1950.
Description:	Robert Cant writes to his family, describing his trip from Birkenhead to Rangoon in Burma (now Myanmar) on board the Bibby Line ship 'S.S. Lancashire' in August and September 1925. He was aged 22 at the time and was travelling with a colleague, McAllister, to take up a position with Burma Railways. He writes mainly on the ship's stationery, in diary form, each packet being posted in the ports the ship called to enroute: Marseilles, Port Said and Colombo in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). When he arrives at his destination, Robert continues his letters on separate lined sheets of paper, telling about his posting to a place in the jungle 250 miles north of Rangoon, to survey the land for new lines. The last entry in this group of letters (which are carefully numbered by him) is dated 18th September and is written just before his journey north; he reminds his family how disappointed he was to find no letters from them when he arrived in Rangoon. Also a postcard written from Ceylon in early September, showing a Bibby Line cruise ship.
Main Creator:	Cant, Robert, engineer
Language:	English
Extent:	30 pages (folded once) + 7 separate sheets +1 postcard.
Format:	Manuscript
Call Number:	MS 49,854/1-2 (Manuscripts Reading Room)
Rights:	Reproduction rights owned by the National Library of Ireland.