posted on 2024-02-23, 23:00authored byGreat War Archive Project Team
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.
Volunteer (pre-1908 organisation of the Territorial Force) award for one year efficient service.
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.