Alfred Jarvis

Alfred Charles Eustace Jarvis KCB CMG MC[1][2][3] (14 November 1876–26 March 1957) was an eminent Anglican priest in the 20th century.

[4] He began work as an apprentice in a furniture store and served as a soldier in the Boer War.

He studied at Handsworth Theological College[5] Jarvis was a Methodist minister from 1901 to 1908 when he was ordained into the Church of England.

In these four years, he won the Military Cross, was 3 times Mentioned in Despatches, was awarded the Serbian Order of the White Eagle and became a CMG[8] He had served in Gallipoli, Salonika and Egypt as well as in the campaign leading to the capture of Baghdad.

In Egypt and in Mesopotamia he had prepared Reports reorganising the Chaplain its as new camps and outposts appeared.