The Very. Rev Alfred Charles Eustace Jarvis,[1]CB,[2] CMG,[3] MC,[4] DD[5] was an eminent Anglican priest in the 20th century.
He was born in Bournemouth in 1876[6] and began work as an apprentice in a furniture shop.[7] He studied at Handsworth Theological College [8] and was a Methodist Minister from 1901 to 1908 when he was ordained into the Church of England.[9] He was initially a Curate at All Saints, South Lambeth.[10]
From 1909 he served the Royal Army Chaplains Department[11] at Woolwich, Jamaica, Portsmouth and Lichfield before gallant service in World War I where he was Mentioned in Despatches three times and awarded the Military Cross. After the war he was Assistant Chaplain-General, Northern Command from 1920 to 1925 and Chaplain-General to the Forces until 1931; and also Chaplain of the Tower of London from 1927. He was Provost and Vicar of Sheffield from 1931 to 1948; and also Archdeacon of Sheffield for two spells (1931 to 1933, and 1934 to 1938) and Rural Dean for one (1939–1942).
An Honorary Chaplain to two Kings [12][13] and a Chaplain of the Order of St John of Jerusalem,[14] he died on 26 March 1957.[15]
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| Preceded by John Taylor Smith |
Chaplain-General to the Forces 1922–1931 |
Succeeded by Ernest Hayford Thorold |
| Preceded by John Russell Darbyshire |
Archdeacon of Sheffield 1931–1933 |
Succeeded by Alexander John Doull |
| Preceded by Inaugural appointment |
Provost of Sheffield 1931–1948 |
Succeeded by John Howard Cruse |
| Preceded by Alexander John Doull |
Archdeacon of Sheffield 1934–1938 |
Succeeded by William Arthur Baker |
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