Giles Legood

Air Vice-Marshal Giles Leslie Legood, (born 1967) is a British Anglican priest. Since July 2022 he has served as Chaplain-in-Chief of the Royal Air Force Chaplains Branch and Archdeacon for the Royal Air Force. He previously served as Deputy Chaplain-in-Chief. He studied at King's College London, graduating in 1988 with a Bachelor of Divinity (BD) degree and the Associate of King's College (AKC) qualification.

Military service On 20 October 2004, Legood was commissioned into the Chaplains Branch, Royal Auxiliary Air Force, as a flight lieutenant. He was attached to No. 600 Squadron RAF, and was the RAF's first part-time chaplain.

In 2007, Legood transferred to the Royal Air Force as a full-time chaplain. He served as chaplain to RAF Northolt, and served in Iraq and Afghanistan. In 2013, he was promoted to the relative rank of wing commander. As the most senior Anglican chaplain, he also additionally serves as Archdeacon for the Royal Air Force, and was collated as archdeacon by Hugh Nelson, Bishop to the Armed Forces, during a service at St Clement Danes on 11 September 2022.

Honours and decorations In 2014, Legood was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Afghanistan during the period 1 April 2013 to 30 September 2013. This made him the first RAF chaplain to receive an operational honour since the Second World War. Upon the succession of King Charles III, he became an Honorary Chaplain to the King (KHC). He is also a recipient of the Iraq Medal, the Operational Service Medal for Afghanistan, the Operational Service Medal Iraq and Syria, the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal, and Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal.