IE 2135 P13/1/1/4/5
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[1946]
Teil von The Robert Stradling Collection
Photocopy of a letter from Joseph A. Cunningham, Quarter-master of ‘C’ Company, entitled ‘IRISH CRUSADE IN SPAIN, addressed to La Quince Bandera del Tercio (La Bandera Irlandesa), noting intention of surviving members of ‘the Irish Crusade to Spain’ to mark the tenth anniversary of their ‘departure for the Battle Field of Christ’, marked by a mass offered in Dublin to deceased comrades, followed by a visit to the grave of General Eoin O’Duffy, noting ‘Let us all – from Antrim to Kerry, from Wexford to Donegal – for the sake of those of us who lie out beyond (Cáceres, Valdemoro, Ciempozuelos, La Marañosa, Brunete) or in graveyards keep still noble the memory of the men who formed the most memorable military crusade in Irish History’.
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