Travers Guy Rogers
Travers Guy Rogers MC (1876–1967) was an author and priest in the Church of England who became a chaplain to King George V in 1918.[1]
Career[edit]
He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, where he was awarded BA in 1898 and BD in 1901. In 1899 he received the Term Composition Prize from the Divinity School.[2]
He was ordained a deacon in 1900 and priest in 1901.
He was made a temporary chaplain to the forces on 12 October 1915[3] and served as Chaplain to the 2nd Guards Brigade. He described the harrowing ordeal of preparing a deserter for his execution after his trial in 1916 in letters written home to his family.[4] He was awarded the Military Cross for conspicuous gallantry in 1916.[5] He relinquished this commission on 1 January 1917.[6]
He was appointed a Chaplain to the King in 1918.[7]
He was appointed:
- Vicar of St Matthias's Church, Dublin 1900–1902
- Vicar of Monkstown Church, Dublin 1902–1903
- Vicar of St Barnabas's Church, Kensington 1903–1906
- Vicar of Holy Trinity Church, Marylebone 1906–1909
- Vicar of St John the Evangelist with St Stephen's Church, Reading 1909–1915[8]
- Vicar of All Saints' Church, West Ham 1916[9]–1924
- Rector of St Martin in the Bull Ring Birmingham 1924[10]–1948
Publications[edit]
- The Inner Life. Essays in Liberal Evangelicalism (1925)
- The Church and the People, Sampson Low, Marston and Co. (1931)
- The return to God: an Anglican View (1933)
- A Rebel at Heart: The Autobiography of a Nonconforming Churchman, Longmans Green and Co. (1956)
Notes[edit]
- ^ "No. 30613". The London Gazette. 5 April 1918. p. 4133.
- ^ "University Intelligence". Belfast News-Letter. Belfast. 23 June 1899. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
- ^ "No. 29339". The London Gazette. 25 October 1915. p. 10494.
- ^ Shot at Dawn. Julian Putkowski and Julian Sykes. Casemate Publishers. 1990. p.84 ISBN 147381815X
- ^ "No. 29824". The London Gazette. 14 November 1916. p. 11065.
- ^ "No. 29923". The London Gazette. 29 January 1917. p. 1043.
- ^ "No. 30613". The London Gazette. 5 April 1918. p. 4133.
- ^ The Times, 20 October 1915, p. 3.
- ^ "No. 29822". The London Gazette. 14 November 1916. p. 10963.
- ^ "New Rector of Birmingham". Gloucestershire Echo. Dundee. 2 December 1924. Retrieved 9 September 2015.