Clinton Langston served as Chaplain General of the Royal Army Chaplains' Department, British Army between 2018 and 2022, and as Archdeacon for the Army in the Church of England between 2017 and 2022.
19 Facts About Clinton Langston
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Clinton Langston was previously Deputy Chaplain General from 2017 to 2018.
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Clinton Langston studied at the Derby College of Education, graduating with a Bachelor of Combined Studies in 1986.
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On 20 June 1994, Clinton Langston was commissioned into the Royal Army Chaplains' Department as a Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class.
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Clinton Langston was deployed to Bosnia in 1996 with 7 Signal Regiment, and to Northern Ireland for a two year tour from 1998 to 2000.
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Clinton Langston was promoted to Chaplain to the Forces 3rd Class on 2 June 2000.
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Clinton Langston then returned to Germany, where he was senior chaplain of the 4th Infantry Brigade.
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Clinton Langston was promoted to Chaplain to the Forces 2nd Class on 30 June 2006.
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Clinton Langston then returned to the UK, where he had been appointed senior chaplain to 15 Brigade.
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Clinton Langston was promoted to Chaplain to the Forces 1st Class on 30 June 2014.
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On 15 May 2017, Clinton Langston took up the appointment of Deputy Chaplain General, the second most senior chaplain in the RAChD.
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Clinton Langston was promoted to the rank of deputy chaplain general on 30 June 2017.
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Clinton Langston was made a non-residentiary canon of Salisbury Cathedral in October 2018.
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On 14 December 2018, Clinton Langston was appointed Chaplain-General to Her Majesty's Land Forces: the Chaplain General is equivalent in rank to a major general.
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Clinton Langston stepped down in May 2022, and retired from the army in July 2023.
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Clinton Langston has been awarded a number of campaign medals: the NATO Medal for the former Republic of Yugoslavia, the General Service Medal with Northern Ireland clasp, and the Iraq Medal.
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Clinton Langston has been awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal, the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal, the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal, the King Charles III Coronation Medal, and the Accumulated Campaign Service Medal.
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On 10 February 2017, Clinton Langston was appointed an Honorary Chaplain to The Queen.
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Clinton Langston was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 2020 Birthday Honours.