Attested 10 September 1914 at City Hall Hull – Appointed paid Lance Corporal 14 May 1915 Snapper June 1915 – Medal Index Card entered Egypt 23 December 1915 with 11th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment – Entered Marseilles France 8 March 1916 – 11th Battalion Promoted paid Acting Corporal 18 May 1916 – 11th Battalion gunshot wound abdomen 31 July 1916 – Casualty List Hull Daily News 04 September 1916 – Died of Wounds 33rd Casualty Clearing Station – Effects to father William J – Photo 3rd row second left – Commemorated East Yorkshire Regiment War Memorial Beverley Minster East Yorkshire – Commemorated Holy Trinity Hull Golden Book