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Description: | Photocopies of his 4 ms diaries (130pp) and 1 ts transcription (27pp) of extracts from his diary, February 1914 - December 1918 and September 1939 - May 1945, recording his career in the Church of England and serving as an Assistant Curate at St Paul's, Hammersmith (February 1914 - January 1915) and in the parish of Friern Barnet (January 1915 - March 1917); as a Minor Canon at St George's Chapel, Windsor (March 1917 - December 1918) and St Paul's Cathedral (1921 - 1939); and as Rector of St James's, Garlickhythe (1939 - 1964) and Chaplain to the Company of Vintners in the City of London, commuting from his home at Nether Court in Woldingham, Surrey (August 1939 - May 1945) and giving his comments on his duties and his colleagues; his marriage and the births of his children, including the death of his twin sons; news of his brothers and the deaths of friends and relatives on active service, notably his brother Edward; his ill-health which thwarted his attempts to join up as a Chaplain; his off-duty activities; his preaching and writing; Zeppelin Raids (September 1916); the Royal family; meeting the Crown Prince of Siam and tutoring Prince Rupert of Teck; the effects of the war, notably rationing and rising prices; the dismissal of his maid 'with child' by a soldier; the influenza epidemic and the celebrations of the Armistice; the Blitz on London and the damage to the City and his own church; the problems of travelling; shortages of food and growing his own; the difficulties of repairing his church; his ARP service; and mentioning King Peter of Yugoslavia; Admiral Lord Mountevans; King Haakon of Norway; General Lord Ismay; William Templer, Archbishop of Canterbury; Sir John Anderson; Lord Reith; the Reverend P B Clayton; and Sir Winston Churchill. Also included are his religious book (June 1916); 35 letters (99pp) from his father, the Reverend William J Foxell (August 1914 - December 1918), President of Sion College, in Muswell Hill; 47 letters (186pp) from his four brothers (August 1914 - August 1942), serving with the East Kent Regiment, the Postal Section of the RE as DADPS, XIV Corps, and as a Church of England Army Chaplain on the Western Front and as a Naval Surgeon in destroyers and on Gallipoli with the Royal Naval Division, and 32 letters (87pp) from his Godmother and friends who were on active service with the Army in Egypt, France, India, Salonika, Mesopotamia and the UK; a diary (53pp) written by his son recording his career as a medical student in Switzerland, Germany, and UK, notably in London during the Blitz (1935 - 1945) and commenting his medical training, meeting a Nazi officer, his recovery from TB, rationing, his entertainment, ENSA shows, and VE celebrations; and some miscellaneous family papers and photographs.
Cataloguer SHJ
Catalogue date 2001-09 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Foxell, Maurice F | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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