Archdeacon of Lichfield
The Ven. Basil Stratton (7 April 1906 - 9 May 2000)[ 1] Archdeacon of Lichfield and Canon Treasurer of Lichfield Cathedral from 1959 to 1974.[ 2]
Stratton was educated at Lincoln School and Durham University .[ 3] Durham University Boat Club , serving as stroke for the university in both the Coxless Four and the Eight.[ 4] River Wear in a bathtub, which sank and never recovered.[ 4]
Stratton was ordained deacon in 1930; and priest in 1931.[ 5] curacy at St Stephen, Grimsby he was an SPG Missionary in India from 1932 to 1934;[ 6] Indian Ecclesiastical Establishment from 1935 to 1941.[ 7] Chaplain to the British Armed Forces from 1941 to 1947, serving in Iraq , India , Burma and Malaya , and was also Mentioned in dispatches .[ 6] Vicar of Figheldean ; and in 1953 of Market Drayton . He was also an Honorary Chaplain to the Queen from 1965 to 1976.[ 8]
Notes
^ His wife Fay died aged 98 in 2005 > Deaths.
The Times (London, England), Tuesday, August 02, 2005; pg. 44; Issue 68455.
^ Lives in Brief. The Times (London, England), Monday, June 26, 2000^ "Durham University Calendar 1936-7" . reed.dur.ac.uk . Retrieved 14 March 2018 .^ a b "The Venerable Basil Stratton" . The Telegraph . 17 May 2000. Archived from the original on 27 February 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2018 .^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76ISBN 0-19-200008-X ^ a b Stratton, Ven. Basil, (27 April 1906–9 May 2000) doi :10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U182175 . ISBN 978-0-19-954089-1 . Retrieved 3 October 2018 .^ Telegraph obituary ^ London Gazette
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Michael Ipgrave , Bishop of Lichfield Tim Wambunya , area Bishop of Wolverhampton Sarah Bullock , area Bishop of Shrewsbury Matthew Parker , area Bishop of Stafford Jan McFarlane , Dean of Lichfield and honorary assistant bishop Anne Hollinghurst , Principal of The Queen's Foundation and honorary assistant bishopAEO : the Bishop suffragan of Oswestry & Rob Munro , Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet Sue Weller, Archdeacon of Lichfield
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