Attested 9 May 1911 with the 4th Battalion at Londesborough Street Barracks Hull – Embodied 1/4th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment – Medal Index Card Entered Boulogne France 17 April 1915 with 1/4th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment – Gunshot wound arm and shoulder – A Coy Admitted to hospital 3 May 1915 – Posted wounded Snapper June 1915 – Discharged Termination of his first period of engagement 15 May 1916 – Michael Street and Porter Street Roll of Honour Hull Daiily Mail 4 October 1916