Beaumont College and the First World War
Next month alumni of Beaumont College will travel to the battlefield of Verdun to commemorate the Beaumont Old Boys who fought and died...
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Rebecca Somerset
Aug 15, 20163 min read
Jesuit Brothers
From a family of 10 children, five brothers became Jesuits at the turn of the last century. In order of age they were Louis (1877-1969),...
Will Mann
Jul 5, 20164 min read
First World War Army Chaplain's Letters
To commemorate 100 years since the start of the Battle of the Somme on the 1st July 1916, we remember a Jesuit Chaplain, Fr Denis Doyle...
Rebecca Somerset
Feb 29, 20162 min read
Two 1916 Chaplains
Last week marked the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the Battle of Verdun, which was fought from 21 February to 18 December 1916....
Rebecca Somerset
Jan 8, 20166 min read
Jesuits at Gallipoli
The Gallipoli Campaign, occurred in what was then the Ottoman Empire but is now Turkey, between 25 April 1915 and 9 January 1916. The...
Mary Allen
Dec 21, 20153 min read
Christmas with Fr Leslie Walker SJ
The personal papers of Fr Leslie Ignatius Walker contain some of the Archives’ most treasured items, particularly his sketch books. Among...
Rebecca Somerset
Oct 26, 20153 min read
First World War Artefact
We have discovered the following artefact in the archives. It is a crucifix with an enclosed note inside a wooden frame with a plaque....
Volunteer
May 10, 20153 min read
Transcribing 'The Chaplains’ Weekly'
On May 9th 1915 Fr William Feran composed the first edition of The Chaplains’ Weekly; a newsletter whose purpose he explained in the...
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