Father William Doyle S. J.

        As a young priest

Fr. William Doyle in his military uniform

( 3rd March 1873 -  15 August 1917)     

"Greater love than this no man hath, that a man lay down his life for his friends"

John 15:13

Father William Doyle was born at Dalkey, Co Dublin on 3rd March, 1873, the youngest of seven children. He was ordained as a Jesuit in 1907 and volunteered to serve as a Military Chaplain at the front in 1914. He was appointed to the 8th Royal Irish Fusiliers, 16th (Irish) Division, in November 1915. His first experience of battle was at Loos where he was caught in the German poison gas attack on 26 April. He ministered to the soldiers in the midst of the battle, displaying a total disregard for his own safety.

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 No one could tell me where my soul may be; I sought for God, but God eluded me; I sought my brother out and found all three - my soul, my God and all humanity".