The Right Rev Bishop Taylor Smith KCB CVO QHC Chaplain General to HM Forces Silver Plated Box.An Edwardian Silver Plated Box Presented to 'The Right Rev Bishop Taylor Smith CVO DD Chaplain General to HM Forces'. He was the Chaplain General throughout the First World War. John Taylor Smith (1860 1938) was an Anglican Bishop and military chaplain. He was Chaplain General to the Armed Forces from 1st November 1901(the date of this inscription) until his retirement in 1925. In 1914 there were 120 military chaplains and this had grown to 3500 by