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On Thurs. 26 Oct 1944 Archbishop of Canterbury, William Temple, passed a.....

1944-10-26

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Archbishop of Canterbury, William Temple, passed away at Westgate-on-Sea, Kent, England, United Kingdom. He was the last Archbishop of Canterbury to die in office and had only recently returned from visiting the Normandy battlefield - the first Archbishop of Canterbury to go into battle since medieval times.

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