A Seeker After Truths: The Life and Times of G. A. Studdert Kennedy 'Woodbine Willie' 1883-1929 Parker Linda
A Seeker After Truths: The Life and Times of G. A. Studdert Kennedy 'Woodbine Willie' 1883-1929 Parker Linda Geoffrey Studdert Kennedy became one of the most famous army chaplains of the First World…
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A Seeker After Truths: The Life and Times of G. A. Studdert Kennedy 'Woodbine Willie' 1883-1929 Parker Linda
Geoffrey Studdert Kennedy became one of the most famous army chaplains of the First World War, earning the nickname 'Woodbine Willie' because of his habit of giving out both cigarettes and bibles to the men at the front. He believed that the place of the army chaplain in battle was near the action, with his troops, and earned a Military Cross for bravery at the Battle of Messines. During the war he also earned the reputation of an unconventional preacher, who kept men spellbound with his passionate oratory.
In his prewar parochial ministry he had a definite bias to the poor, working in parishes with a high proportion of slum areas and poverty-stricken populations. It was during the war that he began writing the prose and poetry that were to make him famous.However, there was much more to the life of this talented and unusual priest than his war service. In these parishes he became