Tom Kettle collection,

1914-1938.
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Bibliographic Details
Main Creator: Kettle, Tom, 1880-1916
Contributors: Hammond, Douglas T.
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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
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Notes:As well as Tom Kettle other correspondents are Tom Kettle's brother Laurence; his wife Mary; the journalist and politician T.P. O'Connor; the writer Gerard Griffin and Major-General L.B. Friend Commander-in-Chief Ireland at the time of the Easter Rising.

Letters from Tom Kettle to General Hammond, and some associated correspondence. The letters are addressed to Colonel Hammond (later General Hammond), except for one which is addressed to General Parsons.

When the war broke out Kettle was in Belgium buying arms for the Irish Volunteers and witnessed the German invasion. At the beginning of the war Kettle was given the rank of lieutenant and had responsibility for recruitment in Ireland and England. At that time his health precluded a more active role, steps were taken to have him invalided out of the army, but he eventually achieved his aim of going to the front and was appointed to the Somme campaign with the 9th Battalion of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers. He was killed in action on 9th September 1916. Kettle had problems with lack of fitness and with alcoholism, which is referred to in the letters, indirectly by him and directly by his brother Laurence. General Parsons was General Officer Commanding 16th (Irish) Division at the start of the war in 1914.

Physical description: 24 items.

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Tom Kettle collection,

1914-1938.
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Bibliographic Details
In Collection: Tom Kettle collection, 1914-1938
Main Creator: Kettle, Tom, 1880-1916
Language:English
Extent:24 items.
Format:Manuscript
Call Number: MS 50,030 (Manuscripts Reading Room)
Rights:Reproduction rights owned by the National Library of Ireland.