Arthur Winnington-Ingram, Bishop of London, WW1

Arthur Foley Winnington-Ingram (1858-1946), bishop of London, wearing the uniform of the Rifle Brigade to which he was attached as chaplain in 1914. He was an effective and tireless recruiter of volunteers in the early months of the First World War. In 1915 he toured the western front, in 1916 the Grand Fleet at Rosyth and Scapa Flow, and in 1918 Salonica. He had a profound belief in the just cause of the war and spoke fervently and tirelessly against German atrocities to the point of xenophoba. Asquith commented that Winnington-Ingram's views were, jingoism of the shallowest kind. The Tatler comments underneath this picture that, His help and influence are enormous. His popularity with men of all grades of society is exceptional

Chaplain Clergy Ingram Recruiter Recruiting Winnington

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