Attested 10 September 1914 at 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 – Mentioned in Despatches awarded while with B Coy 11th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment – London Gazette 04 January 1917 – Killed while out in No Mans land on patrol 29 October 1916 – Documents Available – Effects to Mother Kate – Photo and Write Up 17 November 1916 Hull Daily News – Commemorated East Yorkshire Regiment War Memorial Beverley Minster East Yorkshire