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CodeDS/UK/3277
NameCash; William Wilson (1880-1955); British Anglican bishop
AliasBishop of Worcester 1941-1055
Dates1880-1955
GenderMale
BiographyThe Rt Rev William Wilson Cash DSO OBE DD (12 June 1880 – 18 July 1955) was an Anglican Bishop[2] in the middle part of the 20th century.

Wilson Cash was educated in Sale and became a CMS missionary in 1902. Ordained in 1911 he was a Chaplain to the Forces during World War I, and was awarded the DSO in 1916 and the OBE in 1919. Afterwards he was General Secretary of the Society until his elevation to the Episcopate as Bishop of Worcester in 1941. An Honorary Chaplain to the King, he died in post

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