John Eric Gethyn-Jones

Canon John Eric Gethyn-Jones MBE (9 October 1909 - 1995) was a clergyman and historian of Gloucestershire. He served in the Royal Army Chaplains' Department during the Second World War for which he was awarded the MBE in 1945. Later he was vicar of St Mary's Church, Berkeley, and rose to the position of Canon. He wrote a number of works on the history of Berkeley and Dymock, both in Gloucestershire.

St Mary's Church of which Gethyn-Jones was vicar.

Early life

John Eric Gethyn-Jones was born on 9 October 1909.[1]

Career

Gethyn-Jones served in the Royal Army Chaplains' Department during the Second World War for which he was awarded the MBE in 1945.[2]

From 1967 to 1977 he was vicar of St Mary's Church, Berkeley.[3]

Gethyn-Jones wrote a number of works on the history of Berkeley and Dymock, both in Gloucestershire.

Death

Gethyn-Jones died in Leicester in 1995.[1]

Selected publications
  • Dymock a Royal Manor. History of the Church and Parish. H. Osborne, Gloucester, [1950].
  • The Registers of the Church of St. Mary, Dymock, 1538-1790. Baptisms and burials 1538-1788; marriages 1538-1790. Bristol & Gloucestershire Archaeological Society, Bristol, 1960. (Editor with Irvine Gray)
  • St. Mary's Church, Kempley, and its paintings. John Bellows, Gloucester, 1961.
  • Dymock, Gloucestershire. J. E. Gethyn-JonesDymock, [1965]. (later editions)
  • Berkeley, Gloucestershire. Berkeley The Chantry, 1971.
  • Trevisa of Berkeley: A Celtic Firebrand. Alan Sutton, Dursley, 1978.
  • The Dymock School of Sculpture. Phillimore, London, 1979.
  • George Thorpe and the Berkeley Company: A Gloucestershire Enterprise in Virginia. Sutton, Gloucester, 1982.
  • A Territorial Army Chaplain in Peace and War: A Country Cleric in Khaki, 1938-1961. Gooday, Chichester, 1988.
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References
  1. Canon John E Gethyn-Jones England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007. Family Search. Retrieved 3 May 2019. (subscription required)
  2. Recommendation for Award for Gethyn-Jones, The Reverend John Eric Rank: Chaplain... National Archives. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  3. Vicars of Berkeley. St Mary's, Berkeley. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  • * Media related to Dymock at Wikimedia Commons



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