Attested 31 August 1914 4th Battalion at Londesborough Street Barracks Hull – Re-numbered 200446 – Medal Index Card Entered Boulogne France 17 April 1915 with 1/4th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment – Photo and Letter to wife about fighting April 1915 Hull Daily News – 1/4th Battalion in Support Area B Coy Curlew Trench A and C Coy Egret Trench D Coy Lion Trench Headquarters Coy Albatross Bank N. 24. c. 1. 6. wounded by shellfire during night 16 August 1917 – Wounded casualty list Hull Daily Mail 19 September 1917 – Discharged 16 April 1918 wounds – Silver War Badge Number 347343 – Silver War Badge List O/1391/1 – Aged 27