Lives of the First World War

known June 1915

"Further Deaths Reported from France and Germany. Another Death in the German Prison. Our Castlecomer correspondent writes;--I regret very much to have again to record another death amongst the Castlecomer young men who are prisoners of war in Germany, the sad case this time being young John Nolan, eldest son of Mrs John Nolan, Love Lane, Castlecomer, and who was a Private in the Royal Irish Regiment. Mrs Nolan received the following letter from Rev. R. Warren, C. C. , Chaplain; -Limburg, Lahn, 24th May, 1915. Dear Mrs Nolan, --I sincerely regret to have to announce to you the death of your son, John Nolan, which took place here after a brief illness. His death is due to consumption, which crept rapidly into the poor boy's constitution. His death is greatly regretted amongst his poor companions, who long for the day soon to come when they may see Ireland once more. Your son received all the consolations which Our Holy Mother the Church gives to her children, before he left this world. I sympathise with you in your sad bereavement. Very truly yours. R. Warren. This is the second death in this prison, and moreover they are the death of two men (D. Deevy and J. Nolan) whose constitutions and general physique were always of the best when in Castlecomer. Oh! The Germans will have a lot to answerr for on the accounting day, for one can only draw the one conclusion from such events, and that is that starvation diet is very nearly the rule of the German prisons. May his soul rest in peace."

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