Attested 10 May 1909 with the 4th Battalion at Londesborough Street Barracks – Medal Index Card Entered Boulogne France 17 April 1915 with 1/4th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment – Wounded April or May 1915 Casualty List Hull Daily News 28 September 1915 – Distinguished Conduct Medal award 22 January 1916 (War Diary) – London Gazette 11 March 1916 For conspicuous gallantry, when he carried messages to the advanced trenches, crawling over an open space of 500 yards under heavy shell and machine gun fire.- Reported Wounded Casualty List 29 Feb 1916 Hull Daily News – Posted wounded Snapper March 1916 – AVL Hull 1918 4th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment – Photo and write up winning DCM