Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Chaplain to the Forces the Reverend Canon C. S. Wallis, Royal Army Chaplains’ Department, who wrote ‘Fifty Thousand Miles on a Hospital Ship’ about his service in the Great War

1914-15 Star (Rev. C. S. Wallis. A.C.D.); British War and Victory Medals (Rev. C. S. Wallis.) good very fine (3) £180-£220

The Reverend Canon Charles Steel Wallis was born at Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire, in 1875 and was educated at Hatton House, Durham University and the London College of Divinity. Ordained Deacon in 1902 and Priest in 1903, he was appointed Vice-Principal of St. John's College, Durham in 1912. Appointed to the Army Chaplain’s Department, he served with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force during the Great War; his wartime account, Fifty Thousand Miles on a Hospital Ship, by 'The Padre', was published in 1917.

Returning home to Durham, Wallis was made Principal of St. John's College in 1919, a post he held until 1945. In this time he lectured on Ecclesiastical History (1920-31), was elected to the Senate (1921), and was Examining Chaplain to the Bishop of Durham. He was appointed an Honorary Canon of the Cathedral in 1937. Besides publishing on his war service, Wallis co-edited Bedae, Historiae Ecclesiasticae, Book III and edited Augsutini, De Cathechizandis Rudibus. He died in June 1959.

Sold with a copy of Fifty Thousand Miles on a Hospital Ship; and copied research.