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| File Reference |
MSP34REF56134
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| Name |
Bridget Mortimer |
| Gender |
female |
| Address detail |
| Street |
Pier Road, Lecanvey, Murrisk Post Office, Westport
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| County |
Mayo
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| Country |
Ireland
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| Date of birth |
1888-05-21
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| Notes |
Date of death not recorded on file. Last correspondence datred 1958
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| Associated files in MSPA |
34SP57223; DP19891
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| Easter rising service |
No |
| Organisation |
Cumann na mBan |
| Rank |
Member
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| Unit |
4 Battalion
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| Company |
Lecanvey Branch
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| Brigade |
West Mayo Brigade
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| Commanding Officer(s) |
Tessie O’Brien; Austin Mortimer (Company); Patrick J Kelly (Battalion); Eamon Moane (Brigade).
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| Pension Claim |
Yes |
| Award Pension |
Yes |
| Army Pensions Act 1923/1953 |
Yes |
| Type of Award |
SPASpecial Allowance (DP file)
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| Military Service Pensions Acts 1924 |
No |
| Military Service Pensions Acts 1934 |
No |
| Military Service Pensions Acts 1949 |
No |
| Digital file |
Scanned/digital copyMSP34REF56134 Bridget Mortimer.pdf
Scanned/digital copy34SP57223 Bridget Mortimer.pdf
Scanned/digital copyDP19891 Bridget Mortimer.pdf |
| File dates |
19 December 1937 - 10 March 1958
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| Subject Information |
File relates to Bridget Mortimer’s unsuccessful application for a military service pension under the Military Service Pensions Act, 1934. Applicant claimed membership of Cumann na mBan in the service periods between 01 April 1921 and 30 September 1923 during the War of Independence, Truce period and Civil War. Subject received a Service (1917-1921) Medal in 1951, information held on file.
Bridget Mortimer states that she was attached to Lecanvey Branch, 4 Battalion, West Mayo Brigade, Cumann na mBan under the command of Tessie O’Brien, Austin Mortimer (Company), Patrick J Kelly (Battalion), Eamon Moane (Brigade). During the War of Independence (January 1919 - July 1921), she claims that she was engaged in dispatch work
Taking the anti-Treaty side in the Civil War (June 1922 - May 1923), Bridget Mortimer claims that that she took part in similar activity.
File includes references in support of her medal application from PJ Kelly (1950) and Daniel Sammin (1950). Subject did not appear before the Advisory Committee.
File DP19891 contains material and correspondence relating to Bridget Mortimer’s successful application for a Special Allowance under the Army Pensions Acts. File includes completed form; doctor’s notes; medical report and signed handwritten reports from Social Welfare investigating officers regarding applicant’s financial circumstances (1953-56). Unclear from file when the subject died.
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