The first Church of England service on record in South Africa was conducted by a naval chaplain in 1749.

My father was a naval chaplain, and mother's father was in the navy.

After curacies at Rainham and Burgh Heath he was a naval chaplain until 1992.

He was ordained in 1948 and began his ecclesiastical career with a curacy at St Patrick's, Coleraine after which he became a naval chaplain.

Our stepfather was a naval chaplain and teacher at a cadet school.

One of his early publications was the diary of the naval chaplain Henry Teonge (c. 1620-1690).

He then volunteered as a naval chaplain, although the Armistice had already been signed before he set sail for 18 months in Mesopotamia.

His ecclesiastical career began with a college living at Grendon, Northamptonshire 1774-1776, following which he was a naval chaplain under Admiral Howe in 1776.

Fournier served as a naval military chaplain on a ship of the line, and acquired a strong knowledge of technical and naval matters.

However, her brother Banks was then a naval chaplain and performed the ceremony, making it valid.