The Right Rev Bishop Taylor Smith KCB CVO QHC Chaplain General to HM Forces Silver Plated Box. Cutlery Norfolk excavations in 1969

Norfolk excavations in 1969

23 cm length and 10

taper stick holder and inkwell mounts are hallmarked for London by Arthur Carter

Issued 1965-1983

Royal Doulton Figurine - Alfred The Great HN3821

The Right Rev Bishop Taylor Smith KCB CVO QHC Chaplain General to HM Forces Silver Plated Box. Cutlery Norfolk excavations in 1969An Edwardian Silver Plated Box Presented to 'The Right Rev Bishop Taylor Smith CVO DD Chaplain General to HM Forces'. He was the Chaplain General throughout the First World War. John Taylor Smith (1860 1938) was an Anglican Bishop and military chaplain. He was Chaplain General to the Armed Forces from 1st November 1901(the date of this inscription) until his retirement in 1925. In 1914 there were 120 military chaplains and this had grown to 3500 by