Half-Shilling Curate

Do you remember when you joined Twitter? I do! #MyTwitterAnniversary I’ve just received this notification from Twitter. So much has happened in the last 7 years, and I know #TheHalfShillingCurate is still reaching out to folk around the world. Thank you. #WW1 #FWW #Faith #Courage

@MalcolmAMonkey @TheRealBrianSmi What a beautiful photo of Broughton Castle! #wisteria #summer #windows #Broughton @BroughtonCastle #monkey

Walls are made for windows, including garden walls. How special is this, with views to the Oxfordshire countryside. Broughton Castle.

#OTD 2016 my grandfather’s story, The Half-Shilling Curate was published. 6 years on & it is still reaching out to people near & far. Now in its third edition, I am so pleased that my grandfather’s story has been such a success - a true story of love, courage and faith. #WW1 #FWW

@GADGWP @Helionbooks Thank you! 🙏

@ShillingCurate @Helionbooks A relation of Howard Richmond Henry Butler…buried at Girvan Doune Cemetery.Well done Sarah…👍🏾

@FlandersBTour @Helionbooks Thank you! 🙏

@ShillingCurate @Helionbooks Congratulations!

@ShillingCurate I wrote a review for this fantastic book fascinatingfactsofww1.blogspot.com/2018/07/book-r…

#LestWeForget #OTD #WW1 #Chaplain We remember them all. We remember their stories of courage, valour and faith. Let us never forget. #Amen

18 Mar 1918, Revd Edward Barker, Royal Artillery Chaplain, died, aged 30. Buried Achiet-Le-Grand Communal Cem Ext. Born California, only child. Educated @BedfordSchool, @QueensCam & @RidleyHall (theology). Ordained 1911. Curate @StJohnNottHill, Chagford & St Luke's Torquay. #WW1

@IanPiper1 @sommecourt @Taff_Gillingham @militaryhistori @TrenchTrotter @ProfGSheffield @daniel_todman @ypreswoman @richardvanemden @AlanLaishley @charlotte_m_z I would recommend some of the old books on WW1 which were written by those who survived to tell their stories. Unfortunately, all my books are in storage at present. When I am re-united with them, I will send you a DM with my top 3 suggestions.

My WW1 book collection. Any missing books that you would highly recommend to broaden my understanding? @sommecourt @Taff_Gillingham @militaryhistori @TrenchTrotter @ProfGSheffield @daniel_todman @ypreswoman @ShillingCurate @richardvanemden @AlanLaishley @charlotte_m_z thanks.

3 December 1918: The Rev William Abbott, Chaplain to the Forces, the Vicar of Cardington co Salop died of pneumonia contracted while on service. He was educated at Christ College, Brecon and ordained in 1909. #WW1 #LestWeForget #WeWillRememberThem bit.ly/2Y3faZ8

#Remembrance looks a little different this year. Soldiers have mapped a walking route around Colchester, providing an alternative way to reflect. It takes in locations that highlight the sacrifices of war, the history of @16AirAssltBde and of Colchester. ow.ly/wts350C7gTM

This week marked the 4th year anniversary of the publication of my grandfather’s story, ‘The Half-Shilling Curate’. I am so pleased that his story has been told and so many people have enjoyed reading his account of faith, love & war. He will never be forgotten. #WW1 #FWW #Padre

#LestWeForget Whilst visiting home, in Pembrokeshire last week, I had to visit this lonely soldier who rests nearby and who is not forgotten. Next time, I’ll take some gardening tools and tidy up around his gravestone. #WW1 #FWW #Saundersfoot #Pembrokeshire

Very much looking forward to seeing this book published & learning a little more about my grandfather’s cousin, Howard Richmond Henry Butler who died in a flying accident at Turnberry in 1918. #lestweforget #WW1 #FWW #Turnberry #Ayr #Aviation #RFC #AFC @RAFMUSEUM

Nice to see ‘The Half-Shilling Curate’ shown as one of the Western Front Association’s ‘hidden gems’! I hope many people who haven’t or have read the story will continue to enjoy my grandfather’s incredible account of courage, love and faith. #WW1 #FWW #Chaplain #Faith #Courage

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