Attested 10 September 1914 at Central Recruiting Office City Hall Hull 11th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment – Initial training in Hull at the Cricket Ground Anlaby Road and on 18 January 1915 to Ousthorpe Camp Pocklington – In May 1915 the 11th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment joined the 92nd Infantry Brigade of the 31st Division and moved for Divisional training to Penkridge Bank Camp near Rugeley, 18 June 1915 on to South Camp Ripon and then to No 2 camp Hurdcott near Fovant Salisbury – Medal Index Card entered Egypt 23 December 1915 with 11th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment – Entered Marseilles France 8 March 1916 – Arrived Bertrancourt on the Somme 2 April 1916 – Posted wounded Snapper July 1916 – Wounded casualty list 11 October 1917 Hull Daily Mail – AVL Hull 1918 – Discharged 29 August 1918 – Silver War Badge Number 442426 – Silver War Badge list O/2225/1 – aged 27 years – Commemorated Glasgow Street Hessle Road Hull Roll of Honour Hull Daily Mail 6 October 1916