A Collection of Awards to Chaplains formed by Philip Mussell

Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (Rev. E. L. Macassey. C.T.F.) nearly extremely fine, scarce £500-700

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Awards to Chaplains formed by Philip Mussell.

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Ernest Livingston Macassey was educated at Hertford College, Oxford and St. Stephen's’ House, Oxford, and was ordained Deacon in 1910 and Priest in 1911. Appointed Curate of Twickenham in 1910, he was appointed a Chaplain to the Forces (Territorial Army) in 1912, and served during the Great War with 1/8th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment (Territorial Force). Appointed Vicar of St. Peter’s, Hammersmith in 1921, he was awarded the Territorial Decoration on 2 January 1923, and subsequently held the living of Mapledurham, Oxfordshire from 1935.

Approximately 17 Territorial Force War Medals awarded to the Army Chaplains’ Department for the Great War.