Attested 6 October 1914 4th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment at Central Recruiting Office City Hall Hull – Medal Index Card entered France 02 October 1915 with 1/4th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment – Reported severely wounded in a digging party 01 January 1916 (War Diary) – Photo and write up Died in 1st Canadian General Hospital in Etaples 1 hour before his mother arrived January 1916 Hull Daily News – photo and orbit De Ruvignys Roll of Honour – Effects to Mother and sole legatee Anne – Commemorated East Yorkshire Regiment War Memorial Beverley Minster East Yorkshire – Commemorated Holy Trinity Hull Golden Book of Remembrance