Hugh E. J. Lister (1901- 9 September 1944) was an Anglican priest, trade union organizer, and combatant 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 labor and led strikes in East End in the late 1930s. Volunteered to serve in World War II. Served with the Welsh Guards. Commanded Support Company. Killed by German fire, Hechtel, Belgium, 9 September 1944.
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- Cameron, Alice. In Pursuit of Justice: The Story of Hugh Lister and His Friends in Hackney Wick. London: SCM Press, 1946.
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- Hein, David. "Farrer on Friendship, Sainthood, and the Will of God." In Captured by the Crucified: The Practical Theology of Austin Farrer, ed. David Hein and Edward Hugh Henderson, 119-148. New York and London: T & T Clark, 2004. See pp. 120-128: i.e., the section entitled "Exemplar: Hugh Lister."
- Snape, Michael. God and the British Soldier: Religion and the British Army in the First and Second World Wars. London and New York: Routledge, 2005. See chap. 4: "The Church in Khaki."
