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Herbert Linford Gwyer was the second

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, and a survivor of the sinking of . He was educated at Uppingham and

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. After a period of study at Westcott House, Cambridge he was ordained in 1906 and he began his career with a curacy in

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after which he was a missionary in Qu'Appelle. A World War I

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to the Forces, he was later Vicar of Christ Church,

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and St Johns, Wakefield before his elevation to the episcopate. He died on 18 November 1960. The Times, Tuesday, 22 November 1960; pg. 15; Issue 54935; col E ''Obituary Bishop Gwyer''

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