CATHOLIC CHAPLAINS IN BRITISH ARMY.
Some figures just published regarding the chaplains’ service in the British Army, give some interesting statistics as to the part taken by the Catholic clergy during the fighting. When the first British Expeditionary Force crossed to France in 1914 it was accompanied by 54 chaplains, about half the pre-war establishment of chaplains of all denominations. Among the number were four Catholic chaplains, among them Mgr. Bickerstaffe-Drew, better known by his pen. name of “John Ayscough.” At the/time of the Armistice there were 3480 chaplains of all denominations serving, : of, whom 647 were Catholic priests, this number not including those chaplains holding Dominion commissions., The principal Catholic chaplain, Bishop Keating, who is Episcopus Castrensis and Ordinary for the Army, holds the rank of Brigadier-General. ... ■ h
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New Zealand Tablet, 12 June 1919, Page 23
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