The
Venerable Sidney Lampard Clarke
MA,
BSc was an eminent
Anglican
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Chaplain
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.
He was born on 15 January 1871 in
Derby,
Derbyshire,
England and educated at the
Universities of St Andrews and
London. He was
ordained Deacon in 1899 and
Priest a year later. After a
curacy at
St. Mary's, Horncastle he was a
naval
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chaplain
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and
instructor
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Education
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** Teaching assistant
** Tutor
** Lecturer
** Fellow
** Teaching fellow
*** Teaching associate
*** Graduate student instructor
** Professor
S ...
from 1901 until 1918 when he joined the fledgling
RAF Chaplaincy Service. He was at the
Halton Camp
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from 1919 to 1930 when he became
Archdeacon
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(Chaplain-in-Chief) of the
service
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. Upon military retirement he was
Vicar of
Cranwell
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from 1934 to 1938.
An
Honorary Chaplain to the King he died on 13 November 1945.
[ The Times, Thursday, 15 November 1945; pg. 1; Issue 50300; col A ''Deaths'']
Notes and references
1871 births
1945 deaths
People from Derby
People from Eccles, Greater Manchester
Alumni of the University of St Andrews
Alumni of the University of London
Royal Navy chaplains
Military personnel from Derbyshire
Honorary Chaplains to the King
Royal Air Force Chaplains-in-Chief
World War I chaplains
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