Item 38 - Letter from Charles Dalton

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UGA POL1/III/38

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Letter from Charles Dalton

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  • 09/08/1942

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Letter from Charles Dalton, PO Box 2, Maynooth, Co Kildare, to Cilian Ó Brolcháin, asking him to drop a line to Tony Houlihan outlining his service certificate and medal. He states that he is now a Signals Officer in the 2nd Division. Enclosed copy of letter from M Conlon, Senator, Dail Éireann, Leinster House, Dublin to the Secretary of the Department of Defence, Parkgate St., Dublin, outlining the service record of Charles R Dalton and recommending him for a service medal (1 April 194[1]). Also copy of letter from Charles R Dalton, Lieutenant, to Officer of Director of Signals, Department of Defence, Parkgate St., Dublin, applying for a service medal/ribbon, for his time served in the IRA from 1919 to 1922. He outlines his service in the Fianna and his carrying out of intelligence and signalling work for the volunteers. He had applied for the Tipperary Flying Column but was kept in Signals. He participated on a raid in Glasnevin Post Office (7 April 1941).

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      2116; 37

      R6848; POL1/38

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      21/08/2013
      29/07/2025

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