Attested 7 September 1914 at Central Recruiting Office City Hall Hull – 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 -East Yorkshire Regiment Posted wounded Snapper September 1916 – East Yorkshire Regiment Posted wounded Snapper June 1917 – Transferred Labour Corps 406508 – Transferred Class Z Army Reserve 17 March 1919