Attested 14 September 1914 with City Hall Hull – 12th Battalion promoted Sergeant 23 December 1914 – Posted 14th battalion 28 August 1915 – 14th Battalion appointed Acting Company Sergeant Major 22 May 1916 – Instructor of Musketry – Medal index Card British War Medal and Victory Medal to join 1st Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment – Entered 37 Infantry Brigade Depot Etaples France 14 April 1917 – Transferred 14th Battalion Durham Light Infantry 43947 – Joined Battalion in the Field 30 April 1917 Killed in Action 3 December 1917 – Photo and Write up Hull Daily News 12 February 1918 – Effects to widow Florence May – Commemorated Holy Trinity Hull Golden Book

14th Battalion Durham Light Infantry

On 20 November 1917, after months of trench warfare and training, 14 DLI, as part of the 6th Division, joined the British tank advance at Cambrai, taking prisoners and capturing German guns. A German counter-attack, however, forced the Durhams back with heavy losses. In the desperate fighting around a canal east of Marcoing on 3 December 1917 the battalion was forced back.