The John Chidzey Collection

Pair: Reverend C. R. Harding, Royal Army Chaplains Department

British War and Victory Medals (Rev.) good very fine (2) £100-140

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The John Chidzey Collection.

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Cecil Raymond Harding was born in Middlesex c.1871. He graduated from Selwyn College, Cambridge with a B.A. in 1892 and gained a M.A. in 1898. He was ordained a Deacon in Coventry in 1896 and a Priest in Worcester in 1897. He was appointed Curate of St. John the Baptist in Bedwardine, Worcestershire, 1896-1900; St. Philip, Stepney and Chaplain to the London Hospital, 1900-01; and Holy Trinity, Coventry, 1901-08. Appointed Vicar of Lower Mitton, 1908-15, he then served as Temporary Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class, 1916-20, entering the France/Flanders theatre of war on 24 June 1916. After the war he served as Curate of St. Nicholas, Brighton, 1920-21; after which he was appointed Vicar of St. Mary Virgin, Brighton, 1921-27. He served as Rector of Hurstpierpoint in the Diocese of Chichester from 1927. With copied m.i.c. and ‘Crockfords’ extract.