69575: Letter from Oxford

physical object

posted on 2023-12-06, 15:23 authored by Oxford At War Project Team

Charles Patrick Flanagan served in the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War. This letter, written on 8 Nov 1917, was sent from his base in Oxford to his sister Agnes in Ireland. Charles later served in the Irish Air Force when the Irish Free State was formed. Charles was born on 12/5/1895 and died on 2/6/1926. He was sometimes known as O'Flanagan. This story was originally shared through the Europeana 1914-1918 collection http://europeana1914-1918.eu/en/contributions/3632