Sidney Clarke (priest)

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}

{{Portal|Christianity}} The Venerable Sidney Lampard Clarke MA, BSc was an eminent[http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1931/1931%20-%201331.html Flight Global] Anglican[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/34004/pages/8053/page.pdf London Gazette 12 December 1933] Chaplain.[http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03071843409428771 Royal United Services Institution. Journal Volume 79, Issue 513, 1934]

He was born on 15 January 1871 “Who was Who” 1897–2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 {{ISBN|978-0-19-954087-7}} in Derby, Derbyshire, England[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~gtbannan/pafg184.htm Genealogical web site] and educated at the Universities of St Andrews[http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/university-of-st-andrews/the-matriculation-roll-of-the-university-of-st-andrews-1747-1897-hci/page-23-the-matriculation-roll-of-the-university-of-st-andrews-1747-1897-hci.shtml The matriculation roll of the University of St. Andrews, 1747–1897] and London.[http://archives.ulrls.lon.ac.uk/resources/general_register_part_2.pdf University of London General Register part 2] He was ordained Deacon in 1899Nottinghamshire Guardian (London, England), Saturday, 3 June 1899; pg. 8; Issue 2819. 19th Century British Library Newspapers: Part II. and Priest a year later.The Times Tuesday, 12 June 1900; pg. 13; Issue 36166; col C Ordinations Lincoln After a curacy at St. Mary's, Horncastle he was a naval chaplain and instructor from 1901 until 1918 when he joined the fledgling RAF Chaplaincy Service. He was at the Halton Camp from 1919 to 1930 when he became Archdeacon (Chaplain-in-Chief) of the service. Upon military retirement he was Vicar of Cranwell from 1934 to 1938.

An Honorary Chaplain to the KingThe Times Honorary Chaplain To The King Tuesday, 8 December 1931; p g. 14; Issue 46000; col F he died on 13 November 1945.The Times, Thursday, 15 November 1945; pg. 1; Issue 50300; col A Deaths