One of the gravest challenges faced by any British government in peacetime was also one of the most surprising and shocking to come to light. When the banking system came close to collapse, nobody goi
It was one of the gravest challenges faced by any British government in peacetime. The banking system, taken for granted by most of the population to pay for life’s essentials, came close to collapse.
The Half-Shilling Curate, as he was affectionately known by his family, tells the very personal story of an army chaplain - The Reverend Herbert Butler Cowl - from Christmas Eve 1914 to the end of hos
