George Ernest Ingle (1895–1964) was an

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. Born into an ecclesiastical family in 1895, he was educated at

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and

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. After wartime service with the

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, he embarked on an ecclesiastical career with a

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at St Peter's, Cranley Gardens,

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. Following this, he was

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to the

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then of the

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Church,

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. A long period as a

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at his old school, Felsted, was followed by short posts as

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of St John's,

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and as

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of the British Zone of Germany before he was elevated to the episcopate as the third

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,''New Bishop of Fulham''

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Friday, 18 November 1949; pg. 4; Issue 51542; col C a post he held for only seven years.

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, he died on 10 June 1964.

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Photo of St Peter’s Church, Cranley GardensSt John's, Greenhill - church website
1895 births People educated at Felsted School Alumni of Jesus College, Cambridge Bishops of Fulham 20th-century Church of England bishops Bishops of Willesden 1964 deaths Royal Norfolk Regiment soldiers British military chaplains British Army personnel of World War I {{churchofEngland-bishop-stub