Letter and article relating to Frank Brendan O'Carroll | Royal Dublin Fusiliers
1 letter
Article, Dublin Historical Record, 2 March
Frank Brendan O'Carroll was the son of Professor Joseph O'Carroll, a Dublin physician, Governor of the Richmond Hospital and the only consultant physician to the British forces in Ireland. Joseph was offered a knighthood which he refused. CBE sent back after Croke Park and the burning of Cork.
Frank joined the Royal Dublin Fusiliers and was a 2nd lieutenant. He landed in Gallipoli on 6 August, 1915 and was killed on 10 August. There is no known grave. He is commended on a monument in Silva Bay.
I have provided a reply to a letter of condolence from a Mr. Kirpatrick. Also provided is an article published in Dublin Historical Record, 2 March
Letter of thanks to a Mr Kirkpatrick for letter of sympathy on the death of Frank O'Carroll
Letter
CONTRIBUTOR
Henry Fairbrother
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LANGUAGE
eng
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2
INSTITUTION
Europeana 1914-1918
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