HEROIC PEOPLE
AN IRISHMAN'S TRIBUTE TO BRITAIN. BRAVERY OF THE SHEFFIELD POPULATION. 'British Official Wireless.) RUGBY. January 19. A much-appreciated tribute to British courage is contained in a letter which, with a pound note, was sent by a correspondent signing himself "H.R.E.." to the Minister of Aircraft Production. Lord Beaverbrook. The; writer found himself in Sheffield dur-; ing its recent heavy raid, and he says: | “I was m a British city on the night' of a Gorman, blitz ami 1 enclose a small ! donation—all I can afford—for your war effort as a tribute to the brave j heroic people of that city. ■AI! my life till that night I though!; we Irish 'Acre a long-suffering, brave; race, but after Hi minutes of the mur-' derotis German bombardment of your; women and children the hardihood ,-»ndj daring of my country !i-ft me cold, be-; c;mse never in Ute history of the world | ' could such bravery have been displayed ;>s 1 witnessed among your people ; on that night. We Irish think we an , tough, 'mu sir. can you British takt . it’.' Good luck to you’ Viet..ry is -urej' tn be yours
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 21 January 1941, Page 6
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