Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

British War Medal 1914-20 (Capt. Rev. W. H. Hallowes.) cleaned, good very fine £70-£90

The Reverend Canon Walter Haffenden Hallowes was born in 1873 and having taken Holy Orders served as Curate of Kettering, in the diocese of Peterborough, from 1896 to 1900; Missionary, Nqutu in Zululand, from 1900 to 1901; Priest-in-charge of Vryheid in Natal, from 1901 to 1904; and Priest-in-charge of Kambula Mission (St. John the Baptist’s, Kambula) in Zululand, from 1904 to 1916. He served during the Great War as Chaplain, South African Native Labour Contingent, from 1916 to 1918; and was then Priest-in-charge of St. Cyprian’s, Etalaneni in Zululand, from 1918 to 1930; Rector of St. Michael and All Angels, Eshowe in Zululand, from 1930 to 1943; and Canon of the Pro-Cathedral of St. Peter, Vryheid, from 1935 to 1943. He died in 1953.