Fr Willie Doyle , WW1 Chaplin .

[Twobob]

Whose 100th anniversary occurred 16th August .

[Twobob]

Whose 100th anniversary occurred 16th August .

Had to leg it today ......anyways , a 1st cousin of my mother had Fr Doyle's bloodstained maniple , which she and my mother handed over to the Jesuit Order in 95 .

Never knew the in's and out's of how she obtained it , but apparently her father passed it onto her , he was allowed to keep it by his Commanding Officer , as her father was at the scene of Fr Doyle's death .

[cosmo]

Had to leg it today ......anyways , a 1st cousin of my mother had Fr Doyle's bloodstained maniple , which she and my mother handed over to the Jesuit Order in 95 .

Never knew the in's and out's of how she obtained it , but apparently her father passed it onto her , he was allowed to keep it by his Commanding Officer , as her father was at the scene of Fr Doyle's death .

kia 17 aug, was awarded military cross at ginchy, and was recommended for Victoria cross on day of his death.