Attested 6 October 1880 , 2nd Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment awarded Queens South Africa Medal Clasps Witterbergen Cape Colony and Transvaal , Appointed Company Accountant H Coy June 1906 , 2nd Battalion Promoted C/Sergeant 06 February 1907 , 2nd Battalion H Coy classified Marksman July 1907 , Awarded Long Service and Good Conduct medal Army Orders October 1911 , H Coy 2nd Battalion Classified Marksman 14 February 1913 , Discharged 30 June 1917 overage went to Tower of London as Yeoman Warder , SWB Number 217201 , Awarded Meritorious Service Medal Army Orders April 1946 , Letter about him 1948 page 54 , Died aged 79 12 February 1954 Obituary Snapper March 1954