Reginald Victor Bazire (30 January 1900 – 20 October 1990) was an

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priest: the

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from 1967 to 1973; and of Wandsworth from 1973 to 1975. Bazire was educated at Christ's Hospital. and in 1922 Bazire went to

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as a Missionary. After suffering at the hands of terrorists, when Japan invaded China he was interned in the Chefoo Camp, with his wife Eileen (born 9 January 1902, an artist and a musician with the Chefoo School group in the camp), and children (Theodore, born 30 August 1928, and Peter, born 2 November 1930). Others have commented on Bazire's presence in the camp. Returning to Britain, he served as Vicar of St Barnabas, Clapham Common from 1949 to 1967; and Rural Dean of

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, 1953–66. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 Lambeth, Church House, 1975, ISBN (invalid) 0108153674, alternate version: , ,

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1900 births People educated at Christ's Hospital Alumni of Oriel College, Oxford Archdeacons of Southwark Archdeacons of Wandsworth 1990 deaths {{Canterbury-archdeacon-stub