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Ref NoRCSI/IP/Coleman
TitleLetter from Thomas Coleman to A Millar, Registrar, RCSI
DescriptionLetter from Thomas Coleman to A. Millar, Registrar, RCSI, asking for a letter to confirm Coleman's status as a medical student in RCSI. Coleman is writing from 30th Brigade, 10th Division, Salonica (Thessalonica), Greece and needs the letter as he is currently injured and wants to be 'putting in time at a manufactured job for the duration'. In his letter, Coleman mentions the 'trouble in Dublin' referring to the Easter 1916 Rising of that same year. He states that he joined the army at the Royal Barracks soon after (third year medicine).
LevelItem
Date10 August 1916
FormatCorrespondence
Access ConditionsBy appointment with RCSI Heritage Collections
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