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D.S.O. London Gazette 3.6.1918.
M.C. London Gazette 1.1.1917.
Bar to M.C. London Gazette 7.11.1918 'For conspicuous gallantry and initiative during an attack. He several times rallied men under severe opposition and by his personal example of courage and cheerfulness assisted troops to hold on to their positions until they could be carried forward by a reinforcing Battalion'.
The Reverend Charles Herman Schmettau Runge, D.S.O., M.C., was born in June 1889 and educated at Charterhouse and Trinity College, Oxford. Employed by the British Bank of South America in Buenos Aires between 1908-12 and the family firm of Runge, Wolters & Co. back in London between 1912-14, he was commissioned into the 12th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment soon after the outbreak of hostilities. Subsequently posted as a Staff Captain to the 54th Infantry Brigade in 1916 and as a Brigade Major to 55th Infantry Brigade in 1917, he finished the War as a D.A.Q.M.G. with 58th Division. In addition to being thrice decorated he was twice Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazettes 11.12.1917 and 20.5.1918 refer). Taking Holy Orders in 1921, he moved to South Africa and initially found employment as a Lecturer in Theology at Transvaal University College. Afterwards the Headmaster of St. John's College, Johannesburg between 1930-35 and the Provincial of Community of the Resurrection in South Africa, he returned to military service as a Principal Chaplain to the Union Defence Forces on the renewal of hostilities. As such he witnessed active service in North Africa, Sicily and Italy between 1941-44 and ended the War as a Chief Welfare Officer. He was again Mentioned in Despatches in May 1946. In the post-War era Runge was received into the Roman Catholic Church after attending Beda College in Rome, served as Pastor in the Archdiocese of Pretoria and latterly as a Lecturer back in Rome. He retired in 1968 and died in September 1970.
M.C. London Gazette 1.1.1917.
Bar to M.C. London Gazette 7.11.1918 'For conspicuous gallantry and initiative during an attack. He several times rallied men under severe opposition and by his personal example of courage and cheerfulness assisted troops to hold on to their positions until they could be carried forward by a reinforcing Battalion'.
The Reverend Charles Herman Schmettau Runge, D.S.O., M.C., was born in June 1889 and educated at Charterhouse and Trinity College, Oxford. Employed by the British Bank of South America in Buenos Aires between 1908-12 and the family firm of Runge, Wolters & Co. back in London between 1912-14, he was commissioned into the 12th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment soon after the outbreak of hostilities. Subsequently posted as a Staff Captain to the 54th Infantry Brigade in 1916 and as a Brigade Major to 55th Infantry Brigade in 1917, he finished the War as a D.A.Q.M.G. with 58th Division. In addition to being thrice decorated he was twice Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazettes 11.12.1917 and 20.5.1918 refer). Taking Holy Orders in 1921, he moved to South Africa and initially found employment as a Lecturer in Theology at Transvaal University College. Afterwards the Headmaster of St. John's College, Johannesburg between 1930-35 and the Provincial of Community of the Resurrection in South Africa, he returned to military service as a Principal Chaplain to the Union Defence Forces on the renewal of hostilities. As such he witnessed active service in North Africa, Sicily and Italy between 1941-44 and ended the War as a Chief Welfare Officer. He was again Mentioned in Despatches in May 1946. In the post-War era Runge was received into the Roman Catholic Church after attending Beda College in Rome, served as Pastor in the Archdiocese of Pretoria and latterly as a Lecturer back in Rome. He retired in 1968 and died in September 1970.