Attested 31 August 1914 4th Battalion at Londesborough Street Barracks Hull – Medal Index Card Entered Boulogne France 17 April 1915 with 1/4th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment – Photo and Letter 30 April 1915 – Killed at 10.00 22 March 1916 explosion in bomb store (War Diary) – Died of wounds at Number 7 Field Ambulance 22 March 1916 – Effects to mother and sole legatee Selina Jane – Sprencer Street Hull Roll of Honour Hull Daily Mail 1 December 1916 – Commemorated East Yorkshire Regiment War Memorial Beverley Minster East Yorkshire – Commemorated Holy Trinity Hull Golden Book of Remembrance