British War Medal 1914-20 (Rev. B. S. M. Howell.) good very fine £50-70

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Awards to Chaplains formed by Philip Mussell.

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Bernard Stanislaus Mary Howell was born on 13 November 1857 and was ordained into the Roman Catholic Church, subsequently undertaking missionary work in England, Ireland, Scotland, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa, and working in Rome. Fluent in both French and German, he was commissioned Roman Catholic Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class on 3 November 1916, and served during the Great War with the Egyptian Expeditionary Force.