Basil Stratton

The Ven. Basil Stratton (7 April 1906 - 9 May 2000)[1] was Archdeacon of Lichfield and Canon Treasurer of Lichfield Cathedral from 1959 to 1974.[2]

Stratton was educated at Lincoln School and Durham University.[3] He was an active member of the Durham University Boat Club, serving as stroke for the university in both the Coxless Four and the Eight.[4] He also attempted to row across the River Wear in a bathtub, which sank and never recovered.[4]

Stratton was ordained deacon in 1930; and priest in 1931.[5] After a curacy at St Stephen, Grimsby he was an SPG Missionary in India from 1932 to 1934;[6] and with the Indian Ecclesiastical Establishment from 1935 to 1941.[7] He was a Chaplain to the British Armed Forces from 1941 to 1947, serving in Iraq, India, Burma and Malaya, and was also Mentioned in dispatches.[6] In 1948 he became Vicar of Figheldean; and in 1953 of Market Drayton. He was also an Honorary Chaplain to the Queen from 1965 to 1976.[8]

Notes

  1. ^ His wife Fay died aged 98 in 2005 > Deaths. The Times (London, England), Tuesday, August 02, 2005; pg. 44; Issue 68455.
  2. ^ Lives in Brief. The Times (London, England), Monday, June 26, 2000
  3. ^ "Durham University Calendar 1936-7". reed.dur.ac.uk. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
  4. ^ a b "The Venerable Basil Stratton". The Telegraph. 17 May 2000. Archived from the original on 27 February 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  5. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
  6. ^ a b Stratton, Ven. Basil, (27 April 1906–9 May 2000). doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U182175. ISBN 978-0-19-954089-1. Retrieved 3 October 2018. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  7. ^ Telegraph obituary
  8. ^ London Gazette

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