The First World War Diaries of the Rt. Rev. Llewellyn Gwynne: July 1915-July 1916

Howson, Peter, (Ed.)

ISBN 10: 1783273968 / ISBN 13: 9781783273966

Edité par The Boydell Press and Church of England Record Society, Woodbridge, 2019

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: The First World War Diaries of the Rt. Rev. Llewellyn Gwynne: July 1915-July 1916
• Éditeur: The Boydell Press and Church of England Record Society, Woodbridge
• Date de parution: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1783273968
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781783273966
• Reliure: Hardcover
• État de l'article: Very Good
• État de la jaquette: No Dust Jacket
• Type de livre: Used
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • History - Religious

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Synopsis

Few men spent the whole of World War One serving in the British Expeditionary Force, from its initial deployment in August 1914 to its demobilization in February 1919. One who did was the Right Reverend Llewellyn Gwynne, the bishop of Khartoum. On leave in London in the summer of 1914, he persuaded the archbishop of Canterbury that his experience with troops in the Sudan made him an ideal candidate for a temporary commission as a chaplain. Gwynne went to France with a Hospital and then, in December 1914, was transferred to a Field Ambulance in the front line. During July 1915, he was summoned back to London to be told that he was now the Deputy Chaplain General and thus responsible for the oversight of all Anglican chaplains. An inveterate diarist, Gwynne kept a detailed record of his life as a unit chaplain and how he managed the transition to high office in the Army Chaplains' Department. The diaries are preceded by an introduction that discusses the work and organisation of Anglican chaplains in the department and how Gwynne came to have the role in it that he did. Together, they offer a unique insight into a period of change for the army, chaplains and the Church of England during a critical period of the war.

À propos de l'auteur

PETER HOWSON is the author of Padre, Prisoner and Pen-Pusher. The World War One Experiences of the Reverend Benjamin O'Rorke and Muddling Through. The Organisation of British Army Chaplaincy in World War One. For Boydell's Church of England Record Society Series, he edited The First World War Diaries of the Rt. Rev. Llewellyn Gwynne (2019). As a member of the Royal Army Chaplains' Department Howson served in Germany during the period 1977to 1997.