Ongoing Work at the Cathedral During the War. Early in October the Reverend M. Little , of the Church of the Advent, Westmount, Montreal, held a mission in connection with the Mission of Repentance and Hope. He was assisted by the Reverend W.A. Hubard of Port Grenville, N.S. The mission lasted for a ten day period during which time the services were well attended and many resolutions were made. It was hoped that the efforts would have a permanent effect on all those who partook through the deepening of the spiritual life of the congregation. Canon Simpson and his wife Alice suffered a very great personal loss during the year. Their son, Lieutenant Stewart Basil Simpson was killed in action in France, in 1916. This was "a severe blow to him (Canon Simpson) but his strong, manly Christian devotion to Frederick Thornton Peters, a St. Peter 's School Boy, in his midshipman uniform. Peters served in the navy during both the First and the Second World wars. For bravery during the First War DSO and the DSC. In the Second World War he was awarded the posthumously. He was the only Islander to have received this medal. duty and to service enabled him to carry on, though with a breaking heart, in helping others."201 The Reverend Mr. Jukes , who had been offered the position of Assistant Priest at St. Peter 's was forced to return to Nova Scotia in January after only three months, due to ill health. Nineteen hundred and seventeen was a year filled with repairs to Church buildings, including repairs to the organ motor, the organ bellows, the foundation of the school, work to enclose the exposed electrical wiring, and the placement of additional radiators in the surplice room and sacristy. In total, an expenditure of over $200.00. 201. The Charlottetown Guardian. December 1 st, 1920. 171