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- Geoffrey Charles Lester Lunt MC (1885–1948) was an Anglican bishop in the 20th century. Born into an ecclesiastical family and educated at Sherborne and Exeter College, Oxford he was ordained in 1909. His first post was as curate at Christ Church, Clifton, Bristol, after which he was secretary of the Church Missionary Society for Public Schools and Young People's Work then vicar of St Paul's, Bedminster. While at Bedminster he was freed to join the Army Chaplain's Department, and served in France and Flanders with the 17th Division on a one-year contract. He experienced the Battles of Arras and Passchendaele, witnessed cavalry attacks, bombardments, and the effects of gas, and helped with surgical operations, soup kitchens and mass burials. He was awarded the Military Cross for rescuing wounded soldiers. When peace returned he became vicar of All Saints, Northampton then archdeacon of Egypt. From 1928 he was vicar of St Mary's, Portsea, Portsmouth, the largest parish of the city. before his appointment to the episcopate as bishop of Ripon. By 1946, Lunt's health was causing concern, and when the Bishop of Southwark turned down the offer of translation to Salisbury, Lunt was offered the post and accepted it. A rural diocese seemed to provide a more amenable setting than Ripon which included the city of Leeds. Unfortunately, Lunt's health did not improve and he died in 1948. (en)
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- Geoffrey Charles Lester Lunt MC (1885–1948) was an Anglican bishop in the 20th century. Born into an ecclesiastical family and educated at Sherborne and Exeter College, Oxford he was ordained in 1909. His first post was as curate at Christ Church, Clifton, Bristol, after which he was secretary of the Church Missionary Society for Public Schools and Young People's Work then vicar of St Paul's, Bedminster. While at Bedminster he was freed to join the Army Chaplain's Department, and served in France and Flanders with the 17th Division on a one-year contract. He experienced the Battles of Arras and Passchendaele, witnessed cavalry attacks, bombardments, and the effects of gas, and helped with surgical operations, soup kitchens and mass burials. He was awarded the Military Cross for rescuing wo (en)
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