Faith of our fathers : Catholic chaplains with the British Army on the Western Front, 1916-19 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Bellis, Stephen (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Warwick, England : Helion & Company Limited, [2018]
Subjects:	World War, 1914-1918 > Chaplains. World War, 1914-1918 > Religious aspects > Catholic Church. Military chaplains > Catholic Church > History > 20th century.

Table of Contents:

1. Society, History, Geography, Politics, Attitudes: `The Irish are Vermin and Scum of the Earth'
2. Mission, Education, Landscapes, and Training: `I am begging you as a mother to look after my son'
3. Role, Organisation, Structure, and Deployment: `Not a Society Entertainer, nor a Vendor of Buns and Cigarettes'
4. Conditions at the Front: `Not the Kind of Life to Select as an Amusement But there will be plenty to do'
5. 1916: A Partir De La Belle Epoque A Folie
6. 1917: `Bah! What a game... The world is supposed to be civilised'
7. January-June 1918: `Seesaw Margery Daw
Johnny Shall Have a New Master'
8. July-December 1918: `End of Bloodshed and Strife, Everybody Going Mad With Delight'
9. 1919: `Sic Transit Gloria Khaki!'
`Ave Atque Vale!'
Appendices
I. Statistical Dilemmas
II. Chaplains KIA and Buried on Western Front
III. How CFs with British Army Died on Western Front
IV. Catholic Chaplains Died in Other Theatres of War
V. Pre-War Missions of CF's KIA
VI. Chaplaincy Organisation
VII. Burial Directives
VIII. Example of Letters to Families of the Deceased
IX. A Portrait of Fr Robert Steuart SJ
X. A Portrait of Fr Fred Gillett
XI. The Hymn Faith of Our Fathers.