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[Audax]

The Military Cross was instigated on the 31.12.1914.  The list below is far from complete.


Roman Catholic

1. Rev W Doyle M.C.
2. Rev F Aveling M.C.
3. Rev H Beauchamp M.C.
4. Rev L E Bellanti M.C.
5. Rev A Bourchier
6. Rev K R Brady M.C.
7. Rev F M Browne M.C.
8. Rev P J Burns M.C.
9. Rev J Carden M.C.
10. Rev J J Clinton M.C.
11. Rev I Collins M.C.
12. Rev E Colley M.C.
13. Rev D Conway M.C.
14. Rev J A Cotter M.C.
15. Rev F Courturier
16. Rev M Cullen M.C.
17. Rev H Day M.C.
18. Rev R Devas M.C.
19. Rev F Donohue M.C.
20. Rev W Fitzmaurice M.C.
21. Rev F G Freeley M.C.
22. Rev J A Gray M.C.
23. Rev S M Hegarty M.C.
24. Rev D J Hughes M.C.
25. Rev H Keegan M.C.
26. Rev E Kelly M.C.
27. Rev J M Kelly M.C.
28. Rev R J Lane-Fox M.C.
29. Rev W Leighton M.C.
30. Rev R McGuiness M.C.
31. Rev M Moran M.C.
32. Rev J J O’D Mc Shanahan  M.C.
33. Rev B Wolferstan M.C.
34. Rev F Woodlock
35. Rev J Wrafter M.C.
36. Rev A O’Connor M.C.
37. Rev P F Oddie
38. Rev H R Potter
39. Rev J Scannell
40. Rev J Stratton
41. Rev B T Walsh

Wesleyans

1. Rev L J W Babb M.C.
2. Rev P M Brumwell M.C.
3. Rev J W Bolton M.C.
4. Rev A T Cape M.C.
5. Rev G H Crossland M.C.
6. Rev A.W.Davies M.C.
7. Rev E S Ellis M.C.
8. Rev H V Griffiths M.C.
9. Rev P Hallding M.C.
10. Rev A W Harrison M.C.
11. Rev A S Hullah M.C.
12. Rev A G Kick M.C.
13. Rev E O Martin M.C.
14. Rev AF Pentney M.C.
15. Rev J T Tunstall M.C.
16. Rev F.W .Welbon M.C.
17. Rev E O Martin M.C.

Welsh Calvanistic Methodists
1. Rev D C Williams M.C.


Church of England

1. Rev P W Guiness DSO MC 1917
2. Rev J Kinnear MC 1915
3. Rev E Y Bate M.C. 1917
4. Rev W H Abott M.C. 1915
5. Rev W H Aglionby M.C. 1918
6. Rev L M Andrews M.C. 1917
7. Rev R W Balleine M.C.
8. Rev H S Bally M.C. 1918
9. Rev E A Bennett M.C
10. Rev E H Beattie M.C. 1918
11. Rev H P Berkeley M.C. 1918
12. Rev J F Bloxam M.C.
13. Rev B K Bond M.C. 1918
14. Rev A H Boyd M.C. 1915
15. Rev R McN Boyd M.C.                 1917
16. Rev G E Browne M.C.
17. Rev W G Burgis M.C.                 1918
18. Rev G A Chase M.C .
19. Rev G M Chavasse M.C.
20. Rev C A Clarke M.C.
21. Rev J F Clayton M.C.
22. Rev P T B Clayton M.C.
23. Rev T H Cleworth M.C.
24. Rev H B Cole M.C.
25. Rev J F Colqhoun M.C.
26. Rev G C R Cooke M.C.
27. Rev H R Cooke M.C.
28. Rev A.E Cousins M.C
29. Rev A S Crayley M.C.
30. Rev K N Crisford M.C.
31. Rev A P Daniels M.C.
32. Rev G C Danvers M.C.
33. Rev C B Deane M.C.
34. Rev F W Douglass M.C.
35. Rev R P Dodd M.C.
36. Rev a G Duthie M.C.
37. Rev H F Elgood M.C.
38. Rev M.S Evers M.C.
39. Rev W H Fawkes M.C.
40. Rev S E R Fenning M.C.
41. Rev T L T Fisher M.C.
42. Rev F A W Gibbs M.C.
43. Rev R Gillenders M.C.
44. Rev H Gibson M.C.
45. Rev A P Gower-Rees M.C.
46. Rev C C Griffiths M.C.         1918
47. Rev E M Guilford M.C.
48. Rev St.J B Groser M.C.
49. Rev F J Halahan M.C.
50. Rev H  P Hargreaves M.C.   1918
51. Rev  H C Harland M.C.
52. Rev W T Havard M.C.
53. Rev F J Hazeldine M.C.
54. Rev F W Head M.C.
55. Rev J L J Hill M.C.
56. Rev B.F Hindle M.C.
57. Rev H V Hodson M.C.
58. Rev H L Hornby M.C.
59. Rev E C Hoskyns M.C
60. Rev J W Hunkin M.C
61. Rev H W Hutchings M.C.
62. Rev S Hutchinson M.C.
63. Rev R J B Irwin D.S.O ,M.C.
64. Rev C W O Jenkin M.C.
65. Rev A D Johnson M.C.
66. Rev A L Jones M.C.
67. Rev T W A Jones M.C.
68. Rev W A Jones M.C.
69. Rev A C Judd M.C.
70. Rev  F H King M.C.
71. Rev J G Lane-Davies M.C.
72. Rev A E Laurie M.C.
73. Rev J H Law M.C.
74. Rev H T Lloyd M.C.
75. Rev A Longden M.C.
76. Rev H McCalman M.C.
77. Rev E W McFarland M.C.
78. Rev C C Manning M.C.
79. Rev A S Mayne M.C.
80. Rev L E Michelsen M.C.
81. Rev W F Morris M.C.
82. Rev D W Murray M.C.
83. Rev R T Newcombe M.C.
84. Rev H D Oldfield M.C.
85. Rev R Palmer D.S.O. M.C.
86. Rev A G Parham M.C.
87. Rev S H Phillimore M.C.
88. Rev G D B Poole M.C.
89. Rev A E Popham M.C.
90. Rev C B Prior M.C.
91. Rev D Railton M.C.
92. Rev L G Reed M.C.
93. Rev T H F R Royse M.C.
94. Rev H F Sawbridge M.C.
95. Rev W H N Seeker M.C.
96. Rev E W Smith M.C.
97. Rev A Spence M.C.
98. Rev C Steer M.C.
99. Rev P A Stewart M.C.
100. Rev A H Streeten M.C.
101. Rev A K Swallow M.C.
102. Rev C D Symons M.C.
103. Rev E K Talbot M.C.
104. Rev N S Talbot M.C.
105. Rev E V Tanner M.C.
106. Rev E M Teale M.C.
107. Rev M Tron M.C.
108. Rev E D Tyndall M.C.
109. Rev T  J Williams M.C.
110. Rev E G Wells M.C.
111. Rev W J Williams M.C.
112. Rev J D Wood M.C.
113. Rev A BWright M.C.
114. Rev T B Hardy VC DSO MC
115. Rev G A Studdert-Kennedy M.C.
116. Rev E N Mellish V.C. M.C. 1918
117. Rev J Thom M.C. 1916 with 2 bars 1917
118.          Rev S F L Green M.C. & bar.

Baptists, Congregationalists Primitive Methodists and United Methodists

1. Rev W C Charteris M.C.
2. Rev J Firth M.C.
3. Rev T W Hart M.C.
4. Rev W Jollans M..C.
5. Rev S J Jones M.C.
6. Rev H Leggate M.C.
7. Rev A R Morgan M.C.
8. Rev J A Patten M.C.
9. Rev A F Reeves M.C.
10. Rev G Smissen M.C.
11. Rev F J Walkely M.C.
12. Rev G F Walters M.C.
13. Rev E J Welsher M.C.
14. Rev H H Woodward M.C.
15. Rev R H Wooldridge M.C.


Presbyterians

1. Rev W Crawford M.C.
2. Rev W Ewing M.C.
3. Rev A Gibson M.C.
4. Rev J E Hamilton M.C.
5. Rev W Jardine M.C.
6. Rev D C Lusk M.C.
7. Rev J G Paton M.C.
8. Rev H Reid M.C.

[Audax]

Can anyone add to this list pse

[horatio2]

Can anyone add to this list pse

Rev WJ Harding, Drake Battalion RND (Your post of 9 Jun 2006)

[Audax]

Yes indeed.

Thanks

A

[Chris_Baker]

Not an addition but more info: George Smissen: http://www.1914-1918.net/heroes/smissen.htm

[Desmond7]

Ross MC and Bar Church of Ireland?
Like Anglicans except other side of Irish sea?

[Audax]

Thanks Desmond,  Yes Church of Ireland - part of the Anglican Communion.  I now have evidence that Rev J F Bloxham was also awarded a bar to his M.C. See here: http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/summary/bl80-001.shtml

[SteveE]

(London Gazette #30450, 1st Jan 1918.)

Rev. Henry Beaumont F. Burnaby T./C.F., 4th Cl., A. Chapln. Dept.
Rev. Robert Francis Burrow, T./C.F., 4th Cl., A. Chapln. Dept.
Rev. George Moncur Fairweather T./C.F., 4th Cl., A. Chapln. Dept.
Rev. John Green Fenn T./C.F., 4th Cl., A. Chapln. Dept.
Rev. Henry Massingberd Irvin T./C.F., 4th Cl., A. Chapln. Dept.

[Audax]

Adding to my own list but :

Somewhere in Flanders - Letters of a Norfolk Padre in the Great War
ed. Stuart McLaren. (112pp. wt. 250g. B & W photos).
Letters from the Revd Samuel Leighton Green to his congregation in Norwich. Direct and unsentimental letters giving an unrivalled picture of the work of a chaplain on the Western Front. Green was awarded two Military Crosses for his bravery. ISBN 1 904006 25 6. £6.95


Am I correct in thinking that a forum member has written a book on double and triple M.C.s in WWI?
I have a feeling that Rev Tron was awarded a bar to his M.C. as well?

[SteveE]

I have a feeling that Rev Tron was awarded a bar to his M.C. as well?

He was, Citation for Bar to MC was Gazetted 2nd December 1918.

Rev. Mazzini Tron, D.S.O., M.C., T./C.F., 4th Cl., A. Chap. Dept.

For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He continually attended wounded under heavy fire, and enabled them to be brought in and evacuated with great despatch. Though his haversack containing (dressings was swept away by shell fire, he returned for more dressings and went out again. His cheerfulness, pluck, and determination were a fine example to all.
(M.C. gazetted 16th August, 1917.)

Link to the Gazette is Here

Hope this helps.

Steve

[Audax]

Hope this helps.

Steve
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Steve,

Well done yet again. Certainly does!

So we have:-

Rev J Thom MC and 2 bars
Rev S F L Green Mc and bar
Rev J F Bloxam MC and bar
Rev M Tron and bar.

I wonder if how this record compares to other Regiment and Corps of the Army in WWI?
A

[Stebie9173]

Revd Green's M.C. was a New Year's Honour (1919). Very, very few of these awards had citations published.


Steve.

[Audax]

Rev David Cynddelw  Williams MC (Welsh Calvinistic Methodist) Rev David C Williams MC

[george emmons]

The Rev. J. Carden, MC was also awarded the CBE, Portuguese Order of Christ (Commander) and was MID.  

It is believed that his combination of awards is unique.

Trust this proves helpful.


George

[domwalsh]

Totally irrelevent, but naval chaplain Rev Charles Peshall won the DSO at Zeebrugge. He died in 1957.

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[JMcCulloch]

I remember that  Spinks had a sale @ 2003 (the titanic sale),  almost exclusively to chaplains. The catalogue is a goldmine of information.

[Terry_Reeves]

A bar to RJB (Ronald John Beresford) Irwin's MC.

Terry Reeves

[JMcCulloch]

The Spinks catalogue has a few: Do you mean Chaplains who won the MC as chaplains-or officers who were later ordained?
One notable one is to Rev. Charles Stanley Fleet (lot 607) which was won in the balkans. M.C. London gazette, 1919-Mentioned in dispatches for services with the british forces in salonika in october 1918. etc."

Father Bouchier's MC group (mentioned above) was lot # 604 and estimated at a paltry 380 pounds.

[ww1_dale_boys]

Could not see this Chap amongst your List

Military Cross & Twice Mentioned in Dispatches.

Rev. William Russell Paterson, M.A.
Army Chaplains Department
Attached 12th Field Hospital, 5th Cav Brigade

MiD. (LG 01/01/1916)

MC. (LG 27/01/1917)

For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. When several casualties were caused by shell fire on a road, he at once assisted in removing the wounded and dressing their wounds. Whilst he was doing so a further burst of shelling wounded two more men, and by his promptness in dealing with the situation he prevented further casualties. He saved at least one life, and showed splendid devotion to duty and self-sacrifice.


MiD. (LG 24/12/1917)


The Rev W R Paterson was a minister at Armadale United Free Church for 12 years before accepting a commission as Army Chaplain to the Scots Greys, with who he had served as Chaplain during the South African War (see picture above), his first station being at the Curragh Camp, Ireland.

An earnest worker, Mr Paterson held strong views on the South African War, and when he volunteered his services as Chaplain, one of the greatest demonstrations ever seen in Armadale or given to a single man in the history of the town, was witnessed on the evening he left to embark for South Africa. He was conveyed to the Station by practically the whole of the townspeople, headed by the brass band. He made a stirring speech to the crowd at the station that raised their greatest enthusiasm. When the train moved off, the surging mass of people that surrounded the train to cheer Mr Paterson off was so great that the guard was unable to get into his van, and the train went off without him.

Rev Paterson carried the first message from Field Marshall Lord Roberts into Pretoria, and during the Great War he was mentioned twice in dispatches.

Medal entitlement of Chaplain William Paterson

Military Cross
Queens South Africa Medal
1914 Star
British War Medal
Victory Medal & Oak leaf spray



Most of the details taken from West Lothian Courier & Linlithgowshire Gazette Archives

Tom

[Steve Mattock]

Michael Moynihan's book "God on our Side, The British Padre in World War I" published in 1983 by Leo Cooper, ISBN number 0-436-29402-8.  The book is based on the diaries and letter of six padres (five Anglican and one Roman Catholic) held by the Imperial War Museum.  

Biographies include Rev. David Railton MC, Rev Victor Tanner, MC & Bar, Father William Doyle, MC and  Rev. Harold Spooner MC, who was captured when the garrison of Kut surrendered to the Turks.

[Menin Rd]

Are you interested in Australian Chaplains?

[tocemma]

Hi All,

My Great Uncle appears on the list under Baptist. He was Rev Abraham Rees Morgan from Tirdeunaw, Swansea. He received his gong from the Duke of Connaught whilst in Jerusalem.
Post war he left for America and had a ministry in Allentown PA. He died there in the early 1950s.

Regards

Paul

[Chris CPGW]

The Reverend Theodore Bayley Hardy V.C D.S.O M.C
Died of wounds 18/10/18
http://www.cpgw.org.uk/viewDetail.cfm?sID=...2&view=main

Regards
Chris

[Audax]

Thanks to all who have contributed so far.  Please post details if you know of a clergyman who won the MC whilst serving as an an Army Chaplain 1914-18 with the British Army.

note T B Hardy VC DSO MC is number 114 on the list at the top of the thread.