Attested 07 September 1914 at City Hall Hull – Medal Index Card entered Egypt 23 December 1915 with 11th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment – Entered Marseilles France 8 March 1916 – East Yorkshire Regiment Posted wounded Snapper January 1917 – Transferred 2nd Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers 56232 – Reported missing 27 May 1917 – Killed in action 27 May 1917