- Simon Beveridge
The Revd. Simon Beveridge is an
Anglican Royal Navy Chaplain notable for being one of the handful ofCommando Trained chaplains.Beveridge is also known as the "Galloping Padre" since he learned to ride (at Mr Frost's Yard at Buckfastleigh) whilst serving with the Royal Marines at
CTCRM Lympstone in 2004. [ [http://www.thisiswesterngazette.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=164261&command=displayContent&sourceNode=257978&contentPK=20077404&folderPk=117480&pNodeId=164264 Western Gazette] ] While serving in HMS Bulwark in 2005 he took the Amateur National Hunt Jockey's course at the British Racing School in Newmarket and gained his Category 'A' racing licence. [ [http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/DefenceNews/PeopleInDefence/gallopingPadreMakesHistoryAtSandown.htm MOD Website] ] In 2008, aged 46, and whilst chaplain at the Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton, he was the first Royal Naval Chaplain to ride at Sandown in the Grand Military Cup, though he unfortunately fell on the last circuit after being intercepted by a riderless horse. [ [http://www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=144125&command=displayContent&sourceNode=232510&home=yes&more_nodeId1=232470&contentPK=20095840 This is Cornwall] ] Previously he was the first priest to win a point-to-point with a 50-1 victory, at Wadebridge in December 2007. [ [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2007/12/18/shpoin118.xml Daily Telegraph] ]Beveridge, an
Anglo-Catholic , was the vicar of Marydown [ [ [http://www.groups.ex.ac.uk/gdr/rrd/mar05/rrd.html The Guild of Devonshire Ringers] ] until 1993, when he joined the Royal Navy, passing his commando course in the same year. He subsequently served with42 Commando Royal Marines [ [http://trushare.com/66NOV00/NO00BEVE.HTM Cost of Conscience] ] and served on operations inSierra Leone . [ [http://www.navynews.co.uk/articles/2000/0006/1000060701.asp Navy News] ]He was an early advocate of the Royal Navy/Royal Marines Trauma Risk Management project (TRIM) and used the technique when, as chaplain to Commando Helicopter Force, a helicopter crashed on the flight deck of
RFA Argus , injuring three men, one very gravely. [ [http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/content.asp?id=43529 Church Times] ]References
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