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Pair: Chaplain to the Forces Fourth Class the Reverend W. J. Keates, Army Chaplains'...
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British War and Victory Medals (Rev. W. J. Keates.) polished and worn, good fine (2) £80-£100
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The Reverend William John Keates was born in 1890 and having taken Holy Orders served as Curate of the parish of St. John the Divine, Chatham, from 1915 to 1918. Appointed Chaplain to the Forces, Fourth Class in 1918, he served during the Great War attached to the 1st Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. Post-War, he served as Assistant Priest of Gwelo and district in Southern Rhodesia from 1919 to 1921; Assistant Priest of the Collegiate Church of St. Mary, Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, from 1921 to 1932; Priest-in-charge of St. Barnabas’s, Port Elizabeth, from 1932 to 1939; Priest-in-charge of St. Alban’s, Vincent, East London, Eastern Cape, from 1939 to 1942; Rector of St. Katherine’s, Uitenhage, Eastern Cape, from 1942 to 1948; Rector of All Saints’, Somerset-East, Eastern Cape, from 1948 to 1954; Rector of St. Philip’s, Port Elizabeth, from 1954 to 1960; and Vicar of Sunday’s River Valley, Eastern Cape, from 1960 to 1964. He died in 1968.
British War and Victory Medals (Rev. W. J. Keates.) polished and worn, good fine (2) £80-£100
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The Reverend William John Keates was born in 1890 and having taken Holy Orders served as Curate of the parish of St. John the Divine, Chatham, from 1915 to 1918. Appointed Chaplain to the Forces, Fourth Class in 1918, he served during the Great War attached to the 1st Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. Post-War, he served as Assistant Priest of Gwelo and district in Southern Rhodesia from 1919 to 1921; Assistant Priest of the Collegiate Church of St. Mary, Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, from 1921 to 1932; Priest-in-charge of St. Barnabas’s, Port Elizabeth, from 1932 to 1939; Priest-in-charge of St. Alban’s, Vincent, East London, Eastern Cape, from 1939 to 1942; Rector of St. Katherine’s, Uitenhage, Eastern Cape, from 1942 to 1948; Rector of All Saints’, Somerset-East, Eastern Cape, from 1948 to 1954; Rector of St. Philip’s, Port Elizabeth, from 1954 to 1960; and Vicar of Sunday’s River Valley, Eastern Cape, from 1960 to 1964. He died in 1968.
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