James Walkey

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{{Portal|Christianity}} The Venerable James Rowland Walkey [http://www.geni.com/people/James-Walkey/6000000011624353928 Genealogical web site] CBE, was an amateur sportsman in the first half of the twentieth century who later became an eminent[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/34831/pages/2248/page.pdf London Gazette] Anglican Chaplain.[https://books.google.com/books/about/The_airman_s_guide_to_the_Bible.html?id=vRB2OwAACAAJ airmans guide to The Bible]

He was born into a military family on 10 April 1880His father was Colonel Rowland Walkey, RA > "Who was Who" 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 {{ISBN|978-0-19-954087-7}} and educated at Plymouth College and Christ's College, Cambridge. During his varsity years he was awarded a Blue for Rugby and, after joining the British Army as a chaplain, was its 100-yard champion in 1906. In that year he married Bijou Frances Paske[http://www.pask.org.uk/Pask-p/p59.htm#i1468 Pask family web site] daughter of the Colonel Commandant of the Notts and Derbyshire Regiment with whom he had one son and six daughters. He was mentioned in despatches during World War I and at its conclusion joined the fledgling Royal Air Force Chaplaincy Service. After serving at Uxbridge (during which time he became its Fencing champion) he held posts[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/32746/pages/6582/page.pdf LG]

in Iraq and the Middle East before becoming an Honorary Chaplain to the King[http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1934/1934%20-%200053.html Honorary Chaplain to the King] and eventually its Archdeacon"New Chaplain-In-Chief To R.A.F.", The Times, Friday, 3 November 1933; pg. 16; Issue 46592; col A (Chaplain-in-Chief).[http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1940/1940%20-%201061.html Retirement] Later he held incumbencies at Wateringbury, Worting,Crockford's Clerical Directory1947-48 Oxford, OUP,1947 Angmering,[http://www.angmeringvillage.co.uk/history/incumbents.htm Angmering Parish Incumbents] Haversham and Moreton. He retired just a year before his death on 8 January 1960."Obituary Rev. J. R. Walkey", The Times, Thursday, 14 January 1960; pg. 17; Issue 54668; col B