| 词条 | Christopher Tanner |
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| name= Christopher Champain Tanner | image= File:Christopher_Champain_Tanner.jpg | image_size= | alt= | caption= Chaplain Christopher Tanner | nickname= Kit | birth_date= {{birth date|1908|06|24|df=yes}} | birth_place= Cheltenham, England | death_date= {{death date and age|1941|05|22|1908|06|24|df=yes}} | death_place= Mediterranean Sea near Crete | placeofburial= | allegiance= {{flag|United Kingdom}} | branch= Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve | serviceyears= | rank= Chaplain | servicenumber= | unit= | commands= | battles= Second World War
| awards= Albert Medal | relations= | laterwork= }}Christopher Champain Tanner, AM (24 June 1908[1] – 22 May 1941[2]) was a Gloucester,[3] Barbarians[4] and England Rugby Union international,[5] winning 5 caps between 1930 and 1932.[6] He was posthumously awarded the Albert Medal for assisting in the rescue of around 30 sailors[7] in the Second World War.[8] Tanner was educated at Cheltenham College[9] and Pembroke College, Cambridge.[10] He was ordained in 1935; served curacies in Farnham, Surrey and Gloucester; and was Priest in charge of St Christopher, Haslemere.[11] In 1937 he married Eleanor Rutherford:[12] they had one daughter born after his death in 1941.[13] In June 1940 he became a Chaplain[14] with the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve;[15] and was awarded the Albert Medal for his work in attempting to save fellow shipmates[16] when {{HMS|Fiji|58|6}} was sunk during the Battle of Crete in May 1941.[17] He succumbed to his exhaustion and died, aged 32, as soon as he was about to board {{HMS|Kandahar|F28|6}}.[18] He is commemorated on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Plymouth Naval Memorial.[19] There is a Rood cross at St Christopher, Haslemere dedicated to his memory.[20] References1. ^ESPN {{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Tanner, Christopher}}2. ^Deaths. The Times (London, England), Thursday, Jul 03, 1941; pg. 1; Issue 48968 3. ^Gloucester Rugby Heritage 4. ^Rugby Library Database 1851586342 5. ^The Rugby History Society 6. ^Centenary History of the Rugby Football Union:McWhirter,R/Titley,U.A: London, RFU,1970 {{ISBN|0-14-327370-1}} 7. ^BBC History 8. ^[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35538/supplement/1849/data.pdf London Gazette] 9. ^Cheltenham College Chapel Brochure 10. ^Crockfords, 1938 p1134 11. ^[https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4309195 Geograph] 12. ^MarriagesThe Times (London, England), Monday, Sep 20, 1937; pg. 15; Issue 47794 13. ^In 2003 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of St Christopher Haslemere, this daughter and her two sons (Tanner's grandsons) were invited to the service > "The History of St Christopher's Church" p7 2014 14. ^National Library of Scotland 15. ^TGTT 16. ^"A Handbook of Chaplaincy Studies: Understanding Spiritual Care in Public Places" Swift,C; Cobb,M; Tod,A (Eds) p206: London, Routledge, 2015 {{ISBN|978-1-4724-3406-7}} 17. ^HMS Fiji heroes 18. ^London Gazette 19. ^CWGC details 20. ^Parish web-site 15 : 1908 births|People from Cheltenham|People educated at Cheltenham College|Alumni of Pembroke College, Cambridge|Gloucester Rugby players|Barbarian F.C. players|England international rugby union players|English Anglican priests|20th-century Anglican priests|Royal Navy chaplains|Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve personnel of World War II|Recipients of the Albert Medal (lifesaving)|British military personnel killed in World War II|1941 deaths|Gloucestershire County RFU players |
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