1st Battalion Attested January 1911 Snapper February 1911 – 1st Battalion passed in group 1 of 1st class Certificate of Education March 1911 – 1st Battalion Appointed Lance Corporal 10 August 1911 – Granted 1st Good Conduct Badge (Snapper February 1913) – Promoted Corporal 4 March 1913 – Classified Marksman 29 April 1913 – Qualified in Barr and Stroud Range Finding Instrument 11 December 1913 – Medal Index Card entered France 08 September 1914 with 1st Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment – Citation Distinguished Conduct Medal 1 April 1915. For gallant conduct on 27th October 1914 at Rue du Bois when he conveyed messages during a heavy attack by the enemy, whilst exposed to shell and rifle fire – Mentioned in Despatches 20 November 1914 London Gazette 17 February 1915 – Posted Wounded Snapper September 1915 – Posted Wounded and Missing Snapper October 1915 – Previously reported Wounded and missing now reported Killed Casualty List 26 February 1916 Hull Daily News – Effects to father Arthur for self transferred to mother at fathers request – Commemorated East Yorkshire Regiment War Memorial Beverley Minster East Yorkshire