Attested 9 May 1911 with the 4th Battalion at Londesborough Street Barracks Hull – Embodied 5 August 1914 – North Newington Church Roll of Honour 5 October 1914 Hull Daily News – Medal Index Card Entered Boulogne France 17 April 1915 with 1/4th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment – Posted wounded Snapper September 1915 – Reported wounded 07 August 1915 (War Diary) – Died of wounds at 2nd Canadian General Hospital Le Treport – Effects to mother and sole legatee Margaret – Commemorated Howden and District War Memorial Kilpin – Commemorated East Yorkshire Regiment War Memorial Beverley Minster East Yorkshire – Photo North Eastern Railway staff magazine November 1915 page 269