Attested 10 September 1914 at Central Recruiting Office City Hall Hull – Initial training in Hull at the Cricket Ground Anlaby Road and on 18 January 1915 to Ousthorpe Camp Pocklington – Appointed Lance Corporal Snapper May 1915 – In May 1915 the 11th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment joined the 92nd Infantry Brigade of the 31st Division and moved for Divisional training to Penkridge Bank Camp near Rugeley, 18 June 1915 on to South Camp Ripon and then to No 2 camp Hurdcott near Fovant Salisbury – Medal Index Card entered Egypt 11 December 1915 with 11th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment – Entered Marseilles France 8 March 1916 – Arrived Bertrancourt on the Somme 2 April 1916 – Company Quarter Master Sergeant D Coy 11th East Yorkshire Regiment September 1914 to August 1916 – Witness at Desertion 30 April 1915 Pte Raynor 11th/0920 11th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment Millington – Transferred Royal Highlanders (Black Watch) S/22497 – Discharged 19 November 1917 wounds – Silver War Badge List G/90/2 – Silver War Badge Number 271026 – Aged 35 years