Timothy Rees

REES, Timothy. b. Llanbadarn, Trefeglwys, Cardigan (now Llanon, Dyfed), 15 August 1874; d. Llandaff, 29 April 1939. He was educated at St David’s University College, Lampeter (BA 1896) and St Michael’s College, Aberdare. He took Holy Orders (deacon 1897, priest 1898), serving as curate of Mountain Ash, Glamorgan (1897-1901), and returning to St Michael’s College, Aberdare as chaplain (1901-06). He became a member of the Community of the Resurrection, Mirfield, in 1907, and was a licensed preacher in the Diocese of Wakefield. In 1913 he visited missions in New Zealand and Canada. During the Great War, 1914-18, he was a chaplain to the forces, winning the Military Cross in 1917 and being...