Wells, George Anderson

He grew up a fisherman, the same as his father and grandfather. Before entering the ministry, Wells had worked on several Maritime schooners and seen much as a Boer War cavalry soldier.

He came to Minnedosa MB in 1910.

He was ordained as an Anglican Priest.

He was the Rector of St. Luke's Anglican Church, Victoria BC 1920-21. Wells helped servicemen adjust to civilian life and established bursaries for their children to attend university, served as principal and professor of St. John's College and School of Winnipeg and as a bishop of the Kamloops region of British Columbia.

He was the second Bishop of the Cariboo, 1934-1941.

He was appointed as the Anglican Bishop of Toronto.

A highly skilled horseman, Wells served with the Dragoons during his time in Minnedosa MB. (He had First World War service.) Wells entered the Second World War as Principal Chaplain (P) of the Canadian Forces. But as army regulations required him to retire at age 60 in 1943, he became the Royal Canadian Navy's Chaplain of the Fleet and served until the end of the war.

He was appointed as a Chaplain of the Fleet (C of E) (Temp.) RCN (With seniority dated 15/06/1944). (He was released 1945.)