Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class the Reverend W. I. Willis, Royal Army Chaplains’ Department

British War and Victory Medals (Rev. W. I. Willis.) good very fine (2) £70-£90

The Reverend William Ireton Willis was born in Cavan, Ireland, on 3 March 1876, and was ordained into the Church of Ireland. He was commissioned temporary Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class on 16 March 1916, and served during the Great War on the Western Front from 8 June 1917. He subsequently served as Rector of Clonmel, Co. Tipperary (Church of Ireland) from 1934 to 1939.