Table of Contents

Introduction
The Origins and Early Years of the Army Chaplains' Department
The Army Chaplains' Department from Waterloo to the Crimea
The Army Chaplains' Department from the Crimea to South Africa
The Army Chaplains' Department and the First World War
The Royal Army Chaplains' Department and the Second World War
Epilogue
Retrospect
Bibliography
Index

About the Author

MICHAEL SNAPE is Michael Ramsey Professor of Anglican Studies at Durham University.

Reviews

[The author's] wide range of knowledge has made him the ideal historian of this particular department and enabled him to place it firmly in context.
*JOURNAL OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY*

This authoritative history.is an impressively documented account of the Department from its foundation in 1769 up to the Korean War. CHURCH TIMES [An] admirable book.[...] Full of rigorous and incisive analysis based on deep research in the archives.[...]Gives a wealth of detail about the RAChD, individual chaplains, and their role in the wider army, and this book is essential reading for anyone with a serious interest in the wider history of the British army.
*THE BRITISH ARMY REVIEW*

A fine study [and] a work of huge scholarship and wide range.
*BAPTIST QUARTERLY*