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Rupert Lonsdale

British POW submarine commander

Died when: 93 years 355 days (1127 months)
Star Sign: Taurus

 

Rupert Lonsdale

Rupert Philip Lonsdale (5 May 1905 – 25 April 1999) was a British submarine commander, prisoner of war and Anglican clergyman.He was forced to surrender his boat in World War II after he had succeeded in rescuing her and her crew from the sea bed after she struck a mine.

He was honourably acquitted at the inevitable court-martial after spending five years as a prisoner of war.After the war Lonsdale took Anglican holy orders, serving in several parishes.

In 1952 he volunteered to go as a District Chaplain to Kenya, to help find a peaceful solution to the Mau Mau Uprising.

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