John Storrs (priest)

He was educated in England at The King's School, Rochester,[3] matriculating in 1865 and going up to Pembroke College, Cambridge.

In 1912 and 1913 he was an honorary chaplain to King George V.[4] Storrs was responsible for various projects in Rochester Cathedral, notably the recasting of the bells in 1921 and the restoration of the Gundulf Tower (see illustration).

I was recast in memory ofFrancis Edmund Storrs, R. N. V. R.,son of the Dean,died 10 November 1918,eve of the Armistice.

κτεπόθη ό θάνατοΣ ΕιΣ ΝικοΣ Storrs married Lucy Anna Maria Cockayne-Cust in 1881 and had six children: Francis was in the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve and died the day before the First World War ended.

In Francis's memory the tenor bell[b] at Rochester Cathedral bears the inscription shown on the right.