Basil Stratton Explained

The Ven. Basil Stratton (7 April 1906 - 9 May 2000)^[1] was Archdeacon of Lichfield and Canon Treasurer of Lichfield Cathedral from 1959 to 1974.^[2]

Stratton was educated at Lincoln School and Durham University.^[3] He was an active member of the Durham University Boat Club, serving as stroke for the university in both the Coxless Four and the Eight.^[4] He also attempted to row across the River Wear in a bathtub, which sank and never recovered.^[4]

Stratton was ordained deacon in 1930; and priest in 1931.^[5] After a curacy at St Stephen, Grimsby he was an SPG Missionary in India from 1932 to 1934;^[6] and with the Indian Ecclesiastical Establishment from 1935 to 1941.^[7] He was a Chaplain to the British Armed Forces from 1941 to 1947, serving in Iraq, India, Burma and Malaya, and was also Mentioned in dispatches. In 1948 he became Vicar of Figheldean; and in 1953 of Market Drayton. He was also an Honorary Chaplain to the Queen from 1965 to 1976.^[8]

Notes and References

1. His wife Fay died aged 98 in 2005 > Deaths. The Times (London, England), Tuesday, August 02, 2005; pg. 44; Issue 68455.
2. Lives in Brief. The Times (London, England), Monday, June 26, 2000
3. Web site: Durham University Calendar 1936-7. reed.dur.ac.uk. 14 March 2018. en.
4. Web site: The Venerable Basil Stratton . https://web.archive.org/web/20160227075015/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1366796/The-Venerable-Basil-Stratton.html . dead . 27 February 2016 . The Telegraph . 4 September 2018 . 17 May 2000.
5. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976
6. Web site: Stratton, Ven. Basil, (27 April 1906–9 May 2000) . Who's Who . 3 October 2018 . en .
7. https://web.archive.org/web/20160227075015/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1366796/The-Venerable-Basil-Stratton.html Telegraph obituary
8. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/43767/page/8789/data.pdf London Gazette