{"id":3929,"date":"2014-11-11T13:14:52","date_gmt":"2014-11-11T13:14:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/xl1916apps.mucampus.ie\/?p=3929"},"modified":"2018-09-27T14:52:42","modified_gmt":"2018-09-27T14:52:42","slug":"remembering-armistice-day-11-november-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/remembering-armistice-day-11-november-2014","title":{"rendered":"Armistice Day | 11 November 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

On the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 1918, a ceasefire was declared on the Western Front which\u00a0marked the end of the First World War. Commemorations are held annually around Europe to remember those who fought and lost their lives in the line of duty.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Image courtesy of the Scott Family<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Letters of 1916 collection holds a diverse range of rarely seen sources relating to\u00a0World War One<\/a>. Our collection\u00a0contains over 200 letters written during the Great War\u00a0including letters from\u00a0Prisoners of War writing to request care packages from Lady Clonbrock<\/a>; letters from Marie Martin to her mother<\/a> while she served as a VAD on the Western Front; Christmas cards from sailor Lawrence Brown to his family<\/a> as well as official correspondence such as this letter the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Lord Wimborne<\/a>, which is awaiting transcription on the site.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Irish diaspora made an important contribution to the Great War.\u00a0This post<\/a>\u00a0about Alfred Crofton’s letter to his aunt, the aforementioned, Lady Augusta Clonbrock, details the story of an Irish emigrant in Canada and his reasons for enlisting in the Canadian Army.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Marie Martin (with red cross on her uniform) in Malta, January 1916. (MMM Image Archive)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In another\u00a0featured post<\/a>, Hannah Healy explores Marie Martin’s role as a VAD at the Battle of the Somme. \u00a0Marie Martin’s letters are an invaluable source brimming with information and exposing the realities of everyday life at the front for a young Irish nurse. They reveal the adventurous spirit that war service inspired and record the darker side of home sickness and depression that could accompany extended service overseas. Similarly, Marie\u2019s letters provide us with glimpses into the lives of the soldiers she cared for. GuardianWitness has also started to highlight the wartime contributions of women in\u00a0Women during WW1 – readers’ stories: ‘I can’t do the work if the men won’t listen to me’<\/a>. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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