Irish Catholic Chaplains in W.W.I.

[forester]

Hello Xandra,

If we could find his service record surviving at Kew, it would be in there, but I've drawn a blank with the catalogue so far. Many officers records were destroyed.
He may possibly have been court martialled, but  it's a subject I no absolutely nothing about. Once again any records are at Kew.

Is this Fr Henry?

Pray For The Soul Of Very Rev. Michael LOUIS HENRY D.D. D. Ph Parish
Priest Of Straide Who Died 30 Dec. 1947 R.I.P. NON NOBIS DOMINE NON
NOBIS SED NOMINI TUO DA GLORIAM Ps XCIII IX

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~deesegenes/straide.htm

Phil

[liverpool annie]

Are you sure it was Army disciplinary action ... and not the church ?

Some Irish Catholic Chaplains got into trouble with their Archbishops after they came home ... because of the "Troubles" and all things to do with the British Army etc !!

When I was being taught History in school we were taught some about the Easter Rising the War of Independence and the Civil War but practically nothing of the contribution made by Irishmen North and South to the First World War .... tensions ran pretty high when soldiers in uniform came home ... ( which is  a whole other subject !!  )

Tell us what your  historian said exactly .......... some stories have an element of truth but are not always definitely right !! 

It's also possible he wasn't with a particular regiment ... he was a Roman Catholic priest with the British Army !

Nice find Phil !! 

PS This is a good site about Father Burke's 16th Division !!

http://freespace.virgin.net/sh.k/xvidiv.html

[liverpool annie]

Just off topic for a bit .... I wonder if you were the one that bought this ..... ?? 



http://www.rootschat.com/links/04ef/

[XANDRA]

Nice picture  Annie , my office  is  second  window  on  the  left  top  story . This  is  only  the  front  view ,  take  a  look  at  the  college  website we  have  posted  loads  of  old  photographs etc, and  i  get  a  mention  too .It is  really  impressive.  thanks  for  all  the  help  on  Father  Henry. i  think  from  what  the  man  said  he  was  court  marshalled.
Now  as  well as  that  we bought  in  the  1890s an  old  army  barracks , which  had  been  built in  1798/99 it  was  occupied  by  militia who left after  about  the  100 years... it was  then used  as  the  OLD college  until  the  new  bit  , in  the  photograph  was  built  in  1916 . I  wish I  could  trace  the  name   of  the  regiment... I  THINK  THE  Royal ?? the town  is Ballaghadereen  and  at  that  time  it  was  in  Co  MAYO and  became  part  of  Roscommon  in  1898 .

[XANDRA]

yes  Forester ,
 that  is  Father Henry , he  had  a  double  doctorate  from  Salamanca , and  that  is  why  he  had  the  nickname  DOC .wish I could  fill  the  gap ..I  am  hoping  to  do  a  section  in  my  book  on  the  two  world  wars and  very  few  people  had  ever  known  that  these  two  men  who lived  out  their  lives  quietly  in  a  parish ,  had  been  through  so  much . thank  you .