Charles John Eyre Peshall, CBE, [1] DSO, [2] KHC (1881–1957) was a Church of England priest and former Royal Navy chaplain. [3] He was Chaplain of the Fleet, director general of the Naval Chaplaincy Service and archdeacon for the Royal Navy from 1933 to 1935. [4]
Peshall was born in Oldberrow, [5] Warwickshire, [6] educated at Haileybury and Imperial Service College [7] and Pembroke College, Cambridge. He was ordained deacon in 1904, [8] and priest in 1906. [9] After curacies at Atherstone and Tor Mohun he served as a naval chaplain [10] from 1908 [11] to [12] 1935. He was also an Honorary Chaplain to the King from 1934 [13] to 1935. He was made Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1935 New Year Honours. [14]
He died on 18 October 1957. [15]
Charles John Eyre Peshall, CBE, [1] DSO, [2] KHC (1881–1957) was a Church of England priest and former Royal Navy chaplain. [3] He was Chaplain of the Fleet, director general of the Naval Chaplaincy Service and archdeacon for the Royal Navy from 1933 to 1935. [4]
Peshall was born in Oldberrow, [5] Warwickshire, [6] educated at Haileybury and Imperial Service College [7] and Pembroke College, Cambridge. He was ordained deacon in 1904, [8] and priest in 1906. [9] After curacies at Atherstone and Tor Mohun he served as a naval chaplain [10] from 1908 [11] to [12] 1935. He was also an Honorary Chaplain to the King from 1934 [13] to 1935. He was made Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1935 New Year Honours. [14]
He died on 18 October 1957. [15]