Attested 16 November 1914 at City Hall Hull – Witness at Desertion of Pte Robinson 13th/0376 at Hull on 1 March 1915 – Medal Index Card entered Egypt 29 December 1915 with 13th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment – Entered Marseilles France 8 March 1916 – 13th Battalion Appointed Regimental Sergeant Major 29 September 1916 – 13th Battalion reverfed to Company Sergeant Major 13 April 1918 – Posted 11th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment 25 April 1918 – Mentioned in Despatches Haigs despatch dated 09 April 1917 London Gazette Tues 15 May 1917 – Posted 7th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment June 1918- Gun Shot Wound Elbow – 7th Battalion Transferred to England 2 September 1918 – Write up wounded 7 September 1918 Hull Daily News – Wounded Casualty list Hull Daily News 5 October 1918 – Posted 3rd Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment Medical Catagory BIII 14 January 1919 – Demobilized 27 February 1919 – Died 30 March 1919 – Photo of family grave and Grave Western Cemetery Hull – AVL Hull 1918 – Commemorated East Yorkshire Regiment War Memorial Beverley Minster East Yorkshire – Commemorated Holy Trinity Hull Golden Book