Defender of the Faith and Sovereign of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire to Our trusty and well-beloved John Hughes Esquire Lieutenant in Our Royal Navy / Greeting / Whereas We have thought fit to nominate and appoint you to be an Ordinary Member of the Military Division of Our said Most Excellent Order of the British Empire We do by these presents grant unto you the Dignity of an Ordinary Member of Our said Order and hereby authorise you to have hold and enjoy the said Dignity and Rank of an Ordinary Member of Our aforesaid Order together with all and singular the privileges thereunto belonging or appertaining
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R Vancouver for 6 years prior to enlisting for the war in September 1914
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United Kingdom. A Great War Chaplain Portrait, with Cap Badge and CEF Buttons Auction Defender of the Faith andA mixed lot of items to Great War chaplains, including: 1. A studio portrait of a Chaplain 4th Class, in uniform with visor cap and collar visible, affixed to a large card stock backer bearing the studio mark of Albert Hester (Upper Clapton Road, London, N. E.), measuring 20 cm (w) x 27. 5 cm (h), demonstrating some soiling to the obverse, in extremely fine condition. 2. A British Army Chaplains Department cap badge, constructed of blackened brass,