by Andrew Dakin | Oct 12, 2018
The Naval & Military Bible Society is governed by a Board of Trustees, which is advised by serving members and chaplains of the three Armed Forces and Merchant Seafarers Missions, under the chairmanship of The Reverend Simon Springett Royal Naval Reserve. The...
by Andrew Dakin | Oct 12, 2018
Crimea 1854, A letter from a Field Officer of the Royal Artillery who wrote, “I greatly rejoiced when I received the magnificent supply of 1000 New Testaments for the supply of Artillerymen ordered to Turkey……they have been...
by Andrew Dakin | Oct 11, 2018
Following its first grant, the Society began giving away Bibles in earnest, Bibles were given soldiers in the aftermath of the Gordon riots; many residents were frightened as much by drunken soldiers protecting their homes as the rioters themselves. Following the...
by Andrew Dakin | Oct 11, 2018
Wilberforce, a leader in the movement to abolish slavery, was an active member of the Society. Sir Edward Pellow, CinC East Indies was a strong supporter, Vice-President in 1815 and life member in 1817. At a later period, the Duke of Wellington became President and in...
by Andrew Dakin | Oct 11, 2018
Whilst much has been written and speculated about the circumstances surrounding the mutiny on HMS Bounty, it is a fact that a Bible given by the Bible Society to an officer on that ship (in 1787) was providently saved when Bounty was wrecked (1790). That Bible was...
