Hugh Lister

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Major Hugh Evelyn Jackson Lister (1901- 9 September 1944) was an Anglican priest, trade union organizer, and combatant British Army officer in World War II.

Graduate of Cambridge University and Cuddesdon Theological College, he was an Anglo-Catholic and friend of Austin Farrer. Leader of Hackney branch of Transport and General Workers Union. Organized labour and led strikes in East End of London in the late 1930s.

Lister volunteered to serve in World War II with the Welsh Guards and commanded a support company. Major Lister was killed by German fire at Hechtel, Belgium on 9 September 1944.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ CWGC entry
  • Cameron, Alice. In Pursuit of Justice: The Story of Hugh Lister and His Friends in Hackney Wick. London: SCM Press, 1946.
  • Snape, Michael. God and the British Soldier: Religion and the British Army in the First and Second World Wars. London and New York: Routledge, 2005. See chap. 4: "The Church in Khaki."