He was educated in England at The King's School, Rochester,[3] matriculating in 1865 and going up to Pembroke College, Cambridge.In 1912 and 1913 he was an honorary chaplain to King George V.[4] Storrs was responsible for various projects in Rochester Cathedral, notably the recasting of the bells in 1921 and the restoration of the Gundulf Tower (see illustration).I was recast in memory ofFrancis Edmund Storrs, R. N. V. R.,son of the Dean,died 10 November 1918,eve of the Armistice.κτεπόθη ό θάνατοΣ ΕιΣ ΝικοΣ Storrs married Lucy Anna Maria Cockayne-Cust in 1881 and had six children: Francis was in the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve and died the day before the First World War ended.In Francis's memory the tenor bell[b] at Rochester Cathedral bears the inscription shown on the right.
The Rev Prebendary John Storrs MA Vicar of St Peter's Eaton Square