 He retired from sculpting in 1903 and worked in the family business eventually becoming its chairman in 1910.In 1922 he temporarily came out of retirement to build the Bradfield war memorial which commemorated the deaths in the First World War of those in the 2nd Battalion, South Wales Borderers, which included his son.The "Maiwand Lion" features on the front page of one of the local newspapers, the "Reading Post", and also on the Reading Football Club crest.