Attested 01 September 1914 Wenlock Barracks Anlaby Road Hull – Sniper – Medal Index Card entered Egypt 22 December 1915 with 10th Battalion A Coy East Yorkshire Regiment – Entered France Marseilles 7 March 1916 – 10th Battalion wounded concusion shell 13 November 1916 – 10th Battalion returned to duty 14 November 1916 – Wounded shell shock casualty list Hull Daily Mail 16 December 1916 – East Yorkshire Regiment Posted wounded Snapper January 1917 – 10th Battalion appointed paid Lance Corporal 18 February 1917 – 10th Battalion wounded gunshot chin and right knee 3 May 1917 4th General Hospital Comiers – Transferred to England 14 May 1917 Norfolk War Hospital Thorpe Norfolk – Posted 6th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment 11 January 1918 – 6th Battalion to 1st Army rest camp 15 October 1918 – 6th Battalion rejoined 6th Battalion 31 October 1918 – Transferred Class Z Army Reserve 30 March 1919 – AVL Hull 1918 6th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment – Trinity Street Roll of Honour Hull Daily Mail 21 October 1916