HC Deb 21 August 1916 vol 85 c2301W
Mr. HENRY TERRELL

asked the Secretary of State for War how many British Army chaplains have been killed during the present War, and to what denominations did they belong?

Mr. FORSTER

The figures are as follow:

Church of England. Presbyterian. Roman Catholic. Methodist. Total.
Killed in Action—
British 6 3 9
Colonial 1 2 1 4
Died of Disease contracted "in and by" active service—
British 2 1 1 4
Indian Ecclesiastical Establishment 1 1
10 2 4 2 18
Total 18

These figures do not include any chaplains of the Indian Establishment who may have died as a result of service in Mesopotamia prior to the administration of that campaign being taken over by the War Office.