Missionary in Burma and India. He was born in Cardiff in 1891. Responding to a call to the ministry, he trained at Didsbury and Richmond Colleges on either side of war service and left for Burma in 1924. He showed his powers of leadership as principal of a high school in Mandalay, as superintendent of the Leprosy Home, and as Synod Secretary.

He and his family were evacuated at the time of the Japanese invasion, but in 1944 he was appointed Chairman of the Burma District and a year later left for India to prepare for the reopening of the work there once the war was over. However, a medical examination in Calcutta revealed that he had leprosy and he entered a sanatorium for a period of painful treatment by injection and by acid, lasting over two years. Prolonged suffering and isolation from his wife and family led to periods of deep depression, which he described as 'a daily climb out of hell'. But his faith survived. And after being discharged they moved to Vellore and he was involved with he development of the leprosy section of the hospital there. He was also closely involved with those setting up the Church of South India.

Returning home in 1952, he retired from circuit life in1960 and died in London on 26 April 1967 .A colleague who had known him in India did not hesitate to compare him to Father Damien.

Entry written by: LJG
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