Charles Peshall Explained

Charles John Eyre Peshall, CBE, DSO,[1] KHC (1881–1957) was a Church of England priest and former Royal Navy chaplain.[2] He was Chaplain of the Fleet, director general of the Naval Chaplaincy Service and archdeacon for the Royal Navy from 1933 to 1935.[3]

Peshall was born in Oldberrow,[4] Warwickshire,[5] educated at Haileybury and Imperial Service College[6] and Pembroke College, Cambridge. He was ordained deacon in 1904,[7] and priest in 1906.[8] After curacies at Atherstone and Tor Mohun he served as a naval chaplain[9] from 1908[10] to[11] 1935. He was also an Honorary Chaplain to the King from 1934[12] to 1935. He was made Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1935 New Year Honours.

He died on 18 October 1957.[13]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Naval History . 30 May 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120505135927/http://naval-history.net/WW1NavyBritishLGDecorations1918a.htm . 5 May 2012 . dead .
  2. "Kingsnorth Airship Station: In Defence of the Nation" Bilbé,T p79: Stroud, The History Press 2013
  3. 'PESHALL, Rev. Charles John Eyre', Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 30 May 2017
  4. http://www.hunimex.net/warwick/freecens/2480.html Warwickshire Ancestors Project
  5. http://www.eyrehistory.net/eyrecourt_and_eyreville/ind5630.php Eyre History
  6. Web site: School web site . 30 May 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120531221414/http://www.haileybury.com/medals/orders_of_chivalry%201862%20h.htm . 31 May 2012 . dead .
  7. Cambridge Independent Press Cambridgeshire, England 24 Jun 1904
  8. [Crockford's Clerical Directory]
  9. http://digital.nls.uk/british-military-lists/pageturner.cfm?id=94466612&mode=transcription NLS
  10. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/28134/page/3314/data.pdf London Gazette 5 May 1908
  11. 'The Immortal Gamble and the part played in it by H.M.S. Cornwallis' Stewart,A.T p35 London, A & C Black, 1917
  12. News in Brief. The Times (London, England), Wednesday, 18 April 1934; pg. 16; Issue 46731
  13. Rev. C. J. E. Peshall. The Times (London, England), Saturday, 19 October 1957; pg. 11; Issue 53976

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