Attested 3 July 1915 at Central Recruiting Office City Hall Hull – Initial training in Hull at the Cricket Ground Anlaby Road and on 18 January 1915 to Ousthorpe Camp Pocklington. In May 1915 the 11th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment joined the 92nd Infantry Brigade of the 31st Division and moved for Divisional training to Penkridge Bank Camp near Rugeley, 18 June 1915 on to South Camp Ripon and then to No 2 camp Hurdcott near Fovant Salisbury – Medal Index Card entered Egypt 23 December 1915 with 11th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment – Entered Marseilles France 8 March 1916 – Arrived Bertrancourt on the Somme 2 April 1916 – Distinguished Conduct Medal London Gazette 28 March 1918 For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty when in charge of his company stretcher-bearers. He went forward with the first wave of a daylight raid. Throughout the raid, and after, he went backwards and forwards to the enemy front line carrying back wounded men on his shoulders, though snipers were most active and there was a hostile barrage on our trench. – Distinguished Conduct Medal Bar London Gazette 03 September 1918 For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He repeatedly went forward in charge of parties to collect wounded. Under heavy fire he was responsible for removing twenty men to a place of safety who would otherwise have been made prisoners. – Military Medal awarded while with C Coy 11th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment – Military Medal awarded July 1917 – Military Medal List Hull Daily News August 1917 – Military Medal Snapper September 1917 – Transferred Class Z Army Reserve