Attested 19 March 1914 3rd Battalion Special Reserve at Hull – Awarded 2nd Class Certificate of Education 17 April 1914 – 3rd Battalion qualified 1st class Signaller 29 December 1915 at Hedon – Medal Index Card British War Medal and Victory Medal entered France 15 March 1916 with 1st Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment – 1st Battalion gunshot wound left elbow transferred to England 7 July 1916 – Entered France 5 April 1917 – Joined 8th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment 23 April 1917 – Signaller wounded and returned to France Photograph Hull Daily News 2 June 1917 – 8th Battalion gunshot wound right thigh September 1917 – Transferred to England 3 October 1917 – Posted wounded Snapper September 1916 – Entered France 27 January 1918 to join 11th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment – Posted 1st Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment 27 February 1918 – 1st Battalion gunshot wound chest and right thigh March 1918 – Transferred to England 27 March 1918 – Wounded Casualty List Hull Daily News 24 April 1918 – AVL Hull 1918 – Transferred Class P Army Reserve 1 July 1918 multiple wounds left elbow right thigh chest left thumb – Discharged 30 January 1919 Chronic Bronchitis – Silver War Badge Number B140999 – Silver War Badge List O/3250/1