The Royal Army Chaplains' Department (RAChD) is an all-officer department that provides
ordained
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clergy
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to minister to the
British Army
The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force. , the British Army comprises 79,380 regular full-time personnel, 4,090 Gurk ...
.
History
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The Army Chaplains' Department (AChD) was formed by
Royal Warrant of 23 September 1796; until then chaplains had been part of individual
regiment
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s, but not on the central establishment. Only
Anglican
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chaplains were recruited until 1827, when
Presbyterian
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s were recognised, but not commissioned until 1858.
Roman Catholic
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chaplains were recruited from 1836,
Methodist
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chaplains from 1881, and
Jewish
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chaplains from 1892.
During the
First World War
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some 4,400 Army Chaplains were recruited and 179 lost their lives on active service.
[ The department received the "Royal" prefix in February 1919.][ During the ]Second World War
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another 96 British and 38 Commonwealth Army Chaplains lost their lives.[
From 1946 to 1996, the RAChD's Headquarters, Depot and Training Centre were at ]Bagshot Park
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The ...
in Surrey, now the home of The Earl
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and Countess of Wessex
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. In 1996, they moved to the joint service Armed Forces Chaplaincy Centre at Amport House
Amport House is a country house near the village of Amport, Andover, Hampshire, England. It is a Grade II listed building.
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near Andover
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Canada
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* Perth-Andover, New Brunswick
United Kingdom
* Andover, Hampshire, England
** RAF Andover, a former Royal Air Force station
United States
* Andove ...
, Hampshire. Since 2020 the joint centre has been based at Beckett House
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History
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, part of the Defence Academy
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of the United Kingdom, just outside Shrivenham
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, Oxfordshire.
Role
Serving regular chaplains in the British Army can be Catholic, one of several Protestant
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denominations, or to the Jewish
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faith. Uniquely within the Army, the Royal Army Chaplains' Department has different cap badges for its Christian and Jewish officers.
Army chaplains, although they are all commissioned officer
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Broadly speaking, "officer" means a commissioned officer, a non-commissioned officer, or a warrant officer. However, absent context ...
s of the British Army and wear uniform, do not have executive authority. They are unique within the Army in that they do not carry arms. Many chaplains have been decorated for bravery in action, including four awarded Victoria Cross
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es: James Adams, Noel Mellish
Edward Noel Mellish (24 December 1880 – 8 July 1962) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Bac ...
, Theodore Hardy
Theodore Bayley Hardy, (20 October 1863 – 18 October 1918) was a British Army chaplain and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. In a ...
and William Addison. At services on formal occasions, chaplains wear their medals and decorations on their clerical robes.
The RAChD's motto
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is " In this Sign Conquer" as seen in the sky before the Battle of the Milvian Bridge
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by the Roman Emperor Constantine. Its regimental march
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, both quick and slow, is the ''Prince of Denmark's March
The ''Prince of Denmark's March'' ( da, Prins Prince George of Denmark, Jørgens March), commonly called the ''Trumpet Voluntary'', was written around 1700 by the English composer Jeremiah Clarke, the first organist of the then newly-rebuilt St ...
'', erroneously known as the ''Trumpet Voluntary''.
Museum
The Royal Army Chaplains' Museum is at Shrivenham, in a new building opened by the Countess of Wessex
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on 17 May 2022. Its newly curated collection replaced the Museum of Army Chaplaincy which was at Amport House
Amport House is a country house near the village of Amport, Andover, Hampshire, England. It is a Grade II listed building.
The house was built in 1857 by John Paulet, 14th Marquess of Winchester. After being requisitioned during the Second World ...
near Andover, Hampshire until 2019.
Denominations
Chaplains are either classified as Jewish or as a member of one of the following denominational groups:
*Anglican
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(Church of England
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, Church of Ireland
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, Church in Wales
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The Archbishop of Wales does not have a fixed archiepiscopal see, but serves concurrently as one of the six diocesan bishop ...
and Scottish Episcopal Church
The Scottish Episcopal Church ( gd, Eaglais Easbaigeach na h-Alba; sco, Scots Episcopal(ian) Kirk) is the ecclesiastical province of the Anglican Communion in Scotland.
A continuation of the Church of Scotland as intended by King James VI, and ...
)
*Assemblies of God
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*Baptist Union of Great Britain
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Hi ...
*Church of Scotland
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* Free Church of Scotland
* Churches in Communities International
*Congregational Federation
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*Elim Pentecostal Church
The Elim Pentecostal Church is a UK-based Pentecostal Christian denomination.
History
George Jeffreys (1889–1962), a Welshman, founded the ''Elim Pentecostal Church'' in Monaghan, Ireland in 1915. Jeffreys was an evangelist with a Welsh Co ...
*Methodist Church
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*Presbyterian Church in Ireland
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*Roman Catholic Church
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*United Reformed Church
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The United Reformed Church resulte ...
*Salvation Army
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There are also religious advisors from other faiths.
An Army chaplain is expected to minister to and provide pastoral care to any soldier who needs it, no matter their denomination or faith or lack of it.
In 2004, Defence Minister Ivor Caplin
Ivor Keith Caplin (born 8 November 1958) is a British Labour Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hove from 1997 until 2005.
Early life
Caplin was born in Brighton into a Jewish family and educated at King Edward's Sc ...
said: “It is our aspiration to have armed forces which are representative of UK society as a whole.” The move might also help when dealing with soldiers in other armies from different faiths. At the time there were about 740 personnel that declared themselves to be from the four other main religions, but only Christian chaplains are employed by the MoD. The number of non religious MOD personnel including those in uniform numbered in the 10's of thousands.
In 2011, following a freedom of information request
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on Ministry of Defence spending on chaplaincy, the National Secular Society
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requested that £22m of spending should come directly from churches while professional counselling should continue to be funded by the taxpayer, in order to better serve the non-religious in the military. The proposal was rejected by the Church of England
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.
In September 2021 Defence Humanists
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The meaning of the term "humani ...
, through a submission to the Government’s Integrated Review of foreign policy, defence, security and international development, called for an independent review of pastoral support for the armed forces which takes into account the nation’s changing religion and belief demographics and the need for a multi-faith and belief approach. As of 2022 there are no non-religious chaplains in the British armed forces although organisations such as Defence Humanists (previously known as the UK Armed Forces Humanist Association), the Non-Religious Pastoral Support Network and the Defence Secular Society continue to advocate for it. The armed forces of the Netherlands have had Humanist chaplains since 1964, known as Humanist Counseling in the Dutch Armed Forces.
Ranks
Chaplains are the only British Army officers who do not carry standard officer ranks. They are instead designated Chaplain to the Forces (CF) (e.g. "The Reverend John Smith CF"). They do, however, have grades which equate to the standard ranks and wear the insignia of the equivalent rank. Chaplains are usually addressed as "Padre" , never by their nominal military rank.
* Chaplain-General (CG) = Major-General
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*Deputy Chaplain-General (DCG) = Brigadier
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*Chaplain to the Forces 1st Class (CF1) = Colonel
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In the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, a colonel was typically in charge of ...
*Chaplain to the Forces 2nd Class (CF2) = Lieutenant-Colonel
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*Chaplain to the Forces 3rd Class (CF3) = Major
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*Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class (CF4) = Captain
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The senior Church of England chaplain is ranked within the church hierarchy as an archdeacon
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– he or she holds the appointment of Archdeacon for the Army whether or not he or she is also the Chaplain-General. The senior Roman Catholic Chaplain (usually a CF1) is sometimes ranked as a monsignor
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.
List of Chaplains General
Deputy Chaplain General
Order of precedence
Some notable Army chaplains
* Michael Adler
Michael Adler DSO, SCF (27 July 1868 – 30 September 1944) was an English Orthodox rabbi, an Anglo-Jewish historian and author who was the first Jewish military chaplain to the British Army to serve in time of war, serving with the Briti ...
DSO
* William Addison VC
* Edward Armstrong Bennett MC
* Harry Blackburne DSO MC
* A. C. Bouquet
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* Tubby Clayton
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Philip Clayton was born in Maryborough, Queensland, Australia ...
(Founder, Toc H
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)
* Francis Lyon Cohen
Francis Lyon Cohen VD (14 November 1862 – 26 April 1934) was an English Orthodox rabbi, author and expert on Hebrew music, being the music editor of ''The Jewish Encyclopedia'' (1901–06). The Jewish Lads' Brigade was his brainchild. Will ...
* David Cooper
* Cox Edghill
* Willie Doyle
William Joseph Gabriel Doyle, SJ MC (3 March 1873 – 16 August 1917), better known as Willie Doyle, was an Irish Catholic priest who was killed in action while serving as a military chaplain to the Royal Dublin Fusiliers during the First Worl ...
MC
* Francis Gleeson
* Samuel Leighton Green MC
* Alexander Macdonell
* Theodore Hardy
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VC DSO MC
* James Harkness KCVO CB OBE
* Hugh Hornby
Hugh Leycester Hornby (20 November 1888 - 24 March 1965) was an Anglican clergyman.
Hornby was born at St. Michael's-on-Wyre, near Preston, Lancashire. He was educated at Rugby School and Balliol College, Oxford. He was curate of St. Annes-o ...
MC
* Rupert Inglis, former England rugby international
* Geoffrey Studdert Kennedy
Geoffrey Anketell Studdert Kennedy (27 June 1883 – 8 March 1929) was an English Anglican priest and poet. He was nicknamed "Woodbine Willie" during World War I for giving Woodbine cigarettes to the soldiers he met, as well as spiritual aid t ...
MC ("Woodbine Willie")
* Noel Mellish
Edward Noel Mellish (24 December 1880 – 8 July 1962) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Bac ...
VC
* George Smith (Padre at Rorke's Drift
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)
* Neville Talbot
Neville Stuart Talbot MC (21 August 1879 – 3 April 1943) was Bishop of Pretoria in the Anglican Church of Southern Africa and later a robust vicar of St. Mary's Church, Nottingham and assistant Bishop of Southwell who turned down the chance ...
* Maurice Wood
Maurice Arthur Ponsonby Wood, (26 August 1916 – 24 June 2007) was an Anglican bishop in the Evangelicalism, Evangelical tradition. He was a Royal Navy commando chaplain in World War II and later the Bishop of Norwich.
Early life and education ...
Gallery
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* David Coulter (minister) (born 1957), Church of Scotland ...
in mess dress
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Woodhouse was born in London and attended school and college in the London Borough of Newham. He is of English and Filipino descent. He studied for a Master of Arts i ...
in service dress
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Clinton Matthew Langston, (born 1962) is a British Anglican priest and military chaplain. He served as Chaplain General of the Royal Army Chaplains' Department, British Army between 2018 and 2022, and as Archdeacon for the Army in the Church of ...
in choir dress
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with medals
New Army Chaplains (camo cropped).jpg, Padres in combat dress
See also
*Royal Air Force Chaplains Branch
The Royal Air Force Chaplains Branch provides military chaplains for the Royal Air Force of the United Kingdom.
Mission
The Mission of the Royal Air Force Chaplains Branch is to serve the RAF Community through: Prayer, Presence and Proclamation. ...
*Royal Navy Chaplaincy Service
The Royal Navy Chaplaincy Service provides chaplains to the Royal Navy. The chaplains are commissioned by the Sovereign but do not hold military rank other than that of "Chaplain Royal Navy". They are usually addressed as Padre, Reverend or more ...
*Bishop to the Forces
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(Anglican)
*Bishopric of the Forces
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It is directly exempt ...
(Roman Catholic)
* Military chaplain#United Kingdom
* International Military Chiefs of Chaplains Conference
*Religion in the United Kingdom
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*Toc H
Toc H (also TH) is an international Christian movement. The name is an abbreviation for Talbot House, "Toc" signifying the letter T in the signals spelling alphabet used by the British Army in World War I. A soldiers' rest and recreation centre ...
* Military archdeacons
* :Royal Army Chaplains' Department officers
Footnotes
Sources
*
Further reading
* Bergen, Doris. L., (ed), 2004. ''The Sword of the Lord: Military Chaplains from the First to the Twenty-First Century''. University of Notre Dame Press
* Kennedy, Geoffrey Anketell Studdert ''The Unutterable Beauty'',
* Loudon, Stephen H. ''Chaplains in Conflict. The Role of Army Chaplains since 1914''. Avon Books, London: 1996.
* MacDonald, David R.
Padre E. C. Crosse and 'the Devonshire Epitaph': The Astonishing Story of One Man at the Battle of the Somme (with Antecedents to Today's 'Just War' Dialogue)
',
* McLaren, Stuart John (ed.) ''Somewhere in Flanders. A Norfolk Padre in the Great War. The War Letters of the Revd Samuel Frederick Leighton Green MC, Army Chaplain 1916–1919''. The Larks Press, Norfolk, UK (www.booksatlarkspress.co.uk): 2005.
* Montell, Hugh (2002) ''A Chaplain's War. The Story of Noel Mellish VC, MC''.
* O'Rahilly, Alfred ''The Padre of Trench Street'' (about Jesuit
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Father William Doyle),
* Purcell, William ''Woodbine Willie. An Anglican Incident. Being some account of the life and times of Geoffrey Anketell Studdert Kennedy, poet, prophet, seeker after truth, 1883–1929''. London: 1962
* Smyth, Brigadier The Rt Hon. Sir John, Bt, VC, MC ''In This Sign Conquer. The Story of the Army Chaplains''. London: 1968
* Teonge, Henry ''The Diary of Henry Teonge
Henry Teonge (18 March 1621, at Wolverton, Warwickshire – 21 March 1690, at Spernall, Warwickshire) was an English cleric and Royal Navy chaplain who kept informative diaries of voyages he made in 1675–1676 and 1678–1679.
Life
Teonge was ...
Chaplain on Board HM’s Ships Assistance, Bristol and Royal Oak 1675–1679.'' Edited by Sir E. Denison Ross and Eileen Power. London: Routledge, 9272005.
* Thornton, Sybil "Buddhist Chaplains in the Field of Battle" in ''Buddhism in Practice'', ed. Donald S. Lopez, Jr. (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1995)
* Wilkinson, Alan ''The Church of England and the First World War''. SPCK, London: 1978, reprinted by SCM, London: 1996.
Padres at War: Army chaplains bring comfort to the front line
Royal Army Chaplains' Department webpage. British Army official website.
External links
*
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at the National Army Museum, Chelsea
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