St.Mary's Church has had a link with the DBS since the early 1980's through the late Dorothy Cotman, a resident of Hadlow,  who was the sister of Fr Kenneth Sharp, one of the leaders of the DBS for many years. Fr Kenneth visited his sister regularly over many years and kept us up to date with their work in Delhi. Fr Kenneth died during a visit to Hadlow in the Summer of 1992 and his funeral took place at St Mary's Hadlow in July 1992, attended by many people who were connected to the DBS.