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Description: | Seven negatives and 55 original, reproduction and copy prints collected by the Reverend Gordon C Taylor relating to his service as a Chaplain RNVR on board HMS RODNEY during the Second World War and also for authoritative history of naval chaplains "The Sea Chaplains".
The images include various panoramic group portraits such as of officers of HMS ROYAL ARTHUR, Skegness, summer 1940; a framed group portrait of the officers of HMS RODNEY, taken on board the ship at Scapa Flow, May 1945; RN chaplains dinner at the Connaught Roooms, London c 1948-1950 (plus annotated copy of same); Officers of HMS MEDINA, First World War; informal group portrait of naval chaplains during a visit to the Bishop of Mombasa (Rt Rev RP Crabble) and the chaplains of East Africa Command, 1943; a group photograph after the Conference of Naval Chaplains, Dowdeswell, July 1950; a copy print of the Chaplain's of Rosyth area, 1917; Combined Operations Chaplains dinner, April 1947; the officers of HMS FALMOUTH, 1913; a modern reprint of an image of Reverend L H Landman with his 'temperance men' on the criuser HMS ARGYLL, c 1906.The Choir at RMA Church, Eastney, c.1914.
Also various scenes such as a view of HMS RODNEY in Malta with torpedo booms deployed, August 1943; the Christmas morning 1944 drinks reception aboard HMS RODNEY with Admiral Henry Moore and Captain Fitzroy present; the commissioning of HMS HOWE, 29 August 1940; a church 'parade' on board HMS RODNEY during a cruise to the West Indies, 1934; HMS ARK ROYAL entering New York Harbour, 1957; a visit by the Archbishop of Canterbury to Chatham Dockyard, 1976; a confirmation at sea by the Bishop of St Helena on board HMS LION, 4 December 1961; and a modern reproduction of an image of the launch of HMS PETEREL, 1927.
Several ecclesiastic locations are featured such as: the Chapel of HMS RODNEY, Easter 1945; interior and exterior views of St Andrews Church at the Royal Marines Barracks, Eastney; a modern print of an image of 'Salvation Barracks Church, Mobasa, Kenya, 1944; Peter and Paul Church, at Nairobi West Airport, 1973; exterior and interior views of the chaplain's office and the construction (and later interior) of St Michael and All Angels Church at HMS KARONGO, RNAS Nairobi, 1943; a poor quality copy print of the chapel in HMS BARHAM, 1916 (retained for information purposes);
Also depicted are various personalities including Rev. Taylor such as on board HMS PRETORIA CASTLE, January 1942; and a copy print of image of Taylor conducting Christmas morning service, 1944; as well as a print of him leaving the awning covering the Quarterdeck on board HMS RODNEY on Sunday 13th May 1945 at the end of the Home Fleet's "Thanksgiving for Victory in Europe" service. Other depicted are: Reverend E R Bredin, RN, chaplain and survivor of the sinking of HMS WARROR during the Battle of Jutland; a copy print of an image of the Venerable C J E Peshall DSO, Chaplain of the Fleet, circa 1935; a formal portrait of the Venerable T Crick, Chaplain of the Fleet circa Second World War; copy prints of images of Reverend L H Landman, c. 1916, Reverend J J A Newman RN aboard HMS MANCHESTER conducting service for ashes burial at sea, circa 1980s, Reverend D V Evans conducting service at the commissioning of HMS FIFE, July 1969, HMS REPULSE's chaplain Cannon Bexxant and her commanding officer Captain Tennant aboard a destroyer after the battlecruiser was sunk, 10 January 1941, Reverend Temple with ship's company on board HMS EXCLIPSE, circa Second World War and the Venerable J K Wilson, Chaplain of the Fleet 1943-1947. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | river gunboat (1927) HMS RODNEY HMS HOWE Religion HMS ARK ROYAL HMS MEDINA Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (1903-1958) Naval Warfare battleship (1914) HMS FALMOUTH HMS PETEREL battleship (1925) HMS MANCHESTER HMS Royal Arthur HMS KARONGO HMS EXCLIPSE Royal Navy HMS ARGYLL HMS Lion North Sea Battle of Jutland 1916 HMS BARHAM First World War HMS PRETORIA CASTLE | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Unknown | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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