Lot Essay
M.C. London Gazette 3.6.1919.
Mention in Despatches London Gazette 24.5.1918.
The Reverend Sydney Groves, M.C., who completed his education at Lincoln College, Oxford and Wells Theological College, took Holy Orders in 1910. Curate of Portsea from 1911-13 and at St. Mary's Abbot, Kensington from 1913-14, he was appointed a Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class in December of the latter year and won his M.C. while attached to the 51st Highland Division. Groves was next appointed Domestic Chaplain to the Bishop of Sarawak, returning to the U.K. in 1920 to take up appointment as Curate of Mortlake and in 1922, Vicar of St. Saviours, Forest Hill, which latter post he held until the mid-1930s. Groves joined the R.A.F.V.R. as a Chaplain in 1940 and by 1948 held rank equivalent to that of Squadron Leader. Latterly appointed to St. Margaret's, Streatham and St. Luke's, Battersea, Groves became an Honorary Canon of Southwark in 1949.
Mention in Despatches London Gazette 24.5.1918.
The Reverend Sydney Groves, M.C., who completed his education at Lincoln College, Oxford and Wells Theological College, took Holy Orders in 1910. Curate of Portsea from 1911-13 and at St. Mary's Abbot, Kensington from 1913-14, he was appointed a Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class in December of the latter year and won his M.C. while attached to the 51st Highland Division. Groves was next appointed Domestic Chaplain to the Bishop of Sarawak, returning to the U.K. in 1920 to take up appointment as Curate of Mortlake and in 1922, Vicar of St. Saviours, Forest Hill, which latter post he held until the mid-1930s. Groves joined the R.A.F.V.R. as a Chaplain in 1940 and by 1948 held rank equivalent to that of Squadron Leader. Latterly appointed to St. Margaret's, Streatham and St. Luke's, Battersea, Groves became an Honorary Canon of Southwark in 1949.