Attested 16 December 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 – Military Medal awarded while with D Coy 11th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment – Military Medal London Gazette 23 February 1918 – Held up the Germans with his Lewis Gun while his Coy retired – Wounded Casualty List Hull Daily News 27 April 1918 – Write up Hull Daily News Presentation 24 July 1918 – Transferred Class Z Army Reserve – AVL Hull 1918