Peter James Douglas Sefton Scott

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The Revd. Peter James Douglas Sefton Scott is an Anglican Royal Navy Chaplain, notable for being one of the handful of Commando Trained chaplains.

Scott was educated at Edinburgh University and was ordained into the Scottish Episcopal Church (where he edited the "Diocese of Glasgow and Galloway Handbook")^[1] in 1983. He was curate of Helensbugh from 1983-1986 and then Curate-in-Charge, and subsequently Rector, of St. Oswald's, Glasgow, from 1986-1991, whereupon he joined the Royal Navy as a chaplain.^[2]

Scott passed the gruelling Commando Course in 1992 when he was 30 years old. He was awarded the OBE in the 2003 New Year Honours list following his service at the Commando Training Centre Royal Marines.^[3] During the 2003 Gulf War he served as chaplain in the Helicopter Assault Ship HMS Ocean, where he handed out 2,000 crosses and almost 500 camouflaged bibles. His ministry on board was founded on simply roaming the ship, chatting, and listening in confidence to people's problems.^[4]

In 2006, as the Chaplain to British Forces Gibraltar, he presided at an Act of Remembrance within the Trafalgar Cemetery, Gibraltar, in memory of the Battle of Trafalgar.^[5]