Attested November 1906 – 2nd Battalion February 1908 in draft from 1st Battalion on Hired Transport Assaye left Southampton 08 January 1908 – 2nd Battalion granted Certificate for Pioneer Sergeants duties 01 April 1911 – 2nd Battalion Awarded 2nd Good Conduct Badge Dec 1911 – Granted 2nd Good Conduct Badge August 1913 – 2nd Battalion E Coy Classified 2nd Class Shot 23 May 1914 – Medal Index Card entered France 15 January 1915 – Mentioned in Despatches London Gazette 22 June 1915 page 5993 – Photo and write up Mentioned in Despatches and wounded Hull Daily News 1 July 1915 – Distinguished Conduct Medal London Gazette 26 July 1917 – Distinguished Conduct Medal Citation For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He displayed great courage and resource when putting up wire in front of our trenches under heavy hostile fire – Presented in Mullingar April 1919 Yorkshire Post – 1920 Mullingar – Pioneer Sergeant 1st Battalion 01 April 1920 – Photo 1922 – Died 24 November 1930 at Hull aged 44 – Obituary Snapper 1931 page 20