James Walkey
The Venerable James Rowland Walkey [1] CBE, was an amateur sportsman in the first half of the twentieth century who later became an eminent[2] Anglican Chaplain.[3]
He was born into a military family on 10 April 1880[4] and educated at Plymouth College and Christ's College, Cambridge. During his varsity years he was awarded a Blue for Rugby and, after joining the British Army as a chaplain, was its 100-yard champion in 1906. In that year he married Bijou Frances Paske[5] daughter of the Colonel Commandant of the Notts and Derbyshire Regiment with whom he had one son and six daughters. He was mentioned in despatches during World War I and at its conclusion joined the fledgling Royal Air Force Chaplaincy Service. After serving at Uxbridge (during which time he became its Fencing champion) he held posts[6] in Iraq and the Middle East before becoming an Honorary Chaplain to the King[7] and eventually its Archdeacon[8] (Chaplain-in-Chief).[9] Later he held incumbencies at Wateringbury, Worting,[10] Angmering,[11] Haversham and Moreton. He retired just a year before his death on 8 January 1960.[12]
Notes and references
- ^ Genealogical web site
- ^ London Gazette
- ^ airmans guide to The Bible
- ^ His father was Colonel Rowland Walkey, RA > "Who was Who" 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
- ^ Pask family web site
- ^ LG
- ^ Honorary Chaplain to the King
- ^ "New Chaplain-In-Chief To R.A.F.", The Times, Friday, 3 November 1933; pg. 16; Issue 46592; col A
- ^ Retirement
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory1947-48 Oxford, OUP,1947
- ^ Angmering Parish Incumbents
- ^ "Obituary Rev. J. R. Walkey", The Times, Thursday, 14 January 1960; pg. 17; Issue 54668; col B
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Preceded by | Chaplain-in-Chief of the RAF 1933–1940 | Succeeded by |
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- Harry Viener
- Robert Hanson
- Sidney Clarke
- James Walkey
- Maurice Edwards
- John Jagoe
- Leslie Wright
- Alan Giles
- Francis Cocks
- Wilfred Payton
- Leonard Ashton
- Hewitt Wilson
- Herbert Stuart
- Glyndwr Renowden
- Brian Halfpenny
- Brian Lucas
- Robin Turner
- Peter Bishop
- Ron Hesketh
- Peter Mills
- Ray Pentland
- Jonathan Chaffey
- John Ellis
- Giles Legood
- 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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