Chaplains and the London Regiment - 1900 to 1920

The creation of the Territorial Force saw a massive change in the way spiritual care was provided to the new organisation. The old system of individual appointments based on local connections was replaced by a new central organisation. How this affected London, both in the years before 1914, and in the First World War, is the subject of this talk.

Dr Peter Howson served as an army chaplain for twenty five years completing his service as the Principal of the Armed Forces Chaplaincy Centre. During his time in the army he completed an MBA that looked at organisational structures in religious and voluntary bodies. When he returned to civilian ministry, as the Superintendent of the Inverness Methodist Circuit, he completed a PhD at Aberdeen University. His thesis discussed British army chaplaincy between 1960 and 2000.