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Following a series of short-term jobs, in 1920 he was appointed the first Archaeology Officer of the Ordnance Survey, a post he held until his retirement in 1946.

By 1945, he was powerful enough at the Survey to have an assistant, W. F.

( Peter ) Grimes.

In 1927 he founded Antiquity ; A Quarterly Review of Archaeology.

He became known over time among archaeological circles for his cap, which rarely left him.

When he went indoors it was in his pocket, rolled up.

When he was in a moment of defiance he would throw it to the floor.