Major Hugh Evelyn Jackson Lister was an Anglican priest, trade union organizer, and combatant British Army officer in World War II. Graduate of Cambridge University and Cuddesdon Theological College, he was an Anglo-Catholic and friend of Austin Farrer. Leader of Hackney branch of Transport and General Workers Union. Organized labour and led strikes in East End of London in the late 1930s. Lister volunteered to serve in World War II with the Welsh Guards and commanded a support company.

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  • Major Hugh Evelyn Jackson Lister was an Anglican priest, trade union organizer, and combatant British Army officer in World War II. Graduate of Cambridge University and Cuddesdon Theological College, he was an Anglo-Catholic and friend of Austin Farrer. Leader of Hackney branch of Transport and General Workers Union. Organized labour and led strikes in East End of London in the late 1930s. Lister volunteered to serve in World War II with the Welsh Guards and commanded a support company. Major Lister was killed by German fire at Hechtel, Belgium on 9 September 1944.
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  • Major Hugh Evelyn Jackson Lister was an Anglican priest, trade union organizer, and combatant British Army officer in World War II. Graduate of Cambridge University and Cuddesdon Theological College, he was an Anglo-Catholic and friend of Austin Farrer. Leader of Hackney branch of Transport and General Workers Union. Organized labour and led strikes in East End of London in the late 1930s. Lister volunteered to serve in World War II with the Welsh Guards and commanded a support company.
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  • Hugh Lister
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