2nd Battalion Appointed Assistant Instructor 15 February 1906 – To receive pay of Appointment as Lance Corporal 19 October 1906 – 2nd Battalion promoted Corporal dated 17 April 1907 – 2nd Battalion B Coy October 1907 Classified Marksman – 2nd Battalion appointed Gymnastics Instructor 1 March 1908 – 2nd Battalion Promoted Sergeant 02 November 1911 – Qualified in Musketry at Pachmarhi 22 July 1914 – Left 2nd Battalion. In India to join 9th Battalion as Instructor November 1914 – 9th Battalion Appointed Acting Company Sergeant Major 19 November 1914 Authority dated 15 June 1915 – 9th Battalion Appointed Warrant Officer Class II 28 January 1915 – Medal Index Card British War Medal and Victory Medal with 1st Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment – Posted wounded Snapper September 1916 – East Yorkshire Regiment Posted Missing Snapper October 1916 – London Gazette not found – Effects to father Edward