 He worked first as a solicitor; from 1938 he was Joint Manager of the Kidderminster Permanent Benefit Building Society.In 1936 he was elected as a Kidderminster councillor; after war service in the Royal Army Observer Corps (1941–1945), he was Mayor of the town from 1947 to 1949.He also served on Worcestershire County Council from 1952 to 1955.