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Col. · Assistant Chaplain-General Fourth Army

Henry Kemble Southwell

† 09/03/1937 · aged 76 · Churchyard at Rumbaldswyke

Personal data

NameSouthwell
InitialsH.K.
Christian nameHenry Kemble
Date and place of birthBridgnorth; 20.11.1860
ProfessionMinister of religion (Archdeacon)

Extra information

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Educated at Charterhouse and Magdalen College, Oxford.
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Served in the Boer War (1900)
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Bishop of Lewes (1920-1926), Assistant Bishop of Chichester (1930). Very prominent Freemason.
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Died at Chichester

Military data

RankCol.
Regiment / UnitAssistant Chaplain-General Fourth Army
Date of death
Age76
Cemetery / MemorialChurchyard at Rumbaldswyke

Other information

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Led a 'Quiet Day' with about 40 Chaplains at Talbot House on 19.03.1918. A week later he informs Tubby by letter that the "Army Commander did not wish any concentration of troops at certain places".
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His son, Lt. Henry Kenneth Martin S., Royal Navy, H.M. Submarine L.55 was killed with all 38 crew when the submarine struck a mine during operations in the Baltic on 09.06.1919, aged 24.

Sources

Source
Louagie, J., A Touch of Paradise in Hell: index
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