 He was active for much of his life in the Diocese of Truro, England, serving 10 years as the canon chancellor of Truro Cathedral.He died in June 1986 and was buried at the Townsend Cemetery, Crewkerne, South Somerset District, Somerset, England.The epitaph on his tombstone is "The word of God his Rule / The Glory of God his Aim / And to God the Holy Trinity / was all his guiding."