his interest in the Royal Air Force . In January 1941, he took a four days' mission for them at Cranwell, and in 1942 he took a mission in the Royal Air Force depot at Donington. Such experiences convinced him that far more was needed on the spiritual side in the Chaplains' department, and he began a long and unwearied bombardment of the authorities (military and ecclesiastical). He visited C. S. Lewis at Magdalen College, Oxford, staying overnight on 5 November 1941 for conversation between two men who were both involved in the RAF, Lewis as a lecturer. In November 1942, the two archbishops wrote to inform him that he had been appointed as one of the seven men that were to give the greater part of the time to visiting Air Force centres. On 9 December he wrote that he was to start on 12 January 1943. However, just when the direction of his life was moving in a direction that would more suitable employ his talents, came the tragic collapse. On 12 December 1942 he had a severe heart-attack, from which he never recovered. He retired to Sussex for convalescence where he died. He was buried at All Hallows Barking, the religious headquarters of Toc H. References External links Bibliographic directory from Project Canterbury 1879 births 1943 deaths People from Oxford 20th-century English Anglican priests Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford 20th-century Anglican Church of Southern Africa bishops Vicars of St Mary's Church, Nottingham Anglican bishops of Pretoria Oxford University cricketers World War I chaplains Lyttelton family Presidents of the Oxford Union Recipients of the Military Cross People from Henfield Royal Army Chaplains' Department officers British Army personnel of World War I