Attested 3 November 1914 Hull City Hall – Medal Index Card entered Egypt 22 December 1915 with10th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment – Entered Marseilles France 7 March 1916 – Company Quarter Master Sergeant B Coy 13th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment 3 May 1917 Letter to Mrs Smith husband 34990 about him missing in action – AVL Hull 1918 – Mentioned in Despatches 05 July 1919 British Expeditionary Force for distinguished and gallant services and devotion to duty during the period 16 September 1918 – 15 March 1919 – Transferred Class Z Army Reserve