Ramsay Armitage

William Robert Ramsay Armitage MC (April 2, 1889 – April 12, 1984) was a Canadian Anglican priest. He was Dean of New Westminster from 1929 to 1940.

Armitage was educated at the University of Toronto and ordained in 1914.^[1] After a curacy at the Church of the Messiah, Toronto, he was a chaplain to the Canadian Armed Forces during World War One, 3rd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Canada. He was awarded the Military Cross in the 1919 Birthday Honours for Bravery under fire rescuing wounded from the battlefield at Vimy Ridge, France.^[2] When peace returned he went back to his parish, becoming vicar in 1921. He stayed here until his appointment as dean. In 1940 he became Principal of Wycliffe College, Toronto: a professorship there is named in his honour.^[3]

References

↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1947–48 pp 30,31 London: OUP, 1947
↑ "The Roll of Service 1914–1919 / The War Book of Upper Canada College" Young, A.H. (Ed) Toronto, PGL, 1923
↑ University of St Andrews

Deans of New Westminster

Robert Renison Ramsay Armitage Cecil Swanson Northcote Burke Herb O'Driscoll Jim Cruickshank Michael Ingham Peter Elliott

Anglican Church of Canada

National Church	Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada

Ecclesiastical Provinces	British Columbia and Yukon Canada Ontario Rupert's Land

Dioceses	Algoma The Arctic Athabasca Brandon British Columbia Caledonia Calgary Anglican Parishes of the Central Interior Central Newfoundland Eastern Newfoundland and Labrador Edmonton Fredericton Huron Keewatin Kootenay Mishamikoweesh Montreal Moosonee New Westminster Niagara Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island Ontario Ottawa Qu'Appelle Quebec Rupert's Land Saskatchewan Saskatoon Toronto Western Newfoundland Yukon Former: Cariboo Mackenzie River Selkirk Newfoundland

Worship and Liturgy	Book of Common Prayer (Canada) Book of Alternative Services Calendar of saints (Anglican Church of Canada) Waterloo Declaration

Other	Anglican Journal

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