This is the cap badge of the Royal Army Chaplains Department (Corps). The "Royal£ prefix was awarded in 1919. For Jewish chaplains, the Maltese Cross is replaced with the Star of David. The Army Chaplains Department was formed by Royal Warrant on 23rd September 1796.
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has 177 recorded WW1 deaths for the Army Chaplains Department.
ACTON, (MiD). The Rev. Armar Edward. Chaplain 4th Class, Army Chaplains Department. Attached :- 2nd Battalion, Border Regiment. Wimereux Communal Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France. Died of wounds 04-11-1917. Age 28. Son of Maud J. & the late Lieutenant Colonel J.L.C. Acton. (1st Battalion, Connaught Rangers). Born at Galway, Ireland. Stone Inscription :-"Fatally Wounded When Visiting His Men, Menin Road, Faithful Unto Death".
Mentioned in Dispatches.
AINLEY, The Rev. Frederick William. Chaplain 4th Class, Army Chaplains Department. Attached :- Chaplain General's Office, Boulogne, France. Terlincthun British Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France. Died from natural causes, 05-12-1918. Remembered on the war memorial at Tydd-St.Mary, Lincolnshire, UK. He was the son of the Reverend F.W.Ainley who was the vicar of uffington, Lincolnshire.
BAILE, The Rev. George William. Chaplain 4th Class. Army Chaplains Department, On Attachment To :- 64th Casualty Clearing Station. Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France. Died from natural causes. 27-01-1918. Aged 52. His only surviving son Captain J Baile, Royal Engineers was present at his funeral He had spent 14 years as a Chaplain in Pernambuco, Brazil
BARKER, The Rev. Edaward Walter. Chaplain 4th Class, Army Chaplains Department, On Attachment To :- 176th Trench Mortar Battery, Royal Artillery. Achiet-le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension. 18-03-1918. Age 30. Only son of Emily Barker of Cadwell Road, Paignton Devon, UK. & the late Edward Barker. An exhibitioner of Bedford & Queens, Cambridge. He died at a casualty Clearing Station of wounds received on 9th March. He was educated at Bedford Grammar, Queens College, Cambridge University, History Tripos 1910 He was ordained 1911, appointed Curate, St John’s, Notting Hill then at Chagford, Devon and St Luke’s Torquay. Stone Inscription :- "More Than Conquerors Through Him That Loved Us".
BELL, (MC). The Rev. Charles Henry. Chaplain 4th Class. Army Chaplains' Department, Attached :- 1st Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's, (Royal Berkshire Regiment). Douchy-les-Ayette British Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France. He died on the battlefield, 23-08-1918. Age 30. Son of the Rev. Canon James Bell & Mrs. Bell of Kettlethorpe in the West Lindsey part of Lincolnshire.. Born at North Somercotes, Lincolnshire, UK.
Military Cross.
BLACK, (MA). The Rev. William. Captain. Chaplain 4th Class, Army Chaplain's Department. Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille, Pas-de-Calais, France. Died of natural causes, 10-07-1918. Age 27. Son Mary Vera & the late Mr. Samuel Black of Aldouran, Newlands, Glasgow. Assistant Minister at Govan & Kilmalcolm Parish Churches. Stone Inscription :- Non Crux, Sed Lux".
BURNS, The Rev Joseph Dobson. Chaplain 4th Class, Army Chaplain's Department. Attached :- Royal Garrison Artillery. Ebblinghem Military Cemetery, Nord, France. He died of wounds, 07-06-1918. Son of Joseph & Helen Burns. Husband of Mary C. Burns of 2, Denwick Terrace, Tynemouth Northumberland. (He was Scottish & a non-comformist). Stone Inscription :- "Till The Day Break And The Shadows Flee Away".
DICKINSON, The Rev. Harry. Chaplain to the forces 4th Class, Army Chaplains Department. Attached To :- 28th Battalion, London Regiment, (Artists Rifles). Passchendaele New British Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. 30-10-1917. Age 32. Son of Richard Henry & the late Cicely Dickinson of 438, Shaftmoor Lane, Hall Green, Birmingham, UK. He was killed on the battlefield. Stone Inscription :- "Their Glory Shall Not Be Blotted Out".
GROBEL, The Rev. Peter. Captain. Chaplain 4th Class, Army Chaplain's Department. Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France. He died from natural causes. 01-01-1917. He as responsible for the building of the new Roman Catholic Church St.Edmund, King & Martyr, Little Hulton, Salford in 1900, replacing the existing iron church. Stone Inscription :- "R.I.P.".
HAWDON, The Rev. Noel Elliot. Captain. Chaplain 4th Class, Army Chaplains' Department, Attached :- 45th Trench Mortar Battery. Terlincthn British Cemetery, Wimille, Pas-de-Calais, France. He died from natural causes. 16-11-1918. Son of Mr. W. & Mrs. M. Hawdon of Upsall Grange, Yorkshire, UK. Stone Inscription :- "He Kept The Faith Deo Dante Dedi".
KIRK, (MC). The Rev. James. Chaplain 4th Class, Army Chaplains' Department, Attached :- 2nd Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders. (Ross-shire Buffs, Duke of Albany's). Wimereux Communal Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France. He died of wounds, 01-04-1918. Age 44. Son of James & Janet Kirk of Kirkford, Cowdenbeath, Fife. Husband of Elizabeth M. Kirk of 8, Woodhall Terrace, Juniper Geen, Midlothian, Scotland, UK.
Military Cross.
MILLAR, The Rev. George. Captain. Chaplain 4th Class, Army Chaplains' Depatment, Attached:- 13th General Hospital. Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France. Died from natural causes. 26-08-1917. Age 45. Son of George & Jessie Rennie Millar. Husband of Agnes H. Millar of 70, Colinton Road, Edinburgh. Minister of Paterson United Free Church, Kirkwall, Orkney. Native of Dundee, UK. Stone Inscription :- "The Lord Is My Shepherd I Shall Not Want".
PEEL, (MC & Bar). The Hon. Maurice Berkeley. Chaplain 4th Class. Army Chaplains' Department. Queant Road Cemetery, Buissy, Pas-de-Calais, France. Killed on the battlefield. 14-05-1917. Age 44. Born 1873. Son of Arthur Wellesley Peel, 1st Viscount Peel, former speaker of the house of commons, husband of the late Emily Peel. Vicar of Tamworth 1915 - 1917..
Military Cross & Bar.
RANKING, The Rev. George Harvey. Chaplain 4th Class, Army Chaplains' Department, Attached To :- IV Corps Heavy Artillery. Hermies British Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France. He was killed on the battlefield at Cambrai. 20-11-1917. Age 46. Son of Harvey Ranking. Husband of Violet Ranking of Open Combe, Marley Heights, Haslemere, Surrey, UK. Stone Inscription :- Called And Chosen And Faithful".
RUCK-KEENE, The Rev. Benjamin.Corrie. Chaplain 4th Class. Army Chaplains Department. Attached To :- 8th (Service) Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment. Ypres Reservoir Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Killed on the battlefield. 26-09-1917. Stone Inscription :- "Killed In Action Jesu Mercy".
SHINE, The Rev. James. Captain. Chaplain 4th Class, Army Chalains' Department, Attached To :- 21st (Service) Battalion, (Islington), Duke of Cambridge's Own, (Middlesex Regiment). Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France. Died of Wounds. 21-04-1918. Age 37. Son of Thomas & Mary Shine of Ballylaffin, Ardfinnan, Cahir, County Tipperary, Ireland. ( I have information that this man was attached to the 21st (Yeoman rifles) Battalion, Middlesex Regiment But the only 21st (Yeoman Rifles) Battalion I can find was a part of the Kings Royal Rifle Corps, not the Middlesex Regiment). Stone Inscription :- "A Life Consecrated To God Sacrificed On The Altar Of Duty".
SHOVEL, The Rev. Thomas Jasper. Chaplain 4th Class, Army Chaplains' Department. On Attachment To :- 2nd (Wessex) Battery, Royal Field Artillery. Louverval Military Cemetery, Doignies, Nord, France. Died of wounds. 05-10-1918. Age 34. Son of Thomas & Ellen Shovel of Upton Cross, Linkinhorne, Cornwall, UK. He was a Weslyan Minister. Stone Inscription :- "With Christ Which Is Far Better".
SMITH, The Rev. Fred Seaton. Captain. Chaplain 4th Class, Army Chaplains' Department, Attached To :- 13th Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment. Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille, Pas-de-Calais, France. Died from natural causes. 15-11-1918. Age 31. Native of Pocklinton, Yorkshire, UK. Stone Inscription :- "Death Both Hide But Not Divide Thou Art But On Christ's To Other Side".
STUART, The Rev. Alexander. Chaplain 4th Class, Army Chaplains' Department. On Attachment To :- 12th Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles. Ruyaulcourt Military Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France. He was killed on the battlefield. 24-10-1917.
TOMKINS, The Rev. William. Henry. Chaplain 4th Class, Army Chaplains Department. Attached To :- 7th Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment. Cagnicourt British Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France. Killed in action. 28-09-1918. Aged 40. Born at Rushden, Northamptonshire, UK.
WERE, The Rev. Cyril Narramore. Chaplain 4th Class, Army Chaplains' Department. On Attachment To :- Rifle Brigade. Outtersteene Communal Cemetery Extension, Bailleul, Nord, France. Died of natural causes. 09-01-1918. Age 36. Son of Edward Ash Were (Bishop of Stafford) & Julia Leite Were. Husband of Mildred Gladys Were of 14, Christchurch Road, Reading, Berkshire, UK. Ordained Christ Church, Oxford, 1904.
WOOD, The Rev. Harold William. Captain. Chaplain 4th Class, Army Chaplains' Department, Attached To :- 282nd Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille, Pas-de-Calais, France. Died of natural causes. 01-11-1918. Age 31. Son of The Reverend Arthur William & Sarah Ann Wood. Husband of Mrs H.F. Wood of "Woodside", Alum Chine Road, Bournmouth, Dorset, UK. Formerly vicar of Norton, Doncaster, Yorkshire, UK. Stone Inscription :- "The Devoted Husband Of Hilda F. Wood And Son Of Rev. H.W. Wood. A Man Greatly Loved".
WOODHOUSE, The Rev. Disney Charles. Captain. Chaplain 4th Class, Army Chaplains' Depatment, Attached To :- 12th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France. Died of natural causes. 06-10-1916. Age 32. Son of the Reverend A.C. & Mrs. Woodhouse of Pampisford Vicarage, Cambridge, UK. Formerly vicar of Winterbourne Monkton, Wiltshire, UK. Stone Inscription :- "I Believe In The Communion Of Saints".