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Sidney Clarke (priest)

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The Venerable Sidney Lampard Clarke MA, BSc was an eminent Anglican Chaplain.

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 chaplain and instructor from 1901 until 1918 when he joined the fledgling RAF Chaplaincy Service. He was at the Halton Camp from 1919 to 1930 when he became Archdeacon (Chaplain-in-Chief) of the service. Upon military retirement he was Vicar of Cranwell from 1934 to 1938.

An Honorary Chaplain to the King he died on 13 November 1945.

Notes and references

  1. Flight Global
  2. London Gazette 12 December 1933
  3. Royal United Services Institution. Journal Volume 79, Issue 513, 1934
  4. “Who was Who” 1897–2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
  5. Genealogical web site
  6. The matriculation roll of the University of St. Andrews, 1747–1897
  7. University of London General Register part 2
  8. Nottinghamshire Guardian (London, England), Saturday, 3 June 1899; pg. 8; Issue 2819. 19th Century British Library Newspapers: Part II.
  9. The Times Tuesday, 12 June 1900; pg. 13; Issue 36166; col C Ordinations Lincoln
  10. The Times Honorary Chaplain To The King Tuesday, 8 December 1931; p g. 14; Issue 46000; col F
  11. The Times, Thursday, 15 November 1945; pg. 1; Issue 50300; col A Deaths
Church of England titles
Preceded byRobert Edward Vernon Hanson Chaplain-in-Chief of the RAF
1930–1933
Succeeded byJames Rowland Walkey
Royal Air Force Chaplains-in-Chief
Archdeacons for the RAF (since 2001)
  • Ron Hesketh, Chaplain-in-Chief
  • Ray Pentland, Principal Anglican Chaplain
  • Ray Pentland, Chaplain-in-Chief
  • Jonathan Chaffey, Chaplain-in-Chief
  • John Ellis, Chaplain-in-Chief
  • Giles Legood, Chaplain-in-Chief


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