File. East Cowes, No.14 (District Chaplain)

Reference No:: U DMS/8/1/16
Dates:: 29 Jun 1970-31 May 1977
Description:: File containing chaplains' completed returns, notes, and correspondence between Reverend William Popham Hosford and Reverend Jim Buckett as chaplains of East Cowes and J.R. 'Bob' Precious and A. Powell Hutchison as secretaries of the Lightships and Lighthouses Committee of the Missions to Seamen. Includes references to the following: honorarium and expenses payments; visits made to lighthouses and lightships; trip made by Precious to Isle of Wight; lightkeepers names; requests for press cuttings or pictures relating to visits; overlapping duties of District Chaplains and Honorary Chaplains; Hutchison's former role as chaplain onboard the P&O ship 'Canberra'; potential link to be formed between Isle of Wight and Virgin Islands; talks to local groups about the work of Missions to Seamen by Buckett; reorganisation of Trinity House Depot structure leading to redundancy of East Cowes as a depot.
Format:: Archive Item
Extent:: 1 file
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Access Conditions:: Access will be granted to any accredited reader
Repository:: Hull University Archives
Collection:: Records of the Head Office of the Mission to Seafarers (formerly known as the Missions to Seamen)