Attested 27 February 1899 , 2nd Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment Queens South Africa Medal clasps Witterbergen Cape Colony and Transvaal & Kings South Africa Medal , 14th Battalion Mounted Infantry , Mobilized at Beverley 05 August 1914 , Medal Index Card entered France 8 September 1914 , Posted 1st Battalion 09 November 1914 , 02 March 1916 discharged termination of engagement , re,engaged 2/9th Battalion Durham Light Infantry 5643 , Meritorious Service Medal awarded London Gazette 03 September 1919 , Documents Available