The Reverend Paul Abram, who has died aged 87, was a former Army chaplain, best known for his service and lifelong connection with the Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces and the Territorial Army SAS, who later served as the vicar of Salcombe and priest-in-charge at the Tower of London.
The Parachute Regiment has always cherished its chaplains, perhaps more so than any other corps. It goes back to Arnhem, and the camaraderie of the jump. In 1966, when the 29-year-old Paul Abram, a newly minted army chaplain, was posted to 3 Para in Aldershot, he arrived wearing SAS wings. Wanting t