posted on 2024-02-23, 23:00authored byGreat War Archive Project Team
<p dir="ltr">Postcard with purple ribbon binding. Caption reads 'Cologne Garrison Church, C of E, British Army of the Rhine, 1921'. To the interior: 'With every Good Wish from the Senior Chaplain and Members of the Church Council'. Reverse shows insignia of the Royal Army Chaplains' Department. </p>
<p>Volunteer (pre-1908 organisation of the Territorial Force) award for one year efficient service. </p>
<p>Part of the photograph and scrap album of Revd. Leonard Thomas Pearson, Army Chaplain's Department (attached No. 44 Casualty Clearing Station), discovered in a skip and deposited with the Bodlian Library. Revd. Pearson was interviewed by Lyn Macdonald for her book 'The Roses of No Man's Land', which contains two extracts and a photograph.</p>