Attested 10 September 1914 at City Hall Hull 11th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment – 11th Battalion Appointed Lance Sergeant February 1915 Snapper March 1915 – 11th Battalion Promoted Sergeant Snapper May 1915 – – Initial training in Hull at the Cricket Ground Anlaby Road and on 18 January 1915 to Ousthorpe Camp Pocklington – In May 1915 the 11th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment joined the 92nd Infantry Brigade of the 31st Division and moved for Divisional training to Penkridge Bank Camp near Rugeley, 18 June 1915 on to South Camp Ripon and then to No 2 camp Hurdcott near Fovant Salisbury – Medal Index Card British War Medal and Victory Medal with 1st Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment – AVL Hull 1918 3rd Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment – Transferred Class Z Army Reserve – Commemorated Redbourne Street Hull Roll of Honour Hull Daily News 14 September 1916