Attested 15 August 1914 3rd Battalion Special Reserve at Hull – Medal Index Card entered France 15 January 1915 with 2nd Battalion East Yorkshire – Died of Wounds casualty list Hull Daily Mail 27 May 1915 – Commemorated East Yorkshire Regiment War Memorial Beverley Minster East Yorkshire – Effects to mother Mrs Evelina Gournell – Commemorated Holy Trinity Hull Golden Book of Remembrance