Captain George Berkeley Descriptive List (Ref. PR12)

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60

4 August 1914

Appointments to Staff of Belfast Regiment, Irish Volunteers, ratified by Headquarters Authority (Dublin). 1. A/Lieutenant D. McCullough to be Lieutenant and acting Adjutant 2. J.Cusack to be Garrison Sergeant Major and Quartermaster. Signed Edmond Cotter, Colonel.

2pp

61

8 August 1914

Letter from Colonel Edmond Cotter, Buswell’s Hotel, Dublin, to ‘Dear Berkeley’. He heard that Berkeley was leaving Ireland due to his wife’s health and ‘can’t help feeling that Ireland is losing one of the most valuable of her sons’. Mentions order re. McCullough and Cusack, and Confidential Memorandum.

2pp

62

11 August 1914

Letter from Colonel Edmond Cotter, Busw ell’s Hotel, Dublin, to ‘Dear Berkeley’. He has given a Staff Book to ‘your cyclist scout instructor’.

1p

63

21 August 1914

Letter, from Maurice Moore, Inspector General’s Office, Irish Volunteers, Dublin, to ‘My dear Berkeley’. Regrets neglec ting Berkeley. He thought Berkeley would have left Belfast ‘as the call of domestic affairs was so urgent’.

1p

64

22 August 1914

Letter, from Robert Barton, for Col. M. Moore, Inspector General’s Office, Irish Volunteers, 16 South Frederick St reet, Dublin, to ‘Dear Sir’, Captain G.Fitzharding Berkeley, Grand Central Hotel, Belfast. Asks Berkeley to consult with Mr. McCullough.

1p

65

25 August 1914

Letter, from Maurice Moore, Inspector General’s Office, Irish Volunteers, Dublin, to ‘My dear Berkeley’. ‘I hope you understand that I only agree to your

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