Attested 2 April 1908 with the 4th Battalion at Londesborough Street Barracks – Former service 1st Volunter Battalion 3 January 1894 – Re-engaged for 1 years Snapper February 1912 – Embodied 5 August 1914 – Medal Index Card entered France 17 April 1915 with 1/4th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment – Promoted Company Sergeant Major 26 April 1915 vice Ferrand – Photo safe Hull Daily News May 1915 – Photo Sergeants Mess – Transferred to England 2 February 1916 – Discharged 01 April 1916 time expired – Transferred Royal Engineers 235934 and WR/505464 – Documents Available – AVL Hull 1918 Regimental Sergeant Major Royal Engineers Dock and Railways – Regimental Sergeant Major Elston won the Silver Cup at the Rhine Army meeting held at Drove Germany on his 45th birthday Hull Daily Mail 29 September 1919Territorial Force Efficiency Medal 7 June 1921