Frank McGowan (priest)

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The Ven. Frank McGowan, MBE, MA was an Anglican priest: the Archdeacon of Sarum from 1951 until his death on 21 February 1968. [1] Born on 7 October 1895, he was educated at St Edmund Hall, Oxford. After World War I service with the Duke of Wellington's Regiment and later the Machine Gun Corps wounded in action he was discharged and awarded a British War Medal, Allied Victory Medal and Discharge badge No 366001. He was ordained in 1923. [2] He was a curate at St Michael and All Angels, Bournemouth before serving incumbencies at St Mark's, Birmingham and then St Nicholas, Cholderton until his archdeacon's appointment. [3]

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References

  1. Obituary The Times (London, England), Friday, 23 February 1968; pg. 10; Issue 57183
  2. Crockfords (Oxford, OUP, He was awarded the M.B.E. in 1945 for his services as Honorary Secretary, Church of England Board for the Welfare of Imperial Forces within the Diocese of Salisbury.London Gazette 3 January 1945; pg.128; supplement 36869. 1948)
  3. "Who was Who" 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN   978-0-19-954087-7
Church of England titles
Preceded by
Percy John Dale
Archdeacon of Sarum
19511968
Succeeded by
Stephen Basil Wingfield Digby