Attested 05 January 1915 at City Hall Hull 1st Depot Coy – 12th Battalion embarked Devonport 16 December 1915 – Admitted to hospital Malta scabies 24 December 1915 – Embarked at Malta 4 March 1916 – Medal Index Card entered Egypt 28 December 1915 with 12th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment _ Embarked at Alexandria for British Expeditionary Force 13 April 1916 – Entered Etaples France and joined 31 Infantry Brigade Depot 23 May 1916 – 12th Battalion joined for duty in the field 27 June 1916 – Attached to 92/1 Trench Mortar Battery 16 July 1916 – 12th Battalion rejoined in the field 24 November 1916 – 12th Battalion reported missing 3 May 1917 – Admitted 100 Field Ambulance wounded right leg 3 May 1917 – Admitted 30th Casualty Clearing Station 4 May 1917 – Died of Wounds 30 Casualty Clearing Station 14 May 1917 – Documents Available – Effects to brother James for distribution to brothers and sisters – Commemorated East Yorkshire Regiment War Memorial Beverley Minster East Yorkshire