Letters and telegrams to the Irish Fr Provincial to Fr Michael Morrison SJ written while serving as a chaplain with 2/5th Battalion Welch Regiment in Sussex; Middle East Forces (in a Convalescent Depot, unknown location); No. 13 General Hospital, Middle East Forces; 2/8 Lancashire Fusiliers in Derry; 1/4th The South Lancashire Regiment in Castlewellan, County Down; 32 (Br.) Casualty Clearing Station, British Liberation Army; 121 (Br.) General Hospital, British Liberation Army; 601 Regiment, Royal Artillery, British Army of the Rhine and 113 Light Anti-Aircraft, Royal Artillery, British Army of the Rhine. Includes letters describing Belsen Concentration Camp (18 April, 31 May 1945, 5pp) and letters concerning an article on Belsen written by Fr Morrison (Fr Morrison was one of the first priests to enter the camp) (17 July - 16 August 1945, 3 items).
Morrison, Michael, 1908-1973, Jesuit priest and chaplainElements area
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