Frederick Darrell Bunt (3 July 1902 – 31 October 1977) was

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and Archdeacon of the Royal Navy from 1956 to 1960. Educated at the

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and St Chad's College, Durham, Bunt was

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in 1927. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1947-48 Oxford,

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, 1941 After

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St Luke's, Victoria Docks and St Augustine's,

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he became a

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in the

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. Amongst others he served HMS ''President'' (as Chaplain to Leonard Coulshaw, the Chaplain of the Fleet), HMS ''Excellent'', ''HMS Suffolk'', the RN College at Dartmouth and

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before becoming head of the service. An

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, he died on 31 October 1977.

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H.M.S. ALBION Commissioning Service

The parish of St. Luke, Victoria DocksSt Augustine’s Wembley Park Church Web Site
1902 births 1977 deaths People educated at the City of London School Alumni of St Chad's College, Durham Officers of the Order of the British Empire Honorary Chaplains to the Queen Chaplains of the Fleet Companions of the Order of the Bath {{Christianity-bio-stub