Attested March 1913 with the 4th Battalion at Londesborough Street Barracks Hull – Embodied 5 August 1914 – Medal Index Card Entered Boulogne France 17 April 1915 with 1/4th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment – A Coy admitted to hospital 4 May 1915 – Posted wounded Snapper June 1915 – Discharged 19 April 1916 – Silver War Badge 96617 Not issued – Silver War Badge list O/5352/1 – para xvi wounds – Transferred list TO/353 – Silver War Badge Number 96617