Attested 17 September 1914 at City Hall Hull – Promoted Sergeant 18 September 1914 – Posted 14th Battalion 16 December 1915 – Medal Index Card British War Medal and Victory Medal with 12th battalion East Yorkshire Regiment – Entered France 16 April 1916 – 12th Battalion reported missing 13 November 1916 – 12th Battalion reported prisoner of war in German Hands 13 November 1916 – Prisoner of War Receiving parcels from East Yorkshire Regiment Comfort fund in Linburg a/ Lahn Snapper May 1917 – Photo and Write up Hull Daily News 12 February 1918 – Absent Voters List Hull, Autumn 1918 East Yorkshire Regiment – Pepatriated Prisoner of War from Minden Germany 17 December 1918 – Transferred Class Z Army Reserve 5 may 1919 – Documents Available