After a curacy at Farnham[4] he was commissioned as Chaplain to the Forces, Fourth Class on 12 October 1939,[5] and served throughout the Second World War.

He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire on 24 January 1946,[6] for his service as Deputy Assistant Chaplain General to XII Corps from November 1944 (with the rank of Chaplain to the Forces, Second Class) in the Queen's Birthday Honours, and presented to him by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

[7] When peace came he was successively chaplain to the Archbishop of York,[8] General Secretary of the Central Advisory Council on Training for the Ministry and finally Prebendary of Wells Cathedral.

In this post he served as the attendant of the Archbishop of York in the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II before elevation to the Episcopate in October 1954.

He served twice as Bishop, retiring once through ill-health but returning when his successor Clarence Edward Crowther was deported.