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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Victor_Halward > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Victor_Halward.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Halward > Source revision: 1337691793 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|English bishop and Scout}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2015}} {{Use British English|date=May 2015}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Victor Halward | image = | alt = | caption = | office1 = [Colony Commissioner](/source/Colony_Commissioner) of [The Scout Association of Hong Kong](/source/The_Scout_Association_of_Hong_Kong) | term1 = 1934-1950 | birth_date = {{birth date|1897|12|12|df=yes}} | birth_place = United Kingdom | death_date = {{death date and age|1953|12|17|1897|12|12|df=yes}} | death_place = | education = [University of Cambridge](/source/University_of_Cambridge) | occupation = | module = {{Infobox military person | embed = yes | allegiance = United Kingdom | branch = [Royal Artillery](/source/Royal_Artillery) | rank = [Lieutenant](/source/Lieutenant_(British_Army_and_Royal_Marines)) | awards = [Military Cross](/source/Military_Cross) }}}} '''Nelson Victor Halward''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|MC}} ({{Zh|c=侯利華}}, called Victor; 12 December 1897{{snd}}17 December 1953) was an English [Anglican](/source/Anglicanism) bishop in [Hong Kong](/source/Hong_Kong) and [British Columbia](/source/British_Columbia). He was the [Colony Commissioner](/source/Colony_Commissioner) of [the Boy Scout Association, Hong Kong Branch](/source/The_Scout_Association_of_Hong_Kong) from 1934 to 1950. ==Biography== Victor Halward was educated at [The King's School, Canterbury](/source/The_King's_School%2C_Canterbury). In 1916 he went straight from school into the [army](/source/British_Army), at first in the [Royal Artillery](/source/Royal_Artillery), then in 1917 he was commissioned as [second lieutenant](/source/second_lieutenant) in the [Gloucestershire Regiment](/source/Gloucestershire_Regiment).{{London Gazette |issue=30485 |supp=y |date=18 January 1918 |page=1055}} In 1919 he was awarded the [Military Cross](/source/Military_Cross): :For gallantry and devotion to duty during an attack on [an] enemy position S.W. of [Fleurbaix](/source/Fleurbaix), on 30 September 1918. His platoon was selected to secure and hold an enemy position on a flank, and he pushed them forward and occupied an advanced position, inflicting heavy casualties on the enemy. In face of heavy machine-gun fire and snipers he held on to his position, and it was mainly owing to his coolness and initiative that the remainder of the attacking troops gained their objectives.{{London Gazette |issue=31158 |supp=y |date=31 January 1919 |page=1663}} In June 1919 Halward was promoted to [lieutenant](/source/Lieutenant_(British_Army_and_Royal_Marines)).{{London Gazette |issue=31515 |supp=y |date=19 August 1919 |page=10626}} He then left the army and went up to [Jesus College, Cambridge](/source/Jesus_College%2C_Cambridge). After graduating he studied theology at [Westcott House, Cambridge](/source/Westcott_House%2C_Cambridge), and was [ordained](/source/Ordination) in the [Church of England](/source/Church_of_England). He was [curate](/source/curate) at St Saviour's Church, [Croydon](/source/Croydon), 1922–25, then in 1926 he moved to [Hong Kong](/source/Hong_Kong) as Diocesan Chaplain to the Anglican Church there ([Chung Hua Sheng Kung Hui](/source/Chung_Hua_Sheng_Kung_Hui)). He was also the Scoutmaster of [St Paul's College](/source/St._Paul's_College%2C_Hong_Kong) in Hong Kong and was enthusiastic in [Scouting](/source/Scouting) activities. He was priest-in-charge in [Kowloon Tong](/source/Kowloon_Tong) 1933–36. From 1936 to 1946 – throughout the [Second Sino-Japanese War](/source/Second_Sino-Japanese_War) and [World War II](/source/World_War_II) – he was based in Canton (now [Guangzhou](/source/Guangzhou)) in southern China as a missionary for the [Church Missionary Society](/source/Church_Missionary_Society), but continued as Hong Kong Colony Commissioner for Boy Scouts despite the [Japanese occupation of Hong Kong](/source/Japanese_occupation_of_Hong_Kong). During his commissionership, the [Scout Movement](/source/Scout_Movement) rooted among the Chinese population in Hong Kong. Halward appointed Chinese district commissioners and they significantly helped to develop Scouting in Hong Kong. Through his connections in Canton he established cooperation with the [Scouts of China](/source/Scouts_of_China). He was awarded the [Silver Wolf](/source/Silver_Wolf_Award_(The_Scout_Association)), the highest honour in [The Scout Association](/source/The_Scout_Association).[https://www.scout.org.hk/article_attach/3321/P17.pdf The Early Days of Hong Kong Scouting, part 17], Scout Association of Hong Kong During the Japanese occupation Halward was interned in the [concentration camp](/source/concentration_camp) in Canton.[https://www.scout.org.hk/article_attach/14696/HKS%20318.pdf Hong Kong Scouting, October 2010] After the war Halward was Assistant [Bishop of Victoria](/source/Bishop_of_Victoria) (Hong Kong and South China) 1946–51 (for [Guangzhou](/source/Guangzhou)){{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ndoqDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA219|title = The Practical Prophet: Bishop Ronald O. Hall of Hong Kong and His Legacies|isbn = 9789888208777|last1 = Chan-Yeung|first1 = Moira M. W.|date = December 2015| publisher=Hong Kong University Press }} and Assistant [Bishop of British Columbia](/source/Bishop_of_British_Columbia) 1951–53.[http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=BasicSearchForm&docId=CS136532374&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0 Bishop N.V. Halward] (obituary), ''The Times'', London, 22 December 1953, page 8 He was consecrated a bishop on [St James's Day](/source/James_the_Great) 1946 (25 July), by [Geoffrey Fisher](/source/Geoffrey_Fisher), [Archbishop of Canterbury](/source/Archbishop_of_Canterbury), at [St Paul's Cathedral](/source/St%26nbsp%3BPaul's_Cathedral).{{Church Times | title = A bishop for China. Consecration in St Paul's. | archive = 1946_08_02_461 | issue = 4358 | date = 2 August 1946 | page = 461 | accessed = 2 January 2022 }} ==References== *[http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U238157 HALWARD, Rt Rev. (Nelson) Victor], ''Who Was Who'', A & C Black, 1920–2015; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{Portal|Scouting}} *{{NPG name|name=(Nelson) Victor Halward (1897-1953), Assistant Bishop of British Columbia and Assistant Bishop of Hong Kong and South China}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Halward, Victor Nelson}} Category:1897 births Category:1953 deaths Category:People educated at The King's School, Canterbury Category:Royal Artillery soldiers Category:Gloucestershire Regiment officers Category:British Army personnel of World War I Category:Recipients of the Military Cross Category:Alumni of Jesus College, Cambridge Category:Alumni of Westcott House, Cambridge Category:20th-century Anglican Church of Canada bishops Category:Scouting and Guiding in Hong Kong Category:20th-century Anglican bishops in Asia Category:Anglican bishops of British Columbia Category:Anglican bishops of Victoria, Hong Kong --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Victor Halward](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Halward) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Halward?action=history)). 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