Philip Waggett

Philip Napier Waggett (27 February 1862 – 4 July 1939) was a British Anglican priest, scholar, and military chaplain.

Early life and education Waggett was born on 27 February 1862 in Kensington, London, England. He was one of four sons of John Waggett, a "distinguished London physician": He was educated at Charterhouse School, an all-boys public school in Surrey. He served with the religious order in Oxford, Cape Town, London and Cambridge. He served in the British Army as a chaplain throughout the First World War, and was tasked as a political officer with the Egyptian Expeditionary Force in Palestine from 1918 to 1920. Returning to civilian life, he was a missionary in India and a lecturer at the General Theological Seminary in New York, before serving as Vicar of St Mary the Great, Cambridge from 1927 to 1930. He lived out his retirement with the Cowley Fathers and is buried in the churchyard of Cowley St John, Oxford.

Military service Waggett volunteered as a chaplain with the British Army on the outbreak of the First World War. He served with the British Expeditionary Force in France from September 1914. He was twice mentioned in despatches for service in France. From February 1919 to August 2020, he served on the general staff of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force in Jerusalem. Upon retiring from the Army in August 1920, he was appointed an honorary chaplain to the forces 3rd class.

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