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DOD/P/387
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Re Erskine Childers and David Robinson - Personal Effects of E. Childers
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| Date |
1922-1924 |
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File includes: original signed handwritten and typed, and copy typed correspondence (15 - 22 November 1922) involving Liam T.Cosgrave, General Richard Mulcahy, Commander in Chief, Oglaigh na hEireann, staff officers in the Office of the Adjutant General and Captain L. Marie, Officer Commanding, Portobello Barracks, regarding accusations made to William T. Cosgrave via a Fr. John Flanagan that Erskine Childers had been beaten very severely by three National Army officers following his arrest; typed copy letter dated 25 November 1922 addressed to Mrs M. A. Childers, 12 Bushy Park Road, Terenure, Dublin from the Adjutant General informing the recipient that her request for the delivery of the remains of her late husband cannot be granted; typed memorandum/report with handwritten additions (6 December 1922 - 4 January 1923), from the Office of the Chief State Solicitor to the Adjutant General regarding Habeas Corpus proceedings taken in the case of Erskine Childers.
File further includes: original signed typed and handwritten and copy typed letters and correspondence and related material (28 November 1922 - 1 August 1924) involving: Seán Ó hUadhaigh, Solicitor (acting on behalf of the Executrices of Erskine Childers); General Richard Richard Mulcahy, Commander in Chief, Oglaigh na hEireann; staff officers in the office of the Adjutant General and Chief of General Staff; M. A. Childers; Commandant L. Marie, Camp Commandant Portobello Barracks; Commandant A. Breen; and Colonel P. Dalton, O.C. Special Infantry Corps. This material relates to the unsuccessful attempts to locate and return to Mary Childers, personal effects and property taken from her late husband Erskine Childers following his arrest and investigations by the Department of Defence, the National Army and Defence Forces to determine what had happened to these items.
File also includes: original signed typed and handwritten and copy typed letters and correspondence and related material (30 November 1922 - 2 March 1923) involving: Messrs Burch & Co., 6 Bolton Street, Piccadilly, London, W.1; staff officers in offices of the Commander in Chief, Adjutant General and Director General of Medical Services; M. A. Childers; Seán Ó hUadhaigh, Solicitor (acting on behalf of the Executrices of Erskine Childers); Captain T. A. Heneghan, Medical Officer, Portobello Barracks; and officials of the departments of Defence and Home Affairs. This material relates to: requests for a death certificate in respect of Erskine Childers; discussion as to the correct procedures to be followed for the creation and provision of a death certificate in this case; and the amending of the death certificate following the inclusion of an incorrect date of death for Erskine Childers on the original certificate.
File further contains material (25 July 1922 - 18 December 1922) including original signed typed and handwritten, and copy typed letters and correspondence involving staff officers of the offices of the Director of Intelligence and Adjutant General; the Manager, Chancery Lane & Holborn Branch, London County Westminster & Parrs Bank Limited, 329 High Holborn and Southampton Buildings W.C.1; the Secretary, Stokes Bros. & Pim Accountants, 36 College Green, Dublin; Joseph H. Dixon, Solicitor, 16 Parnell Square, Dublin, relating to Power of Attorney made by Erskine Childers. This material also includes original [copy] Power of Attorney made and signed by Robert Erskine Childers of 12 Bushy Park Road, Terenure, Dublin to his wife Mary Alden Childers of the same address on 11 August 1922 in the presence of Lily M. O'Brennan and Marie Kennedy O'Byrne and a typed list of "recent" investments made by Mary Alden Childers as of 25 July 1922.
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