Attested 31 August 1914 3rd Battalion Special Reserve – Medal Index Card entered 2b Balkans 14 July 1915 with 6th battalion East Yorkshire Regiment – Suvla Bay 24 October 1915 Promoted Company Quarter Master Sergeant vice Sharp Wounded and invalided – 6th Battalion Company Quarter Master Sergeant C Coy January 1916 – Distinguished Conduct Medal London Gazette 21 October 1918 For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty while working by night on light railway line “which was heavily shelled and broken in many parts. During the night this NCO with his party repaired twelve breaks, and four more in the early morning, greatly facilitating the traffic. – Transferred Class Z Army Reserve – Photograph Sergeants 6th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment Hull Times 27 March 1915