Enlisted 28 November 1899 , 2nd Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment awarded Queens South Africa Medal Clasps Cape Colony Orange Free State and Transvaal , 14th Mounted Infantry , 2nd Battalion Posted from 1st Battalion on 21 January 1907 Snapper February 1907 , (4334010) , 2nd Battalion 2nd Class Shot Snapper March 1907 , 2nd Battalion Marksman 15 April 1907 , Awarded an Acting Schoolmasters Certificate dated War Office 30 October 1906 Snapper March 1907 , Promoted Sergeant 06 February 1907 Snapper June 1907 , 2nd Battalion promoted Sergeant Ante dated 25 December 1906 , 2nd Battalion appointed School Assistant 19 August 1907 , 2nd Battalion Maymyo census April 1911 Sergeant single , 2nd Battalion re,engaged 07 July 1911 , Promoted C/Sergeant 07 November 1912 , Medal Index Card entered France 15 January 1915 , Granted Long Service and Good Conduct Medal 01 January 1918 (Medal Roll) , East Yorkshire Regiment Posted wounded Snapper January 1917 , East Yorkshire Regiment Awarded French Croix , de , Guerre , Meritorious Service Medal 17 February 1917 as RSM London Gazette 13 February 1917 2nd Battalion , RSM 30 April 1920 , General Service Medal clasp Iraq , Write up Snapper April 1921 , Living at Cleckheaton taken the position as Steward of the Conservative Club Snapper February 1922 , Obit Snapper 1953 page 147 , Re,numbered 4334010