Mobilized 02 August 1916 at Victoria Barracks Beverley – Former Number 6043 attested February 1899 – Medal Index Card British War Medal and Victory Medal with 6th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment – Posted 1st Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment – Distinguished Conduct Medal London Gazette 11 March 1920 During the operations on 23rd October 1918, near Vendegies au Bois he showed great courage and devotion to duty in bringing up rations to his company under very heavy shell fire. Previous to this he has consistently done good work and never failed to deliver his rations and no matter how adverse the conditions may have been – Transferred Class Z Army Reserve – Biog and Photograph Snapper 1923 page 54 – Input into the History of the 1st Battalion in the Great War.