Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Chaplain to the Forces the Reverend T. W. Metcalfe, Royal Army Chaplains’ Department

Defence Medal; General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Palestine 1945-48, Cyprus (Rev. T. W. Metcalfe. C.F.4. R.A.Ch.D.), rank and unit partially officially corrected; General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Borneo (The Rev. T. W. Metcalfe. C.F.3. R.A.Ch.D.) mounted as worn, minor edge bruising and contact marks, very fine (3) £400-500

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Awards to Chaplains formed by Philip Mussell.

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Thomas William Metcalfe was born on 28 July 1916 and was educated at Selwyn College, Cambridge, and Ripon Hall, Oxford. He was ordained Deacon in 1939 and Priest in 1940. Commissioned Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class (Church of England) on 1 October 1946, he was promoted Chaplain to the Forces, 3rd Class on 1 April 1961 and retired on 28 July 1971.