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Ernest Hayford Thorold, CB, CBE, (17 February 1879 – 6 February 1940) was an Anglican priest in the 20th century.

He was born into an ecclesiastical family in 1879 and was educated at Highgate School and The Queen's College, Oxford.

He became a Chaplain to the British Armed Forces in 1906 serving in Shorncliffe, southern Africa and Aldershot before gallant service in the First World War where he was Mentioned in Despatches twice and awarded the OBE and CBE. He was Staff Officer to the Chaplain-General at the War Office from 1916 to 1921 and then Chaplain at the Royal Military Chapel, London.

He was Assistant Chaplain-General, Western Command from 1924 and an Honorary Chaplain to the King from 1926 – 1935. He was then from 1935 – 1939 successively Chaplain to Kings George V, Edward VIII and George VI. After further commands with the Southern Command and the Aldershot Command he was Chaplain-General to the British Armed Forces (and also Chaplain of the Tower of London) from 1931 to 1939.

A Chaplain of the Order of St John of Jerusalem, he died on 6 February 1940.

References

"The Edinburgh Gazette 5 January 1934" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2012. Retrieved 20 June 2011.
The National Archives
^ His father was the Rev. A. C. E. Thorold, MA, Who was Who ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
University Intelligence. Oxford, 3 March The Times Friday, 4 March 1898; pg. 11; Issue 35455; col A
”The Clergy List" London, Kellys, 1913
The London Gazette 3 July 1926
^ The Times, Thursday, 8 February 1940; pg. 11; Issue 48534; col E Obituary The Rev. Dr. E.H. Thorold

Church of England titles
Preceded byAlfred Charles Eustace Jarvis	Chaplain-General to the Forces 1931–1939	Succeeded byCharles Douglas Symons

v t e Chaplains-General to HM Land Forces (formerly Chaplains-General to the Forces)
John Gamble John Owen Robert Hodgson George Gleig Piers Claughton Cox Edghill John Taylor Smith Alfred Jarvis Ernest Thorold Charles Symons Llewelyn Hughes Victor Pike Ivan Neill John Youens Peter Mallett Frank Johnston James Harkness Victor Dobbin John Blackburn David Wilkes Stephen Robbins Jonathan Woodhouse David Coulter Clinton Langston Michael Parker
Archdeacons for the Army (since 1987)	Tom Robinson, Deputy Chaplain-General Graham Roblin, DCG Alan Dean, DCG John Holliman, DCG Stephen Dunwoody, ACG

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