St. Mary’s vicar, Arthur Adam Taylor Crosse, writes in the Waxham Deanery Magazines, February 1917:

“George Chase and Horace Mills are both reported “missing.” We hope it will turn out that they are prisoners of war. We offer our deepest sympathy to their parents in their present great suspense and anxiety. Though it is not well to underestimate the grave seriousness of the matter, let us thank God that there is still hope that they may be alive and well. We earnestly pray it may be so.”

David Belsten